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.

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.