Saint Anselm opens $35M nursing building
Largest nursing class ever for the college

NH residential real estate: ‘Still very much a seller’s market’
High demand, low inventory keeps buyers scrambling

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Biking for business
Granite Outdoor Alliance primes networking with mountain trail riding

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David Gerry named NH Tech Alliance’s Entrepreneur of the Year
Gerry, a cybersecurity thought leader, spent a decade in the application security market with cybersecurity firms such as WhiteHat Security, Veracode, Sumo Logic, and The Herjavec Group.

Headwinds hit New Hampshire’s economy
The economy, both nationally and in New Hampshire, entered 2025 with significant strengths and key challenges.

IN BRIEF
MANCHESTER: CMF Kids and Crotched Mountain Foundation are partnering with the UNH Kinesiology Department to embark on a two-year research project focused on physical activity and sports participation among children with disabilities in public schools.

TAKE 5
A median of 28% of adults across 24 countries say they are online almost constantly, according to a Pew Research Center survey from this spring.

Most taxpayers in ConVal district to see decrease in education tax bill
ConVal’s total tax assessment will be $46,000 less than last year, or a decrease of 0.09%.

Concord Hospital nurses in Franklin, Laconia vote to unionize
Nurses at Concord Hospital locations in Franklin and Laconia voted to unionize Sept. 4, becoming the first at private hospitals in New Hampshire to do so.

Gunstock plans upgrades for upcoming winter
As summer turns to autumn, Gunstock Mountain Resort’s operations team has its sights set on improvements for the winter of 2025/2026, and beyond.

THE BOTTOM LINE
ALBANY ENGINEERED COMPOSITES EXTENDS PROGRAMS WITH LOCKHEED MARTIN THROUGH 2029

Drone zone
Laconia’s ePropelled aims to become a global leader as a manufacturer of drone motors and controls

Explore your benefits
5 essential conversations to have with your financial advisor

Jim Loomis, Bottomline Technologies co-founder, dies at 75
The idea behind the business was to use advancing technologies to replace precut paper checks with an electronic automated system.

AI for human resources
Are businesses liable for AI discrimination?

Mayor wants Nashua to buy Chinese-owned land
Former Daniel Webster College site was sold after school went bankrupt in 2017

Attack of the DEI exterminators
New laws banning diversity, equity and inclusion policies are tripping up businesses and nonprofits

How a town rule took the air out of a giant ice cream cone
The inflatable treat violates a town ordinance in Westmoreland

Employee education
The missing piece in retirement plans

Conference to address housing shortage
One conference panel will look at approaches some local communities are using to enable housing development and build community support, showing what’s possible when towns make housing a priority..

Kids Online Safety Act will destroy free expression
We cannot solve our online safety dilemma with authoritarian tactics

LETTER TO THE EDITOR
New Hampshire faces rising health care costs and coverage loss in 2026

Why every executive needs a communications strategy that echoes
Too often, leaders miss the moment or stay quiet when people are looking to them for guidance

The cost of undermining public health in New Hampshire
As a public health professional deeply committed to the health and well-being of all Granite Staters, I am alarmed by the growing erosion of trust in science-based health guidance.

New Hampshire charts new energy course
In 2025, the New Hampshire Legislature and Governor Kelly Ayotte enacted a series of bills charting a new course for state energy policy.

Keene Housing expands solar energy efforts with new installations in Monadnock Region
The latest solar expansion is projected to save Keene Housing more than $1.8 million over the lifetime of the new solar arrays.

The NHBR BIZ LIST
Connect with one of NH’s service sector employers, as featured in NH Business Review’s 2025 Book of Lists.

Exeter pushes for upgrades to train station
Town officials are looking to renew a push to invest in improvements to the Exeter train station at 60 Lincoln St., which has been described as “far and away the barest” on Amtrak’s Downeaster line.

Tiny answers to a big housing shortage
Unable to afford the cost of an assisted living facility or a smaller home for her aging mother-in-law, Jess Stevenson and her husband built a detached tiny home on their property for her to live in.

Keene council trims costs on downtown infrastructure plan
The Keene City Council on Thursday, Sept. 4 approved a series of cost-cutting items to reduce the price tag of the downtown infrastructure project.

Tax planning and policy
Tax laws are shifting again, and business owners need to be proactive to maximize benefits and avoid surprises.

Analysis shows NH still faces housing crisis
New Hampshire will need to build 90,000 new units over the next two decades to meet growing demands for housing in the state, a recent analysis shows.

CALENDAR
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Q&A INTERVIEW
Associate professor of organizational behavior at UNH Vanessa Druskat

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ABOUT TOWN
The Plummer Ridge School House will undergo repairs and renovations to ultimately serve as an interpretation of the evolution in education in rural New England.