Lake Winni to Have Speed Limits

Lake Winnipesaukee is going to see a bit of a slowdown next summer. Governor John Lynch said that he is going to sign legislation that will impose speed limits on the popular body of water. “I do think the lake needs to be a place everybody can enjoy,” he said. “I think speed is an [...]

Shaheen vs. Sununu Race Tightens

While the recent poll showing Senator Obama with a slim lead in the state has made a splash, the University of New Hampshire released data today about another race between two candidates exclusive to New Hampshire. Former Governor Jeanne Shaheen has been pushing to claim Republican Senator John Sununu’s seat in Washington and the newly [...]

Children’s Museum to Reopen in New Dover Location

The Portsmouth Children’s Museum is no more. The museum that was well-known for its interactive exhibits is now going to be known as the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire. Along with the new name, the museum has moved and is set to open at its new location at 6 Washington Street in Dover at the [...]

NH Solar Company Set for Massive IPO on Nasdaq

GT Solar International Inc., based in Merrimack, New Hampshire, is going public on NASDAQ this week. The company does not make solar panels, but rather makes equipment that is critical to the production of photovoltaic cells.

Do We Still Call It ‘Domestic?’

The largest brewer in the United States is now owned by a Belgian company. Anheuser-Busch, the company that brews 48.5 percent of all beers sold in the United States, as well as the world’s largest-selling beers, Budweiser and Bud Light, agreed to a takeover bid from the global brewer InBev. The deal creates the third-largest [...]

Dam Being Removed in Lisbon

In Lisbon today, the Pearl Lake Brook Dam will begin coming down and a brook that was blocked for over seventy years will flow once more. The 14-foot high and 21-foot long dam was built in 1935 to create a settling basin for the town’s water supply and fell into disrepair after becoming unneeded in [...]

NH DES Recognizes Another Salvage Yard for Environmental Achievement

The Department of Environment Services (DES) has recognized Ponderosa Salvage for environmental achievement by making it a “Certified N.H. Green Yard” site. The auto salvage yard in Epsom joined 20 other yards across the state that are in the program.

Fisher Cats Send Five Players to All-Star Game

While the Red Sox are sending seven players to the All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium this year, the New Hampshire Fisher Cats are sending five players to their Double-A All-Star Game.

Man Who Held Clinton Campaigners Hostage in Rochester to Plead Guilty

Leeland Eisenberg, the man who walked into Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign offices in Rochester, NH last November and took three campaign workers hostage, will plead guilty according to his lawyer Randy Hawkes.