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July 9, 2012
July 3, 2012

Getting By, Getting Ahead: A Monadnock Farmer’s Sustainability Challenge

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 second installment, we visit a small farm in the Monadnock Region. _____ Tracie Smith has been selling mixed vegetables and herbs at farmers’ markets since she went to […]

July 2, 2012

Preview: Tomorrow’s Installment Of “Getting By, Getting Ahead” Focuses On Farming

Tomorrow morning, NHPR will air the second part of our series “Getting By, Getting Ahead,” which tells the personal stories behind New Hampshire’s economy.  The upcoming piece will profile a small-scale farmer from the Monadnock region, and the challenge she faces in trying to get her employees health insurance. If you’d like to find out […]

Monadnock Region Snapshot: A Growing Local Food Movement Doesn’t Translate To Prosperity

Tomorrow morning on NHPR, we’ll introduce you to Tracie Smith, a farmer in the Monadnock Region. Tracie’s story is Part Two of our series “Getting By, Getting Ahead,” examining how people across New Hampshire’s seven regions are navigating a recovering economy.                                                             ___ Farming has long been crucial to New Hampshire’s Monadnock region, where rows of vegetable […]

June 26, 2012

Getting By, Getting Ahead: A White Mountains Innkeeper Struggles With Shifting Economic Landscape

As the country continues to struggle with high unemployment and a lackluster economic recovery, New Hampshire is doing surprisingly well.  Unemployment is at five percent — much lower than the national average.  And more people are starting small businesses.  In our weekly “Getting By, Getting Ahead” series, StateImpact is traveling the state, gathering personal stories […]

June 25, 2012

White Mountains Snapshot: National Hotel Chains Set Up Shop

Tomorrow morning on NHPR, we’ll introduce you to Ed Butler, an innkeeper in the White Mountains. Ed’s story is Part One of our series “Getting By, Getting Ahead,” examining how people across New Hampshire’s seven regions are navigating a recovering economy.  _______ As you follow the winding highway through Franconia and Crawford Notches, weaving in […]

June 20, 2012

“Best of New Hampshire” Businesses Celebrate at Verizon Center Thursday

New Hampshire Public Radio Intern Tina Forbes Reports: Did you vote on your favorite local restaurant this year? Winners of the New Hampshire Magazine’s ‘Best of New Hampshire’ contest will be gathering on Thursday night to celebrate and share some contest-winning morsels at the Verizon Center in Manchester. The public may attend. All proceeds from […]

June 15, 2012

Why Ride In The Granite State? Portraits From Laconia Motorcycle Week

New Hampshire has one of the highest motorcycle registration rates in the country. Why do people people love to ride in the Granite State? Scroll down to see what each Laconia rally attendee thinks New Hampshire has to offer, and check out our U.S. map of motorcycle popularity.

June 13, 2012

Have To Retake Algebra I? Bad Placement Tests May Be To Blame

On Monday the Nashua Telegraph published an article with some scary numbers: 78% of freshmen at Nashua Community College coming from Nashua public high schools require remedial coursework.  This is higher than the national community college remediation rate, which is close to 60% — and it doesn’t include those students who frequently require remediation because […]

May 31, 2012

Concord, N.H. Super-Strong Economy?

Today, Concord, N.H. was ranked #1 micropolitan economy by the POLICOM Corporation, a Florida-based economic research firm. POLICOM defines a micropolitan area as a contained economy consisting of a county or counties with a city of between 10,000 and 50,000 people.  Washington, D.C. came in first for metropolitan areas — or cities with more than […]

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