Take me to the river
As the NH Department of Transportation puts the finishing touches to its plans to widen and improve Interstate 93 through Concord — a nagging bottleneck,...

Company’s microchip tester named Product of the Year
Microchips — the processing brains in everything from smartphones and laptops to cars and fighter jets — are getting smaller and more powerful.

Aid applications being accepted for pandemic-hit restaurants
Under the program, run by the NH Department of Business and Economic Affairs, eligible New Hampshire restaurants can be reimbursed for eligible equipment,...

Real estate market shows more signs of strain as homeowner equity gains
According to ATTOM, a curator of real estate data nationwide, in the third quarter 55.1 percent of homeowners in the Granite State were considered “equity-rich,”...

NH bankruptcy filings dipped in October
After rising in September, the number of New Hampshire bankruptcy filings fell in October, albeit only slightly,...

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Cambridge Trust commits to affordable housing
As part of a three-year agreement, Cambridge Trust will provide the NH Housing Finance Authority with the money to finance the construction of rental housing,...

Judge backs SEC in case against New Hampshire crypto firm
On Nov. 7, New Hampshire U.S. District Court Judge Paul Barbadoro granted the SEC’s motion for summary judgment, ruling that the company’s “LBRY Credits” tokens were unregistered securities in violation of federal law.

CONCORD
CONCORD: State revenues, which continue to perform ahead of budget writers’ expectations, totaled $770.2 million...

70% of Americans considering environmental impact of package delivery
Americans are planning to spend more online this holiday season, and most are considering the impact those deliveries will have on the planet,...

TAKE 5
About six in 10 adults (58 percent) say they try to make sure they always have cash on hand, while 42 percent say they don’t really worry much about whether they have cash with them.

Salmon Falls Stoneware to shut its doors
Salmon Falls Stoneware, a mainstay on Oak Street in Dover for 34 years, will be closing its doors on Dec. 31, when 68-year-old founder and owner Andy Cochran retires.

Study: NH 12th least affordable state for renters
In order to determine affordability guidelines, Foothold, a developer of human services software, looked at rent and wage trends in each state and Washington, D.C.,...

USDOL recovers $374k in back wages from Keene firm
USDOL investigators charged the company with violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act after finding it failed to pay employees overtime wages for over 40 hours worked in a work week.

THE BOTTOM LINE
Year-to-date, electricity revenues have gone up 27 percent and gas 31.2 percent. Profits were nil in the third quarter of 2021, whereas now net income this year was about $500,000.

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Group dynamics
Greg Carbone, managing partner of Bretton- Trova, a newly merged New Hampshire-based staffing firm for nurses, has been in healthcare ever since he graduated from college in 2005.

A quietly content phenomenon?
At the beginning of the year, there was a buzz around the “Great Resignation,” which prophesized that there would be a tidal wave of resignations across all industries.

Online marketing tips
This spring, our company, SC Digital, celebrates its fifth anniversary — a huge milestone, since the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that 50 percent of small businesses have failed before their fifth year,...

Paid Family & Medical Leave Plan ‘culmination of an idea’
It won’t cover everybody, but Sununu said he wanted to get as many people to sign up as possible.

Resilience amid challenges
PT is fundamental to a healthy lifestyle, and my appreciation soared after successive knee replacements in late 2019 and early 2020.

Unitil seeks to build 5-MW solar array in Kingston
“This is a first for us,” said Alec O’Meara, the company’s spokesperson. It is also in keeping with the utility goal to be 100 percent renewable by 2050.

Lessons from the election
After voting in Ward 1 in Manchester, this writer accompanied Secretary of State David Scanlan and others on visits to polling places in Woodstock,...

Harnessing the power of co-ops to feed the world
In 2021, nearly 828 million people suffered from hunger — an increase of over 30 million people since the United Nations launched its 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and set its sustainable development goals.

The more solar energy NH uses, the more ratepayers gain
These are difficult days for anyone buying electricity in New Hampshire. That’s true for families, schools and nonprofits.

Stigma around mental illness needs to be dismantled
Whether your vantage point is that of a professional like me, a family member of someone who suffers, or someone feeling the painful collapse of their thoughts,...

The quiet struggles of New Hampshire nursing homes
With the midterm election behind us, more than $17 billion will have been spent on state and federal campaigns, creating deafening noise alongside obsessive media coverage.

Preparing to sell? Key steps for a successful transaction
Selling a business is not for the faint of heart. The mergers and acquisitions (M&A) process takes discipline and focus.

How to set, and keep, long-term projects’ budgets
As a company owner, you are likely constantly planning new projects to pursue. For long-term projects, you might have to select which staff members will work on them,...

Incumbents keep their jobs in county attorney races
In Rockingham County, incumbent Pat Conway defeated local defense attorney Rich Clark, who said he wanted to reform an office he claimed wrongfully indicted him in 2019.

Back to the future?
In short, the proposed rule seeks to return to a pre-Trump administration standard, one that is more employee friendly.

Register of probate position remains, but barely
Voters also turned down calling a convention to amend the state’s constitution — the second “yes” vote needed — with only 33.9 percent in favor.

Judge’s recusal throws wrench in bid to enjoin SWEPT
Meanwhile, the Department of Revenue Administration has begun setting local school tax rates for the coming year, threatening to render the pending motion to enjoin the SWEPT moot.

CALENDAR
Her success has landed her on the Food Network’s Chopped with Martha Stewart “Martha Rules: Tournament of Champion” show.

Q&A INTERVIEW
I got into video game modding during high school, which is modifying existing video games to make them do what I want to do.

THE LATEST
The Monarch School of New England, Rochester, has installed its board of directors for the 2022-23 school year: Raymond Benoit,...

Harbor Care welcomes new CEO and president
He previously was Harbor Care’s chief operations officer. He previously served as chief of operations and chief information officer at the Lowell Community Health Center in Lowell,...

FLOTSAM&JETSAM
“I don’t think anyone really cares, and he does not clear the field. Anyone who thinks it’s a smart idea to announce a potential presidential bid after the election but before Christmas, it’s just the worst time you could possibly do it.