New Hampshire News

Beach Rebirth: Popular New Hampshire Beach Gets Spruced Up

Bob Mitchell can’t wait to reopen Mrs. Mitchell’s Gift Shop. His business was one of several Hampton Beach businesses destroyed in a fire last year, but Mitchell plans to be back by Memorial Day. Just as Mitchell’s seaside village-style shop …

New Hampshire City Investigates Five Arsons in Six Days in

Police in Manchester, New Hampshire are investigating five arson fires in six days in a one-block area of the city’s west side. Investigators say all the fires went out on their own, but they caused some damage. Police say that …

New Hampshire Bill Would Repeal Boat Speed Limits

A year after New Hampshire established permanent speed limits on its largest lake, lawmakers are considering repealing them. The Senate is considering a bill that replaces a daytime speed limit on Lake Winnipesaukee of 45 mph and the nighttime limit …

PIA Names Koetzle as Vice President

PIA Management Services named Christopher Koetzle to the newly created position of vice president for the umbrella corporation that manages Professional Insurance Agents associations in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and New Hampshire. Koetzle most recently served as vice president …

OSHA Fines New Hampshire Paper Company in Worker Death

A federal agency is fining a New Hampshire paper company for intentional safety violations in the death of a 34-year-old worker who was pulled through a paper rolling machine. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined the APC Paper …

Insurance Year in Review: East Edition

The touchy subject of agents’ commissions dominated headlines in 2010 — particularly in New York where regulators unveiled new rules that will force agents to reveal to clients how much they are paid. That decision struck a major nerve within …

State: Utility Not to Blame in New Hampshire Power Shutoff Death

State regulators said an electric utility acted appropriately when it shut off power to a woman who didn’t pay her power bill and died after an oxygen machine she needed stopped working. The state Public Utilities Commission reviewed National Grid’s …

Report: Louisiana Is Less Healthy than Previously Thought

A report from the United Health Foundation finds Louisiana’s national health rankings dropped to 49th in the last year. The ranking puts Louisiana second to only Mississippi in having the worst health outcomes of any state in the nation. State …

Sky-High Premiums Force Closure of New Hampshire Flight School

The flight school at New Hampshire’s Lebanon Municipal Airport has disbanded. Greg Soho of Signal Aviation, which ran the school, says the decision to drop the program had nothing to do with demand for flight lessons. He says the school …

New Hampshire Supreme Court Rejects Golfer’s Negligence Claim

You play golf, you assume risks. So says New Hampshire’s Supreme Court. The state’s highest court has upheld dismissal of a negligence lawsuit brought by an injured golfer against Candia Woods Golf Links. Paul Sanchez III said the golf course …