Posts by Maureen Milliken
The biggest reaction of the day was sustained applause after Somersworth Mayor Matt Gerding said, “I was very disappointed the state of New Hampshire cut funding for housing programs in the budget. It’s critical to what we’re doing, and I was shocked the state did it in the middle of a housing crisis.
The signs that New Hampshire’s housing marking is inching toward improvement continued in September, with increased year-over-year sales and inventory, though median sales price continued to tank affordability for buyers.
It’s here, people. Hershey’s told us in July that this fall the price of its chocolate products would increase by double digits. They weren’t kidding.
A majority of New Hampshire voters think their community needs more affordable housing, and are in favor of changing land use regulations to do it, according to a new survey.
Dismas Home of New Hampshire has closed on a property in Rochester that will allow it to serve three times the amount of justice-involved women annually that it does now.
The effects of the government shutdown will be different for everyone in New Hampshire – and the country – depending on who they are and what their plans are.
The biggest sticking point that has resulted in lack of a federal budget and the government shutdown is the high increase to health insurance premiums for millions of Americans and around 50,000 New Hampshire residents.
One key issue federal budget issue that has yet to be resolved are possible cuts that would severely reduce or eliminate programs that awarded millions to New Hampshire last year to help ease the housing crisis and homelessness
he first meeting of the revived New Hampshire Domestic Violence Fatality Review Committee, created by legislation this year, will hold its first session Thursday.
Starting next week, paper check payments for Social Security, federal tax returns, and more, will be a thing of the past, a move that will have an outsized negative impact on low-income, elderly and rural Americans, as well as be a financial hit to the forest products industry, U.S. Sen Jeanne Shaheen said Monday.
Richard Cohen, of Keene, a grocery wholesaler and software creator, is 45th on the list, and Alexander Karp, of Lyman, cofounder and CEO of data mining firm Palantir Technologies, is 74th. The Forbes 400 was released Sept. 9.
Inventory in August was 2.5, according the New Hampshire Association or Realtors monthly market report. That means that if all the homes on the market were sold at the current pace, it would take 2.5 months to sell them. Inventory in August 2024 was 2.1.
The latest with the tariffs is that a federal appeals court has upheld the earlier ruling of the Court of International Trade that most of Trump’s global tariffs are not legal, and he exceeded his authority in using emergency powers to impose them. That said, the courts are allowing the tariffs to remain while Trump’s administration appeals to the Supreme Court.
If you’re impressed by a New Hampshire small business or owner, now is the time to see that it, or they, gets the recognition it deserves. The nomination period for the New Hampshire Small Business Association Awards is open through 7 a.m. Monday, Dec. 8.
NEWS: The “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act makes the most significant changes to Medicaid in two decades, including the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU: Changes to Medicaid don’t just affect those who are enrolled in it, but have an impact on health care costs in general, as well as state budgets.
The initial goal may be sidewalk and streetscape improvements to a two-block area of downtown, but recommendations in a report stemming from community discussion on the project see a much bigger picture.
The death of a Manchester woman who was pulled unconscious from Maine’s Sebago Lake Wednesday morning is being investigated, but the sheriff’s department said it’s a likely drowning.
The plan to turn the long-vacant Hallsville School building on Jewett Street into 36 apartments cleared another hurdle toward development last week, a win for affordable housing in the constant push and pull between the need to address the housing crisis and neighborhoods that want housing built, but somewhere else.
Thursday’s letter from 15 New England members of the House blasted the lack of information on the plan, and the harm it will have on the Northeast, as USDA moves most operations to regional hubs in North Carolina, Missouri, Utah, Colorado and Indiana.
Single-family home prices in Hillsborough and Rockingham counties are tens of thousands above those in the state’s other eight counties, continuing to push the state’s median sales price to a place out of reach for many.