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When economic cutbacks involve employees, salaries or staffing levels, an attorney is often needed to be sure legal requirements are met.
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HOOKSETT - The state Department of Transportation is taking bids from developers to expand the site into an inclusive rest stop for motorists.
THE STATE pension system for public employees is sliding to insolvency faster than a legislator who passes a room full of state employees can switch to pander mode. And yet the state Senate is reluctant to pass the strong reforms needed.
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MANCHESTER - The state's jobless rate for October fell 0.4 percentage points to 6.8 percent. This is the first drop since October 2007.
Updated, 11:11 a.m. The window and door manufacturer will shift some work to Londonderry as it closes a western Massachusetts plant.
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COLEBROOK - The economic turmoil combined with the layoff of hundreds of workers from the region's largest employer two months ago is now hitting New Hampshire's northernmost hospital.
MANCHESTER - Updated, 10:48 p.m. Although it was expected, yesterday's bankruptcy filing by FairPoint Communications Inc. was jarring nonetheless.
A group of former employees gather with state officials yesterday outside Precision Technology in Pembroke. (DAN O'BRIEN)
PEMBROKE - Precision Technology, which provides printing and other services for the direct mail industry, closed its local plant today.
COLEBROOK - Yesterday, nearly two dozen representatives of trucking companies in the region met with Gov. John Lynch to talk about the challenges they are facing, and it's not only the high cost of fueling their rigs.
DURHAM - More than 75 percent of Coos County residents surveyed last year said they would tell local teenagers to move away when they grow up, underscoring the continuing economic malaise that has gripped the region, according to a report released yesterday.
CONCORD - Unemployment in New Hampshire fell last month to 3.8 percent, down 0.1 percent from March and up 0.1 percent compared to April 2007, the state Department of Employment Security said.
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IN AUGUST 2008, Brian Harris noticed a loose branch hanging from a tree in his Merrimack yard, just above a power line. Harris used his pruners to cut the limb. The branch fell onto the line, resulting in a year-long hassle and one big bill from the power company. "If we would've had any idea what we were getting into, we would've left it alone," said Deanne Harris, Brian's wife. ►Tree removal proves a knotty problem (4) More headlines >>> |
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