Jim Roche, president of the Business and Industry Association (BIA) of New Hampshire, heard three themes from a recent study: the consistency and predictability of the business environment is a challenge; the labor pool of science, technology, math and engineering…
While State Sen. Jim Rausch, R-Derry, has his eye on improving infrastructure for the entire state, he thinks increasing New Hampshire’s gas tax will improve life for his constituents in Derry, Hampstead and Windham in two ways: by improving roads…
Derry is in decent shape for the ending first quarter of the 2014 budget. Chief Financial Officer Frank Childs and Controller Janice Mobsby gave their first-quarter report to the Town Council at its Dec. 17 meeting. “There has not been…
Suzanne Swett, co-facilitator of the Derry Social Connections group, remembers one young man attending the group. “One girl and I sat on either side of him, and we taught him to play ‘Apples To Apples,’” Swett recalled. “He won the…
Derry Chief Financial Officer Frank Childs and Controller Janice Mobsby gave highlights of the Town’s quarterly financial picture. Mobsby first presented what she called the “big numbers” at the May 21 Town Council meeting. General fund cash is at $41…
Between the closing of two of the three Portsmouth-Kittery bridges and the repairs to other red-listed bridges, it’s hard not to see that New Hampshire’s infrastructure is crumbling. That’s not unique to the Granite State and shouldn’t be used as…
