Posts by Maureen Milliken
The median sales price for an existing single-family home in New Hampshire hit the $500,000 mark in March, with condo/townhouse properties following close behind at $409,950.
Do you like lottery scratch tickets? I’ll say this upfront – I do. The purpose of this column is not to shame anyone who likes them, too. Maybe that’s you. For the purposes of the point I’ll eventually get to, let’s say you buy a $5 scratch ticket every week. Sometimes you don’t win anything. Sometimes you win $5 or $10. Even $20 or $50. If you’re lucky, you’ve won more than once or twice. Let’s say that your dream, for purposes of the eventual point, is to win $50,000 (or more!), so you can buy a new car, pay off your credit cards, have a downpayment for a house, or something like that.
A local James Beard award-winning chef and restaurateur is looking to help other aspiring chefs achieve their dreams through a staging program that culminates in a ticketed tasting menu event.
There’s good news and bad news if you’re planning to hop over the border to Maine for Monday’s total solar eclipse.
Bedford bus drivers and New Hampshire employees of facility services provider Aramark are the latest Granite State workers to organize as members of Teamsters Local 633, based in Manchester.
Entrepreneurs and small business owners across New Hampshire – 1,721 of them – sought support and advice from the state’s Small Business Development Centers in 2023, and the organization’s total economic impact on the state was $244 million, according to the SBDC 2023 Impact Report.
Just a small percentage of New Hampshire businesses use artificial intelligence, but the number that plan to in the future is on the rise, according to the Business Trends and Outlook Survey of the U.S. Census Bureau.
An audience of 350 registered participants – the largest ever for the conference – listened as industry experts discussed the economics, challenges and solutions surrounding home ownership amidst soaring prices and the lowest inventory in decades.
Consumer who are already griping about their grocery bills may be hard sells when it comes to seeking out organic alternatives, but a local organic farmer is urging New Hampshire residents to look beyond the grocery receipt and consider the true cost of what they are paying.
Hussein Adan launched Cleaner’s Joy in December 2021 with the goal of filling a need and making sure customers had a good experience, a winning combination that’s spurred an expansion to the Manchester and Nashua areas.
This year’s BioFab Meeting in the Millyard, scheduled for May 21-23, will further merge the city’s history as a manufacturing leader with the ambitious goal of becoming a leader in the emerging biofabrication industry.
ew Hampshire businesses can learn more about protect themselves from cyber threats in a variety of free programs being offered by the NH Small Business Development Center and NH Tech Alliance.
Entrepreneurs of color across New Hampshire can apply for the second round of C-DEE Accelerator grants beginning Monday.
Opponents of the conversion of the former Daniel Webster Boy Scouts of America headquarters to a 20-bed residence for women in recovery had appealed the board’s Jan. 11 decision to approve the variance. The complaints charged that opponents weren’t given a fair amount of time to air their concerns, that the board ignored evidence, and that Chair Anne Ketterer had “coerced” one member into voting for the variance.
The IRS on Tuesday launched its new free Direct File tax program in 12 states, including New Hampshire for taxpayers with simple returns who take the standard deduction. The IRS estimates that about one-third of all taxpayers in the pilot states are eligible for the program. The program, which has been up and running in a more limited form for a month, is available in both English and Spanish versions.
Some sales indicators for existing single-family homes in New Hampshire ticked toward the positive in February, but the big indicators for buyers – price and affordability – remained stubbornly high and out of reach for many.
Two of the opponents of a congregant care home in the former Daniel Webster Boy Scouts of America headquarters on Holt Avenue are seeking a rehearing on the Zoning Board of Adjustment’s January decision to allow the new use at the property.
Imagine that you have tickets for really good seats at a Taylor Swift concert, but as you’re driving there, in sight of the stadium, you inexplicably turn around and go home. No concert. No contact, or even a glimpse, of one of the biggest stars in the music universe. Nothing. That, according to author and eclipse chaser David Baron, is the equivalent of not traveling on April 8 to the path of totality for the solar eclipse.
Small businesses that are economically vulnerable and under-resourced, but have community reach, may apply for a Backing Small Business grant beginning March 14.
