Byline: Scott Merrill

Thousands of Granite Staters fall victim to the insidious traps set by scammers each year. From 2019 until April 2024, fraud of various types accounted for losses of nearly $80 million in NH, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The most common type of fraud is imposter scams, where the fraudster pretends to be an official and requests information, money, or a gift card to solve the supposed problem. These account for almost half of all Granite State scams.

The ReGen Valley Tech Hub—a growing biofab consortium in Manchester’s Millyard led by the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI) that aims to be the hub for creating and growing human tissue and organs in the United States—is one of the 31 inaugural Tech Hubs designated by U.S. Dept. of Commerce across the country in October.

While framed diplomas adorning the wall behind you during video meetings may still be a good way to display academic cred, today many are storing their academic accomplishments in the digital world in the form of micro-credentials.

William Stone, the founding president and CEO of Primary Bank who has led the Bedford-based bank for more than nine years, departed the bank on Tuesday, according to Thomas Conaton, executive vice president of the bank.

Industry leaders are hopeful manufacturing will grow again, with many pointing to the infusion of $44 million in a federal grant that will be used to expand a biofabrication cluster in Manchester’s Millyard, which is expected to create thousands more manufacturing jobs and make NH the global epicenter of biofabrication.