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July 23, 2012

Preview: Tomorrow’s Installment Of Getting By, Getting Ahead Looks At Life After Layoff For Manchester Teacher

Tomorrow on Morning Edition on NHPR, you can catch the latest installment of our series, “Getting By, Getting Ahead.”  This summer, StateImpact is looking at the personal stories behind New Hampshire’s recovering economy.  Tomorrow’s piece will focus on one of the dozens of teachers laid-off from the Manchester school district.  Reporter Amanda Loder recently discussed […]

July 21, 2012
July 20, 2012

Liveblog! At Google’s Get Your Business Online Event

Today, about 200 New Hampshire small business owners are attending a series of three classes in Hooksett, during which they set up their own website, then learn how to leverage it, all for free. Walking up the sidewalk to Southern New Hampshire University’s dining hall — where Google is launching a year-long Get Your Business […]

Chemicals Manufacturer Expands In Londonderry

“You wouldn’t expect a fine chemicals manufacturing company to locate in New Hampshire,” Hanno Wentzler, CEO of Freudenberg Chemical Specialties, told the New Hampshire Business Review, “but we have made it here.” The company has announced it will be expanding its workforce, adding up to 100 employees over two years to its KlĂĽber Lubrication plant […]

July 17, 2012

New Hampshire’s First-Ever Trader Joe’s Opens In Nashua

NHPR intern Tina Forbes, also a crew-member at Nashua’s brand-new Trader Joe’s, brought one of those quintessential tubs of Trader Joe’s miniature chocolate chip cookies to the office today, creating a noticeable boost to newsroom morale.

Getting By, Getting Ahead: Seacoast Boutique Owner Bets On Success In High-Rent Downtown

As part of our weekly “Getting By, Getting Ahead” series, StateImpact is traveling across New Hampshire, gathering personal stories from the people behind the economy.  In our fourth installment, we visit a bustling boutique in the Seacoast region. _____ Walk down Market Street in downtown Portsmouth, and you’ll see clothing boutiques, a kitchen store, a […]

July 16, 2012

Seacoast Snapshot: Portsmouth Retailers Struggle With High Downtown Rents

Tomorrow morning on NHPR, we’ll hear from Assiah Russell, a boutique owner in downtown Portsmouth. Assiah’s story is Part Four of our series “Getting By, Getting Ahead,” examining how people across New Hampshire’s seven regions are navigating a recovering economy. ___ Downtown Portsmouth, with its skyline dominated by the large white North Church steeple, and […]

July 12, 2012
July 10, 2012

Getting By, Getting Ahead: Start-Up Entrepreneur Brings High-Tech Talent To Rural N.H.

As part of our weekly “Getting By, Getting Ahead” series, StateImpact is traveling across New Hampshire, gathering personal stories from the people behind the economy.  In our third installment, we visit a biotech start-up in the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee region. _____ Deep inside a nondescript business park in Lebanon, a blocky, industrial building is getting a […]

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