News/Business
Queen City bicycle collective keeps people cruising
By SCOTT MERRILL
The Queen City Bicycle Collective’s simple mission “to get, and keep, the Manchester community riding bicycles, safely and affordably” hasn’t changed since its founding in 2014. And since expanding at a new location in 2018, the collective is helping...
Gunstock’s Tom Day to retire after 4 years
By DANIEL SARCH
GILFORD — After four years as president and general manager of Gunstock Mountain Resort, Tom Day told the Gunstock Area Commission Thursday he is retiring, and this winter season is his final one at the resort, according to a press release.In the...
Walgreens to pay $275K to settle allegations in Vermont about service during pandemic
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Walgreens has agreed to pay a $275,000 fine to settle allegations that some of its Vermont stores had untenable working conditions for pharmacists and made medication and vaccination errors during the coronavirus pandemic, the...
Granite Geek: North Country awaits the solar eclipse (if only it wasn’t coming in mud season)
By DAVID BROOKS
Colebrook is a nice little town alongside the Connecticut River not far from Quebec that has about 2,000 residents. On April 8, however, it will be a nice little town of … well, nobody really knows.“Are we going to have 2,000 more people or 10,000?...
Drip Bar opens in Portsmouth
By KYLIE VALLUZZI
On a blustery Friday afternoon in early December, Tori Scearbo concocted an intravenous (IV) drip for a client. She stood in teal scrub-like joggers and Hoka sneakers, garbed in a mask, plastic gown, and gloves at the hood, an enclosed bench-like...
Friendly Toast, Arts Alley construction could start in March
By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
Work to bring a Friendly Toast restaurant to the city’s main drag will get cooking this spring after the Concord Planning Board renewed approvals for a major downtown development.The regional retro brunch favorite is the flagship of Arts Alley, the...
South Main Street plans, sans housing, back before planning board
By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
A proposal for a new South Main Street property was reduced to two stories and dropped 16 units of market-rate housing from its previous plans. The Concord Planning Board approved the construction of a four-story building — featuring a “Friendly...
Business notes from the Capital Region
MVSB (Meredith Village Savings Bank) Fund at New Hampshire Charitable Foundation has awarded $75,000 to 40 local nonprofit organizations. This includes $58,000 donated to 23 local agencies and $17,000 to 17 local food pantries to help address food...
Plan to make Franklin area a regional draw expands
By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI
Marty Parichand’s vision for a new whitewater park may sound repetitive.For years, he has said that investing in recreation in Franklin will put the state’s smallest city on the map as a New England destination and spur economic growth.It’s a message...
Capital Fitness Center moving to old location of Strings and Things on South Main Street in Concord
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
Dustin Rose is on the cusp of realizing his long-held dream – opening a 24-hour fitness center.With over 15 years of experience as a private trainer and group instructor, Rose is expanding his gym, Capital Fitness Center, through a relocation to South...
Hoping to start construction this year, two major developments eager for city approval
By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
With workforce shortages and a bare-bones rental market, employers are eager for a boost in city housing stock. Developers behind two major mixed-use projects are eager to provide it — once they get a green light from the city.Representatives for the...
Law in the Marketplace: Coping with grief as a working professional
By JOHN CUNNINGHAM
A close friend of my wife and mine recently lost her partner of many years. He died of Alzheimer’s disease at a Concord, New Hampshire hospice facility.As readers will know, I write this column primarily for New Hampshire business owners but also for...
Business news from the Capital Region
Dan Mulkern of Stratham recently joined The McDonough Scholarship Foundation’s Board of Directors. Mulkern earned degrees from Boston College (BA - 1992) and Dartmouth (MBA – 1997) and received McDonough Scholarships during his undergraduate studies....
Gunstock tackles unseasonably warm winter weather
By DANIEL SARCH
GILFORD — Gunstock Mountain Resort has overcome many challenges in its 87 years operating as a ski area, and has responded to the warm start to the season with snow guns blazing.The winter of 2023-24 was predicted at the beginning of December to be...
Common Man opens grab-and-go eatery at Epsom traffic circle
By RAY DUCKLER
The ever-growing Common Man franchise has gotten even bigger.With 20 sit-down restaurants spread around the Granite State already in his stable, owner Alex Ray now has, as he calls it, a third “touch-and-go” business, this one at the Epsom Traffic...
Maintaining New Hampshire’s 7,000 miles of snowmobile trails
By HADLEY BARNDOLLAR
For snowmobile clubs in the North Country, the equipment necessary to maintain trails can cost up to $350,000, said Dan Gould, director of the New Hampshire Snowmobile Association. Those responsible for the upkeep are mostly volunteers, too. That’s...
Business notes from the Capital Region
Brittany Saucier was promoted to assistant vice president branch & business development manager at Merrimack County Savings Bank’s downtown Concord branch. In this position, Saucier will continue leading The Merrimack’s Main Office. Saucier began her...
‘A big convenience loss’: With FieldHouse Sports closed, families in Bow and Concord search for indoor sports opportunities
By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL
FieldHouse Sports in Bow was always a major focal point for athletics in the Bow and Concord communities. It’s where 6-year-olds learned how to play soccer, older kids kept their skills sharp in the winter and adults mixed sports into their busy...
Program looks to address burnout among health professionals
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
In the throes of the pandemic, Penelope Perri shouldered the responsibility of guiding a team of healthcare workers through a maze of changes.While working as the director of Concord Hospital’s Employee Assistance Program, Perri found herself on the...
Year in review: Changes come to local dining scene
By RAY DUCKLER
Like most years, Concord’s palate was asked to leave its comfort zone and welcome newcomers to the downtown area, as COVID more and more became a distant memory and eating establishments continued their climb back to normalcy.In 2023, new restaurants...
