March 14 is Equal Pay Day, the day that symbolizes when women have caught up to what men earned the previous year. Though it may seem more like Equal Pay Groundhog Day, considering the snail’s pace of progress.
Few people have had a great impact on the people of New Hampshire quite like Paul Holloway. He leaves a legacy of generosity, community leadership, business success and family ties that will live well beyond his years.
Mayor Joyce Craig was among more than 150 local government and school board officials across the state who on March 13 signed a letter to Governor Sununu and the General Court of New Hampshire calling for better and more equitable public education funding. The letter will be presented at the NH House Finance Committee’s budget hearing at the State House Monday.
Brent Kiley, CFP®, ChFC®, and Bob Bonfiglio, MBA, CFP®, ChFC®, BFA™, both Private Wealth Advisors with Ameriprise Financial in Bedford, NH, have been named #1 and 2 on the list of “Barron’s Top 1,200 Financial Advisors” in NH, published by Barron’s, a publication covering business and finance. The annual Barron’s list recognizes the most outstanding financial advisors who represent the highest levels of ethical standards, professionalism, and success in the business.
While March is Maple Month in New Hampshire, hosted by the New Hampshire Maple Products Association, it all comes together March 18 and 19, on New Hampshire Maple Weekend.
The grant was part of $88.6 million the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded to nine nonprofits across the country to finance startup and expansion of independent meat processors through the Meat and Poultry Intermediary Lending Program (MPILP).
Over 50 tech companies have laid off thousands of workers in the Boston area as part of a nationwide wave of staff reductions in the industry — but it hasn’t seemed to have reached New Hampshire.
You’re a Boomer and you may be a parent of an adult child or two. With all the things you’ve done with/for your children through the years, have you received any type of thanks or recognition from that adult child that, yes, you did a good job as a parent? You are someone they are proud of? You made a difference in their lives?
If housing was built like a Disney ride, parts would be manufactured in a factory and assembled later on-site to create a sturdy, reliable structure. Or, on a smaller scale, like Lego pieces snapping together to complete a model.
Yet another study has come out about how Americans are “quiet quitting,” because they feel overworked, underpaid and undervalued by their employer. Quiet quitting, if you haven’t been following this “trend,” means not putting in any more effort than what’s required on the job.
Conversation with Bob McLaughlin of the National Collaborative for Digital Equity a nonprofit working to make technology more accessible to low-income students.
Amid the ongoing youth mental health crisis, New Hampshire Attorney General John M. Formella has joined 46 of his fellow Attorneys General in asking a state court to order social media company TikTok, Inc. to fully comply with an ongoing investigation into whether the company violated consumer protection laws.
Over the next two weeks, more than 700 students from across New Hampshire will compete in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) and service learning challenges, which are among the most in-demand skills in today’s fast-evolving business world.
Nashua Community College will receive $456,051 to expand its aviation technical and mechanical job training program, which trains workers for an industry that’s facing a critical shortage.
Thirty-nine percent of employees working two full-time remote jobs are able to do so because they say neither requires 40 hours per week to maintain. Meanwhile, 34% work more than 40 hours per week to maintain both jobs. Among workers whose second full-time job is in-person, 60% complete remote work while at their in-person job. Only 32% keep their two work schedules separate.
The goal was to sell 1,000 tickets at $100 a piece raising $100,000 for veterans. With a lot of support from the community, that goal was hit!
The program provides funding for eligible 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations in the Granite State that may be at high risk of terrorist attacks to enhance security. It is also designed to promote coordination and collaboration in emergency preparedness activities among public and private community representatives, as well as state and local government agencies.
