News/Business
BUSINESS: Companies come to ConVal for job fair
By DAVID ALLEN
An event devoted to reducing the “Now Hiring” signs in front of area businesses and helping individuals find jobs drew job-seekers and employers to ConVal High School on Thursday.
BUSINESS: Cornucopia looks to expand offerings with acquisition
By DAVID ALLEN
Cornucopia Project in Peterborough is moving to a new location that reflects its growth and desire to be more accessible to students who have been tending to the organization’s gardens for 20 years. It is also ramping up the vocational training dimension of the program.
BUSINESS – Fiddleheads owners at Hancock Market
By DAVID ALLEN
Change is afoot at the Hancock Market, but with an air of familiarity.
Chris Luksha joins Tieger Realty
Chris Luksha has joined Tieger Realty Co., Inc. in Jaffrey as a sales associate.
Low participation dooms Rindge Farmers and Crafters Market
By ASHLEY SAARI
The Rindge Farmers and Crafters Market will not be taking place this summer.
Flag Leaf Bakery takes big step forward in Greenfield
By JESSECA TIMMONS
Flag Leaf Bakery is one step closer to opening in Greenfield after the Greenfield Planning Board gave conditional approval for the business to move forward at Monday night’s meeting.
Want to ‘sip and stroll’ outside with an alcoholic beverage? The N.H. House thinks so
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
Picture this -- finishing dinner and drinks at a restaurant, and pouring an alcoholic beverage into a to-go cup to bring home or sip it while wandering around downtown.
BUSINESS: Tariffs have local manufacturers concerned
By DAVID ALLEN
Policies from the new administration in Washington, D.C., are keeping businesses in the Monadnock region wondering – and worrying – about the impact of certain tariffs on their enterprises.
Economic Development Authority of Peterborough, ConVal and the Greater Monadnock Collaborative join forces for job fair
By DAVID ALLEN
Along with signs outside businesses proclaiming “Now Hiring,” there news stories about people in various sectors of the economy losing their jobs.
Monadnock Community Hospital launches ‘Slam the Scam’ anti-fraud effort
With health care scams on the rise, Monadnock Community Hospital is launching its “Slam the Scam” campaign to help the public recognize and avoid fraudulent calls. Scammers are increasingly impersonating hospitals, Medicare and insurance providers in attempts to steal sensitive personal information.
BUSINESS: Jay Patel makes quick mark at Antrim Marketplace
By DAVID ALLEN
Serendipity can play a role in many things, as Jay Patel of Antrim recently learned.
BUSINESS: Alltown in Peterborough offers new place to charge electric vehicles
By DAVID ALLEN
Owners of electric vehicles have a new site to charge up locally, as chargers are now online at the Alltown convenience store and gas station on Grove Street in Peterborough.
Bill to remove NH’s consumer advocate’s independence met with concerns, opposition
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
On one hand, Weare Rep. Ross Berry’s bill to fold New Hampshire’s independent Office of the Consumer Advocate into the state Department of Energy has the backing of Republican leadership.
Cocktails to go? Under proposed NH law, restaurants could deliver liquor to your home
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
Ever wanted to order an alcoholic beverage delivered to your home? Under a proposed new law, you could.
Housing crisis unites business groups
By MIKE COTE
New Hampshire’s housing crisis has inspired Realtors, state and local chambers of commerce and industry trade groups to join forces.
BUSINESS: Flag Leaf Bakery is headed from Antrim to Greenfield
By DAVID ALLEN
Growing pains are, by definition, painful, but when a business outgrows its existing space, that suggests success.
Old Dutch Mustard pleads guilty of discharging pollutant into Souhegan River
By ASHLEY SAARI
The parent company of a Greenville manufacturer and its president and owner have pleaded guilty in federal court to knowingly discharging acidic water into the Souhegan River, with sentencing set for June 23.
Greenville rehab center decision continued again
By ASHLEY SAARI
Deliberations will continue on a proposed substance rehabilitation center in downtown Greenville, as the Planning Board continues to craft potential conditions for the facility.
BUSINESS: Rindge gutter company undergoes ‘Udder’ transformation
By ASHLEY SAARI
Aho Seamless Gutters in Rindge has undergone a rebranding -- keeping the same ownership and employees, but taking on a new name, tagline and logo to become Udderly Gutters.
Residential real estate market starts 2025 where it left off in 2024
By PAUL BRIAND
The residential real estate market started 2025 pretty much the way it exited 2024 — with high prices and limited supply. And it’s not likely to change for the foreseeable future.
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