Business Notebook

LAST THURSDAY, a despondent man was threatening to jump off the Piscataqua River Bridge. A police detective was credited with saving his life.

NEARLY A DECADE after his death, Joe Sullivan is still helping students at West High School.

Cranmore director named to development team

Some fans who ignored Kevin Hart’s no-phone policy at the comedian’s show at SNHU Arena in 2018 were ejected by security.

THE LAST TIME Justin Page visited the building now home to Chase’s Manchester branch, he was eating pizza.

DON’T TELL Jim Roach it must be great to be back in business.

MIKE APFELBERG only needed a couple of days to travel from Nashua to the Ukrainian border.

Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que, a world famous purveyor of smoked meats, operates out of a gas station in Kansas.

THE FIRST PAGE of John Sperzel’s “Courage” honors the 24-year-old teacher whose choice as a teenager created a living legacy when he died.

THE TYPICAL INVESTOR in a tech startup is a middle-aged white guy. York IE, a Manchester-based investment group, aims to change that.

By Mike Cote

KRISTEN HURLEY didn’t know the difference between a series circuit and a parallel circuit when her father helped her work on a third-grade science project about electricity. What she remembers most was her dad’s excitement.

AS AN individual lender, Laurel Adams has supported small businesses all over the world through Kiva, a nonprofit founded in 2005 that provides zero interest loans to people and projects in underserved communities.

State Sen. Rebecca Perkins Kwoka knows who ultimately is going to make it easier for New Hampshire to attract and retain young people.

Carty appointed CEO of mental health center

PEOPLE INVITED to celebrate Loon Chocolate’s new digs in Manchester were the lucky recipients of a “Watson’s Golden Ticket,” a nod to Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”

DURING A recent trip to Venice, Fla., a casual conversation with our rental car agent led to a discussion of Southern New Hampshire University, where the young management trainee was earning a degree.

COVID spikes. Workforce woes. Supply chain disruptions. Rising energy costs. Inflation worries.

VIENNE CHEUNG BROWN just wanted to find a pair of thigh-high stockings that didn’t fall down. That was her ticket to a new career as an entrepreneur.

Most of us remember the moment we realized the COVID-19 pandemic was about to invade our lives. The fast-moving and deadly virus was no longer the rumbling of a distant train but one that was barreling down the tracks in our direction.

This is the time of year when economists, money managers, soothsayers, prognosticators and the guy standing next to you in line at the deli offer their predictions for the year ahead.

By Mike Cote

AS THANKSGIVING approaches, comedian Juston McKinney has Plymouth on his mind.

I RARELY get a chance to take a two-hour break in the middle of the work day. What better way to spend it than in traffic court, where people try to worm their way out of a speeding ticket, or at least shave a few bucks off the fine.

T HE New Hampshire Liquor Commission is in the running for Retailer of the Year from Wine Enthusiast magazine.

A MUSEUM in the Millyard might sound like a fitting spot for a century-old service organization to hold its meetings, but the Kiwanis Club of Manchester was thinking about its future when it chose a new locale.

A FEW years ago, I was sharing a ski lift at Mount Sunapee with a longtime instructor at the Newbury resort. He was about to call it quits for the day, and was in a grumbly mood. The new reservation system had been causing a few hiccups.

LIKE MANY of the rooms at the Manchester Boys & Girls Club, the Teen Tech Lab can get a little noisy.

FOR RAJESH NAIR, investing in the future means teaching sixth graders in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, how to build a robot that can kick a ball.

SINCE IT CLOSED more than 60 years ago, the old YMCA building in Portsmouth has sat empty as a vibrant downtown evolved all around it.

In a Bedford conference room one recent Friday, a judging panel that included a trio of entrepreneurs, a finance expert and a journalist spent six hours listening to 20-minute presentations from 10 New Hampshire technology companies.

SHERYL MCQUADE is used to hearing businesses talk about their challenges.

UNOPENED MAIL. Bills not getting paid. A shoebox stuffed with important documents.

