NH Economic Snapshot: Housing efforts must continue to meet employment, job gains

Monday, June 10, 2024Tuesday, February 20, 2024

“There are no employers in New Hampshire that we’ve really come across that are not talking about the housing issue as something that’s kind of a break on their ability to be able to recruit and retain workforce,” said Taylor Caswell, BEA commissioner, Tuesday at the department’s NH Economic Snapshot briefing, the first in a planned series.

Adam Montgomery’s absence from trial rare, not helpful to his case, legal experts say

Monday, June 10, 2024Thursday, February 15, 2024

Adam Montgomery, who hasn’t been in court since the second day of his trial, has the right to not be there, but the move is rare and won’t help him get acquitted, according to legal experts.

Bangor Savings Bank asks community to vote for nonprofit grant winners

Saturday, June 15, 2024Thursday, February 15, 2024

Bangor Savings Bank is seeking input from residents of New Hampshire to vote for nonprofits that deserve grants from the Bangor Savings Bank Foundation’s Community Matters More grant program.

Nominations open for NH Preservation Alliance Achievement Awards

Monday, June 10, 2024Thursday, February 15, 2024

Nominations are open for the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance’s annual Preservation Achievement Awards.

NextGen Resiliency Council board adds 3 members

Sunday, June 16, 2024Monday, February 12, 2024

New board members are Flo Nicolas, co-founder and COO of DEI Directive, who will be chair of the coalition’s Equity Advisory Committee; Heather McGrail, president and CEO of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, who has supported NextGen’s communications since last fall; and Shannon MacLeod, who as former Mayor Joyce Craig’s chief of staff helped lead the city’s application to the federal Economic Development Administration’s Build Back Better Regional Challenge.

NH home sales loosening up, but price and affordability aren’t

Monday, June 10, 2024Monday, February 12, 2024

With mortgage interest rates going down, sales of single-family homes are loosening up slightly across New Hampshire and the nation. Low inventory, though, is still keeping prices high and affordability out of the reach for many New Hampshire homebuyers, according to the monthly market report from the New Hampshire Association of Realtors.

March 26: NH Housing 2024 Homeownership Conference at Grappone Center

Monday, June 10, 2024Monday, February 12, 2024

New Hampshire Housing’s 2024 Homeownership Conference will be held from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 26, at the Grappone Center, 70 Constitution Ave.

Maura Murray age progression photo released on 20th anniversary of disappearance

Monday, June 10, 2024Friday, February 9, 2024

An age-progression photo of missing Massachusetts college student Maura Murray has been released by the New Hampshire Cold Case unit in recognition of the 20th anniversary of her disappearance after a car accident in North Haverhill.

It’s Your Money: How to buy your dream home, even if you don’t win the lottery

Monday, June 10, 2024Friday, February 9, 2024

We all have our comfort TV shows and, this winter, weirdly, I’ve been binging “My Lottery Dream Home,” which is available on several streaming services. If you’re not familiar, the host, designer David Bromstad, guides lucky lottery (or settlement, or inheritance) winners in buying their “dream home.” The featured person or family looks at three homes suggested by local real estate brokers, David walks the lottery winner through the homes as they talk about the pros and cons. At the end, the person decides which home they’ll buy.

Queen City Center will be ‘pivotal’ addition to downtown Manchester

Wednesday, December 25, 2024Wednesday, January 31, 2024

The Queen Center project started as a solution for housing a burgeoning video production company, but has become a development with the “potential to significantly improve the economic vitality” of downtown Manchester.

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