Torrington to raze Newington mall in $500 million redevelopment plan
Mall at Fox Run to be replaced by big-box stores, smaller shops and restaurants

Livin’ it up
Manchester luxury apartments drive downtown growth

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Fly me to Asheville, please
North Carolina regional airport shares attributes with MHT

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Trump tariffs add to woes for coffee shops
The price of their most important raw material — roasted coffee beans — has risen by close to 10% this year due in part to new tariffs, but there’s another number that is haunting Brothers Cortado in Concord: 1.7%.

Paid, on-the-job training and education creates career path to address workforce shortages
ABC NH/VT serves as the official sponsor of the program, overseeing its management and standards.

IN BRIEF
The property the Harris Center is negotiating to buy would be kept open for public use such as hiking, biking, boating and some hunting, according to Masterson.

TAKE 5
FIFTY-FIVE percent of people think inflation and tariffs are erasing their hard work, according to a WalletHub survey.

Gather’s leadership says termination of grant has multiple impacts on NH
The program was part of a broader federal investment to combat environmental hazards and promote climate resilience and energy justice in rural, urban and tribal communities across New England.

I-95 median barrier: $4.6M project approved after NH highway deaths
A nearly $4.6 million contract has been awarded for the construction of a five-mile median barrier on Interstate 95 in New Hampshire with the goal to prevent highway deaths.

THE BOTTOM LINE
Purfuels Ethanol-Free 93-Octane complies with EPA’s Clean Air Act requirements for RFG, making it the first legal ethanol-free option for marinas in high-smog metro areas like New York.

Luxury times five
The Lake Estate on Winnisquam sees diamonds and stars in its future

Trial and error is a sloppy way to investigate and/or manage
Air India crash theories abound, but the facts have yet to emerge

Think tank: Headwinds developing for NH economy
Both the workforce, unemployment grew during first half of 2025, according to report

NH fun in the summer
The Granite State abounds with free and inexpensive recreation and entertainment

Bedford tech company expands with an eye on AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) is an important subject to Nick Soggu, CEO of SilverTech, a Bedford-based digital experience agency.

Note from the field
The outdoor economy is everyone’s economy

Advocates decry $43.5 M solar grant clawback
Trump pulls funding for Solar for All program, which aims to expand access for low-income users

Public education for business
NH ranks last in the nation for funding public higher education per capita

Critical Condition: Are primary care doctors becoming a vanishing breed in New Hampshire?
It’s getting harder for patients to find a doctor as wait times and barriers to access grow

Luring medical residents to train, and stay, in New Hampshire
Educational institutions and hospitals are taking steps to help alleviate New Hampshire’s primary care doctor shortage by trying to expand the pipeline of doctors to help replace those who are leaving.

Exeter residents file lawsuit against RiverWoods
More than 100 residents are suing the town and RiverWoods over a proposed “massive” health care facility they say would disrupt the character of their neighborhood.

Derry, Salem methadone clinics under investigation
Two for-profit methadone clinics in Derry and Salem are under investigation as part of a statewide initiative looking into unnecessary barriers patients might face when seeking treatment for opioid addiction.

Dartmouth report IDs challenges of rural health care
Dr. Joanne Conroy, president and CEO of Dartmouth Health, wrote in a report released Friday, Aug. 22, that a recent meeting of rural health leaders in Hanover “offered a clear and urgent mandate: advancing rural health is not optional.”

Renewable energy is a smart business strategy
As energy demand climbs in New Hampshire, business leaders are weighing the role of solar in its long-term strategy.

Amid Claremont crisis, Pittsfield school district works to dig out of its own million-dollar hole
As a crippling financial crisis uncovered in recent weeks in Claremont makes headlines, Pittsfield, too, is reckoning with a budget shortfall of more than a million dollars as a new school year gets underway.

GBCC helps meet growing demand for surgical technologists
When Access Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics sought a surgical technologist to work in its ambulatory surgical center in Auburn, NH, the practice knew that Great Bay Community College (GBCC) was a great resource known for its expertise in this specialty area and connections to recent graduates.

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ABOUT TOWN
1. The Southern New Hampshire Chamber of Commerce and its Government Affairs Committee hosted U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan for its anticipated 2025 Washington Update, held on June 20 at the A.J. Letizio Enterprise Center in Windham.