LAST THURSDAY, a despondent man was threatening to jump off the Piscataqua River Bridge. A police detective was credited with saving his life.

NEARLY A DECADE after his death, Joe Sullivan is still helping students at West High School.

Cranmore director named to development team

Some fans who ignored Kevin Hart’s no-phone policy at the comedian’s show at SNHU Arena in 2018 were ejected by security.

THE LAST TIME Justin Page visited the building now home to Chase’s Manchester branch, he was eating pizza.

DON’T TELL Jim Roach it must be great to be back in business.

MIKE APFELBERG only needed a couple of days to travel from Nashua to the Ukrainian border.

Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que, a world famous purveyor of smoked meats, operates out of a gas station in Kansas.

THE FIRST PAGE of John Sperzel’s “Courage” honors the 24-year-old teacher whose choice as a teenager created a living legacy when he died.

THE TYPICAL INVESTOR in a tech startup is a middle-aged white guy. York IE, a Manchester-based investment group, aims to change that.

By Mike Cote

KRISTEN HURLEY didn’t know the difference between a series circuit and a parallel circuit when her father helped her work on a third-grade science project about electricity. What she remembers most was her dad’s excitement.

AS AN individual lender, Laurel Adams has supported small businesses all over the world through Kiva, a nonprofit founded in 2005 that provides zero interest loans to people and projects in underserved communities.

State Sen. Rebecca Perkins Kwoka knows who ultimately is going to make it easier for New Hampshire to attract and retain young people.

Carty appointed CEO of mental health center

PEOPLE INVITED to celebrate Loon Chocolate’s new digs in Manchester were the lucky recipients of a “Watson’s Golden Ticket,” a nod to Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”

DURING A recent trip to Venice, Fla., a casual conversation with our rental car agent led to a discussion of Southern New Hampshire University, where the young management trainee was earning a degree.

COVID spikes. Workforce woes. Supply chain disruptions. Rising energy costs. Inflation worries.

VIENNE CHEUNG BROWN just wanted to find a pair of thigh-high stockings that didn’t fall down. That was her ticket to a new career as an entrepreneur.

Most of us remember the moment we realized the COVID-19 pandemic was about to invade our lives. The fast-moving and deadly virus was no longer the rumbling of a distant train but one that was barreling down the tracks in our direction.

This is the time of year when economists, money managers, soothsayers, prognosticators and the guy standing next to you in line at the deli offer their predictions for the year ahead.

By Mike Cote

AS THANKSGIVING approaches, comedian Juston McKinney has Plymouth on his mind.

I RARELY get a chance to take a two-hour break in the middle of the work day. What better way to spend it than in traffic court, where people try to worm their way out of a speeding ticket, or at least shave a few bucks off the fine.

T HE New Hampshire Liquor Commission is in the running for Retailer of the Year from Wine Enthusiast magazine.

A MUSEUM in the Millyard might sound like a fitting spot for a century-old service organization to hold its meetings, but the Kiwanis Club of Manchester was thinking about its future when it chose a new locale.

A FEW years ago, I was sharing a ski lift at Mount Sunapee with a longtime instructor at the Newbury resort. He was about to call it quits for the day, and was in a grumbly mood. The new reservation system had been causing a few hiccups.

LIKE MANY of the rooms at the Manchester Boys & Girls Club, the Teen Tech Lab can get a little noisy.

FOR RAJESH NAIR, investing in the future means teaching sixth graders in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, how to build a robot that can kick a ball.

SINCE IT CLOSED more than 60 years ago, the old YMCA building in Portsmouth has sat empty as a vibrant downtown evolved all around it.

In a Bedford conference room one recent Friday, a judging panel that included a trio of entrepreneurs, a finance expert and a journalist spent six hours listening to 20-minute presentations from 10 New Hampshire technology companies.

SHERYL MCQUADE is used to hearing businesses talk about their challenges.

UNOPENED MAIL. Bills not getting paid. A shoebox stuffed with important documents.