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.
“The need is greater than ever. We have seen more families experiencing hunger and we’re hopeful that the Seacoast community will step up to help our neighbors. Last year Gather distributed fresh, healthy groceries to 125,000 people, an increase of 50% over the last two years. We need to make our largest food drive a big success to address the increased need,” says Gather Executive Director Anne Hayes.
Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) announced this week its expanded partnership with Aira, a video remote interpreting app, to now offer free access to Aira ASL for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community. The Airport already offers Aira Explorer for the blind and low-vision community.
Among programs in the crosshairs are the funding sources for over 1,000 Community Action Agencies across the country — including five in New Hampshire – that were created through the landmark Economic Opportunity Act in 1964. The agencies administer anti-poverty initiatives such as Head Start and the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program and distribute food to pantries and soup kitchens.
Sunapee Shade and Blind, a trusted provider of custom window treatment solutions across New England, has tapped retail veteran Shawn Nichols as its President, to guide the company into its next chapter.
On Tuesday, May 27, Insomnia Cookies held a ribbon-cutting ceremony in advance of its official grand opening on Saturday, celebrating the start of Manchester’s first-ever cookie-based restaurant, or at the very least, Manchester’s first late-night cookie-based restaurant.
For survivors of a life-changing health event, outlook on life can change and connection with others is important. Similarly, professionals who help to save the lives of individuals cherish the opportunity to reconnect with those they have served.
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.
Earlier this month, developers seeking to construct a seven-story, 51-unit multi-family mixed-use building at 1308 Elm St., the current location of the North End Superette, were granted variances from the city’s zoning ordinances from the Manchester Zoning Board of Adjustment for minimum buildable lot area and infringement on the required visual clearance area on a corner lot within the city’s Central Business District.
Dig Energy, a geothermal drilling tech startup, was the third-place winner in the U.S. Department of Energy’s EPIC Pitch Competition.
The public session had a diverse array of approx. 20 speakers, from age 7 (with her father) to 65 (at least), who spoke in favor of the Pine Street paving with the addition of a bike lane.
On Monday, May 19th, the Manchester Fire Department gifted a sport utility vehicle to HOPE for NH Recovery to assist individuals living in the city with substance use disorder seeing recovery services.
The Department of Business and Economic Affairs (BEA) honored former Manchester-Boston Regional Airport Director of Aviation Ted Kitchens with the BEA Collaborator of the Year award at its annual Tourism Summit on May 15. The award, presented by Commissioner Taylor Caswell, recognizes strong commitment and exceptional support to the state in advancing tourism and economic development.
In part two of our series with Dr. Marina Feldman from Elliot Breast Health Center, she discusses the importance of screening mammograms. She addresses common concerns like discomfort, radiation, and anxiety around being called back for further testing.
Michael McCaffrey has joined the Families in Transition team as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
The NH Tech Alliance welcomes Gail Goodman, former CEO of Constant Contact, as the featured speaker for this year’s TechWomen Connect and Awards, set for May 28.
It’s boxy, angular, and typically yellow. And when it lights up on a car dashboard, the next step is often hundreds of dollars in repairs.
But some in New Hampshire believe the “check engine” light is not always reliable, and that its presence can cause vehicles to fail their state inspection even when everything is working fine.
Come to see our art! Members of Positive Street Art and Opportunity Networks are partnering together
again for their award winning 12-week art intensive United Through Color; the color of different people coming together to learn and experience art, science, professional skills, studying the human form. Come to see paintings and sculptures, performance, art and photography, signature food and dancing. We’ll have allergy friendly foods, with live DJ-ing from some of our own group members D.Original on the decks! Our DJs may even take your classic requests.
On Tuesday, the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen Committee on Lands and Buildings will review a request from Socha Companies to purchase city-owned land on Hackett Hill identified as a key part to the city’s growing biofabrication industry.
