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By Michael McCord

Though the series has been in syndication for more than two decades, it’s easy to imagine a new X-Files story plot taking place at the annual Exeter UFO Festival amid thousands of believers, skeptics, fun-seekers and those searching for a truth that...

By TRISHA NAIL

Despite gray clouds overlooking Manchester-Boston Regional Airport on Aug. 22, skies directly above remained blue as an orange-and-white livery airplane landed on the runway. As the plane received a water salute greeting from fire engines, its landing...

By PAUL BRIAND

Interest rates may indeed start to drop through the rest of 2024 and into 2025, maybe not to the historic lows of less than 3% in 2020-21, but lower than the current average interest rates have been so far this year.That would certainly help the...

By MARK HAYWARD

When the presidential primary takes place early next year, would-be voters who register at the polls will face a new law designed to thwart illegal voting.If the newly minted voters don’t produce an ID, they will be registered and their votes will be...

By Michael Kitch

While the state’s obligation to fund an adequate education plays out in court, the Legislature, with prodding from Governor Chris Sununu, began to mend the school building aid program, crippled by a moratorium lasting more than a decade.A report by...

By MICHAEL MCCORD

In June during a stop in Manchester, U. S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a $320 million program to foster agricultural production and strengthen food supply chains in 19 states across rural America.“We are partnering with...

By BILL RYAN

Bill Ryan writes about career, employment and economic topics from his home in North Sutton. Often, it is difficult to separate living from working. Our personal lives and professions can become intertwined such that it can seem pointless to...

By PAUL BRIAND

A federal grant of $400,000 is directed to New Hampshire manufacturers to help them build a supply chain that relies more on local and national suppliers and less on foreigners companies.The grant will be administered by the NH Manufacturing Extension...

By AMANDA ANDREWS

The doomsday clock is ticking for in-home care service providers, and the midnight hour is July 1 – the day their doors could close if the NH Senate decides to undercut Medicaid funding from the House budget plan.At the forefront is a lack of funds...

By JOSHUA R. WEIJER  

Maintaining one’s essential records can be tedious, and all too frequently many individuals overlook the importance of their most important documents: their healthcare directives.What are the obligations of healthcare providers in New Hampshire and...

By ADAM M. HAMEL

It seems like everyone is talking about artificial intelligence and all of the ways it will change the way we live and work in the not-too-distant future. One of the ways that businesses are already using AI is in the recruitment and hiring...

By  PAUL BRIAND 

Against the backdrop of $450,000 as the median price for a single-family home, New Hampshire’s residential real estate hasn’t really slowed down from the hot seller’s market that it’s been, dating back to even before the pandemic.The latest data from...

By JEFF FEINGOLD

University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension has embarked on a project that could be a boost both to the region’s timber industry and the ongoing efforts to fight climate change.The project revolves around studying how softwoods that grow in the...

By MICHAEL MCCORD

Former New Hampshire Supreme Court Chief Justice John T. Broderick Jr. wasn’t looking for another chance at public service, but one found him.In November, Broderick was appointed as a neutral, independent administrator of the $100 million YDC...

By  BOB SANDERS

Minimum wage hikes, labor and tenant protections and a host of energy-related bills are on the agenda for the NH legislature this week.TuesdayThe House Science, Technology and Energy Committee will hold hearings Tuesday on HB 558, which would regulate...

By JEFF FEINGOLD

Legislation filed in the New Hampshire Senate would make all types of cancer among firefighters a presumptive occupational disease eligible for workers’ compensation.Under Senate Bill 71, sponsored by a bipartisan group of senators, cancer diagnoses...

By  JEFF FEINGOLD

A three-panel on the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Hampton-based utility Unitil misclassified two groups of workers as overtime-exempt administrative employees.The panel ruled that U.S. District Court Judge Landya McCafferty erred...

By JEFF FEINGOLD

Manchester-based Brady Sullivan Properties has agreed to pay a $25,000 penalty to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for lead paint violations at its American Wire Residential Lofts in Pawtucket, R.I.Brady Sullivan owns hundreds of apartment...

By BOB SANDERS

$932.5 billion.That’s the value of assets under management by a rapidly growing trust industry ostensibly based in New Hampshire. They have increased by more than a quarter of a trillion dollars in just the last year, and it’s not a complete total.The...

By BOB SANDERS

The bankruptcy and multiple lawsuits related to Franconia-based Edmund & Wheeler Inc.’s alleged participation in a national Ponzi scheme raises a number of questions over the regulation of the real estate reinvestment tool known as a 1031 exchange.A...