Posts by Maureen Milliken
Market Basket’s latest ownership dispute won’t affect operations at its stores, including 33 in New Hampshire, company officials have told employees and customers.
Housing, workforce development, education and child care were all topics during the Regen Valley Tech Hub Community Update, held at 150 Dow St., home of Advanced Regenerative Techology Institute. The update, which drew an audience of more than 300, was the cap-off to the weeklong Meeting in the Millyard 2025, which highlights advances in the industry.
Dig Energy, a geothermal drilling tech startup, was the third-place winner in the U.S. Department of Energy’s EPIC Pitch Competition.
A meeting between six Northeastern governors and several Canadian province premiers to discuss relations in the face of tariffs is in the planning stages, but when it happens, Gov. Kelly Ayotte won’t be attending.
A $4.9 million federal grant that aimed to ensure low-income, aging and veteran state residents get the digital literacy resources to access jobs, health care and education has been paused after President Trump called it a “woke handout based on race” on social media.
Sales were down slightly, but inventory inched up for single-family home sales in New Hampshire in April.
A Londonderry man who’s wanted in three states on a variety of charges, including in connection with a July shooting death in Maine, is now also being sought by the U.S. Marshal Service.
Prices for the fruit on my grocery list were up slightly since our last Grocery Snapshot in April, so was pasta. Some other products I have my eye on are holding steady. Let’s take a look at my Grocery Snapshot for May.
I know, I know. It’s so hard to keep track of all the ways that new federal policies will have a negative impact on your wallet. We’ll try to keep it simple today and look at two things I wrote about last year that were designed to stop the nickel-and-dime pounding your wallet takes.
The winners of New Hampshire’s 2025 Small Business Awards will be recognized from on Monday, May 12, following National Small Business Week.
No one will feel the effects of the two-year budget passed by the New Hampshire House more, if it is enacted, than New Hampshire low-income residents who need help paying for, and accessing, health care.
Residents, business owners and downtown visitors will get a chance this month to weigh in on a sidewalk improvement project that is expected to enhance the heart of downtown.
Can we talk about groceries? I know! You already are. They’ve been the topic of the day for more than a year now. As consumers brace for the effect of Trump’s sweeping tariffs put in place Thursday, I thought it would be fun to start measuring what happens to a grocery bill.
The Manchester Urban Ponds Restoration Program has coordinated 120 volunteer cleanups at the city’s urban ponds since 2000. Other groups have coordinated 14 more. The 134 cleanups mean that 1,390 volunteers have spent about 4,327 hours collecting 2,893 bags of trash. This is in addition to larger dumped items like shopping carts (117), tires (464), car batteries, other car parts, construction debris, and more, according to a news release from the program.
Aside from terminating collective bargaining rights, the order halts workers’ right to grievance, mediation, other court action, and job protection, according to a memorandum issued by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Union officials said it could also immediately end their right to collect dues and represent employees in grievance and court procedures.
Federal legislation that would protect tenants and owners of mobile homes has been reintroduced by U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, who said the enhanced rules would help address the state’s housing crisis.
An amendment to the proposed state budget that could net the state’s general fund an estimated $11 million more in rooms and meals tax revenue than it’s due to get, but leaves municipalities out of any gains, was approved by the House Finance Division I Tuesday.
The wage gap hurts women’s ability to save for retirement and reduces their total Social Security and pension benefits, making older women more likely to live in poverty. In the past two years, there have been efforts on a national scale to close the gap, including the Paycheck Fairness Act, which seeks to strengthen the Equal Pay Act of 1963, by making it easier for workers to challenge employers on the basis of pay discrimination.
If you’re applying to college, in college, or owe money on student loans, it could put a major crimp in your plans. If you don’t fall into any of those categories, there will still be short and long-term effects to the economy and culture.
