Bigger footprint for Catholic campus
Construction includes upgrades for Trinity High

Simbex acquired by Riddell
Impact monitoring system for helmets debuted

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Investing in the club
Fidelity team nurtures partnership with the Boys & Girls Club of Manchester

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Inaugural ‘Shades of Progress’ conference emphasizes state’s changing demographics, BIPOC entrepreneurship
“We need to begin to change the narrative that we’re not a diverse state,” Anthony Poore told a gathering of business leaders at the inaugural Shades of Progress Conference on May 22.

Rising housing costs outpaced household median income, average wages
Jess Williams is a policy analyst with the NH Fiscal Policy Institute. The NHFPI Policy Memo is a partnership of the NH Fiscal Policy Institute and NH Business Review.

IN BRIEF
NEWPORT: Two Upper Valley clinics that prescribe controlled medications to treat opioid use disorder have suddenly closed.

TAKE 5
THE percentage of Americans considered middle class based on household incomes is smaller than in the past,...

Keene State, UNH to receive funding for STEM research
The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded roughly $8 million to colleges and universities across New Hampshire to increase research opportunities and industry partnerships.

THE BOTTOM LINE
EASTERN BANKSHARES AND CAMBRIDGE BANCORP APPROVED TO MERGE

Robots head to school
Robotics initiative at Manchester Community College uses 3D printers to produce tools for students across New England

Polarization as a business model
If it screams it streams, but if kind, pay no mind

Global conflicts have impact
Conflict in their origin countries can cause trauma for immigrants in NH

Captain your company’s team and support innovative cancer care programs
For these runners and walkers, 5 kilometers is a short distance when measured against the journey they’ve undergone to survive a cancer diagnosis.

Lebanon employers to meet child care needs
The Lebanon School District is proposing to create and staff an early child care room at the Hanover Street School, primarily for the children of district employees.

NH joins lawsuit seeking to split Live Nation, Ticketmaster
The state’s attorney general has signed on to a lawsuit alleging that Live Nation is engaging in an illegal monopoly of the live entertainment market.

A New Hampshire giant retires
State Sen. Lou D’Allesandro spent 30 years in the State House

Department of Labor releases ruling on overtime
The current salary threshold for executive, administrative and professional employees is $684 per week.

Most NH nursing homes won’t meet new federal staffing rule and doubt they can
A spokesperson for Hassan’s office said she and Shaheen are evaluating changes to the rule CMS has made since first introducing it.

Creating a win-win scenario
Machine learning can reduce your HVAC costs and lower your carbon footprint

Workplace safety threatened by HB 1336
Abill now on its way to the governor’s desk will force businesses in New Hampshire to allow their employees to keep guns in their cars while at work.

Supreme Court is losing its moral authority
The Supreme Court of the United States doesn’t seem as “supreme” as it once did. Ideology, questionable ethics, the intrusion of politics, tortured rationales, hypocrisy and miscues have taken their toll.

Portsmouth Brewery owners tap an exit
To use the word “iconoclastic” would be an understatement when addressing Peter Egelston, who co-founded the Portsmouth Brewery in 1991.

Supreme Court ruling affects trademark protection
In the Abitron decision, the Supreme Court vacated a $96 million judgment granted to U.S.-based Hetronic for sales of infringing products by Abitron to predominantly European customers.

The danger of the ‘deemed export’
It is common knowledge that the import and export of goods and technology into and out of the U.S. are regulated. At least three separate federal agencies focus on export controls.

Time-intensive mobile hacks are causing big headaches for companies
In today’s world, our smartphones are like an extra limb. We use them for everything — keeping up with work emails, checking our bank accounts, even turning on the lights at home.

Health in a headset
Virtual reality therapy and how to avoid its legal and practical pitfalls

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Health Care Entrepreneur Nick Vailas

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1. Wentworth-Douglass Hospital awarded Portsmouth nonprofit Gather a $30,000 grant to support the Fresh Food Bus, a mobile fresh food market for food-insecure, underserved families.