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Educational leader

Hesser College has a new president. Dr. John "Jack" Roche, 60, will lead the school's 3,500 students at campuses in Manchester, Concord, Nashua, Portsmouth and Salem. Roche has spent the last 20 years in educational leadership, most recently as interim president at the CHI Institute in Broomall, Penn. He also served as vice president of career services and professional development… 0

July 22, 2007

The office(s)

Concord Hospital has started construction on new doctors' offices off interstate 93's Exit 16 in East Concord. The building will house family practices and a physical rehabilitation center on Foundry Street, off the southbound side of Interstate 93. Hospital executives have estimated that eight to 10 new doctors would practice at the site along with support staff in 20,000 square… 0

July 22, 2007

Manchester

Under construction

On warm summer evenings along the Merrimack River in Manchester, fans of the Fisher Cats minor league baseball team crowd a stadium that three years ago was an abandoned rail yard marked by decades of industrial use. Today, the stadium is flanked by an upscale hotel with a restaurant overlooking the ball field, and construction has begun on turning a rusty nearby train trestle into… 0

July 22, 2007

Power play

More than 50 New Hampshire companies have agreed to reduce their electricity consumption if demand threatens to outpace supply this summer. The agreements are part of a power planning program by PSNH called "PeakSmart." Electricity demand in the region has set records on the hottest days of the year for the past summers. On those days, some of the largest companies have been asked… 0

July 22, 2007

Concord

Rumford seeks more time

Lawyers for shuttered Concord oil company Rumford Energy asked the bankruptcy court Friday for a second extension of the deadline to file the remainder of the financial information required to seek bankruptcy protection. 0

July 22, 2007

Weare

Motorcyclist dies

A motorcycle driver was killed and his passenger critically wounded Saturday afternoon when he drifted over the centerline on Route 149 in Weare and collided with a truck. The Weare police said Kenneth Hammer Jr. of Pembroke was driving west on Route 149 about 2 p.m. Saturday when his Harley-Davidson crossed into the oncoming lane and the path of a truck, according to the police.… 0

July 19, 2007

Lightning strikes, downing power wires

A series of thunderstorms that moved across the state yesterday afternoon caused scattered power outages in Concord and surrounding towns. Dispatchers throughout Merrimack County said strong winds and lightning downed trees and wires, blocking off some roads and keeping emergency crews busy from noon on. Lightning struck a house on Brookwood Drive in Penacook yesterday about 3:30… 0

July 16, 2007

Energy demand triggers upgrade

Construction is set to begin on a $17.6 million transmission line upgrade to help meet rising electricity demand to a roughly 20-mile stretch of communities between Goffstown and Hillsboro. Public Service Company of New Hampshire is replacing an existing high-voltage transmission line with a new one that will be able to carry four times as much electricity to the region, PSNH spokesman… 0

July 16, 2007

Manchester

Taking on an industry

Michael Dillon spends sleepless nights tracking local home foreclosures and studying the way subprime mortgages are packaged, sold and serviced by a web of industry giants all over the country. It is an unlikely hobby for a 38-year-old who doesn't have a college degree, made a living building the stages for acts like… 0

July 15, 2007

Rumford Energy case documents due

The deadline for Rumford Energy lawyers to file the rest of the financial documents required in the failed Concord oil dealer's bankruptcy case are due Friday. Rumford Energy closed without notice April 13, leaving hundreds of customers with broken contracts and empty oil tanks. The company filed for bankruptcy a month later but could not submit all the financial information required… 0

July 15, 2007