PHOENIX (AP) – U.S. health officials on Friday told consumers to throw away any store-bought romaine lettuce they have in their kitchens and warned restaurants not to serve it amid an E. coli outbreak that has sickened more than 50 people in several states. The U.S. Centers for Disease ...

BEDFORD – Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains (GSGWM) announces new partnerships with businesses that serve New Hampshire the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center and Holbrook Travel, to help provide unique programming for the girls they serve. Through the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery ...

LACONIA – Bank of New Hampshire has been selected to participate in the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston’s Equity Builder Program, which assists local homebuyers with down-payments and closing costs as well as homebuyer counseling and rehabilitation assistance. The $3.1 million program ...

MANCHESTER – St. Mary’s Bank knows that the down payment hurdle can be difficult to get over, especially for first-time homebuyers. Down payment assistance funds lower that hurdle and help make homeownership attainable. Eligible buyers can get up to $11,000 to purchase homes they will ...

NASHUA – Gary W. Pelletier, an independent financial advisor at Northeast Planning Associates in Nashua, NH, was recently recognized by Forbes as one of the 2018 Best-In-State Wealth Advisors. According to Forbes, advisors selected for the inaugural list were assessed on a variety of ...

“Nancy’s depth of knowledge in retail banking, banking operations and online banking systems has been critical to the success and longevity of our organization throughout her incredible 43-year tenure,” said Philip Emma, President of Merrimack County Savings Bank (the Merrimack). “Her ...

LOWELL, Mass. – As a continuation of its Small Acts That Give Back initiative, Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union recently held a campaign that earned four lucky members assistance with paying their heating costs incurred during this past winter. The Small Acts That Give Back – Pay Your Heating ...

MANCHESTER – New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority recently named St. Mary’s Bank, the nation’s first credit union, a Top 10 Lender for the seventh straight year. “New Hampshire Housing shares our passion for making first-time homeownership attainable and affordable in a challenging ...

NASHUA- When Stacy Lamountain was a child, she used to spend summers at her grandfather’s camp in Pittsburg, New Hampshire. The home of Moose Alley, this is one of the best places to spot moose in the country. “Going moosing” with her grandfather and role model, longtime Nashua business ...

U.S. stocks were holding on to modest gains in choppy trading Wednesday as investors sized up the latest batch of company earnings. Energy stocks were among the big gainers as crude oil prices surged. Solid gains in industrial stocks outweighed losses among food and beverage companies and ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) – The Bon-Ton Stores, which operates 260 department stores in the U.S., is expected to go out of businesses after two liquidation firms became the highest bidders at an auction for the bankrupt company’s assets Tuesday. A bankruptcy court hearing was scheduled Wednesday to ...

U.S. stocks moved solidly higher in late-afternoon trading Tuesday, placing the market on course to finish with a gain for the second straight day. Technology stocks, retailers and other consumer-focused companies accounted for much of the broad rally. Some banks declined as bond yields fell. ...

Americans are getting an extra day to file their taxes after key elements of the IRS website crashed on deadline day. The IRS said that individuals or businesses with a filing or payment due Tuesday now have until midnight Wednesday to complete the task. Earlier Tuesday, Americans who had ...

NEW YORK (AP) – Starbucks, moving swiftly to confront a racially charged uproar over the arrest of two black men at one of its stores in Philadelphia, plans to close more than 8,000 U.S. stores for several hours next month to conduct racial-bias training for nearly 175,000 workers. The ...

BEIJING (AP) – Facing the risk of a trade fight with the United States, China announced plans Tuesday to allow full foreign ownership of automakers in five years. The change would scrap rules that require global automakers to work through state-owned partners – an arrangement that forces ...

NEW YORK (AP) – Domino’s, which has been bringing pizzas to doorsteps for more than half a century, will now deliver to the great outdoors. The pizza chain said Monday that its drivers can meet customers at U.S. beaches, parks and landmarks to hand over pizza, cheesy bread and other food on ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Starbucks wants to add training for store managers on “unconscious bias,” CEO Kevin Johnson said Monday, as activists held more protests at a Philadelphia store where two black men were arrested when employees said they were trespassing. Johnson, who has called the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. Commerce Department is blocking Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE Corp. from importing American components for seven years, accusing the company of misleading U.S. regulators after it settled charges of violating sanctions against North Korea and ...

NEW YORK (AP) – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg often came across as one of the smartest people in the room as he jousted with U.S. lawmakers demanding to know how and why his company peers into the lives of its 2.2 billion users. But while some questions were elementary, others left Zuckerberg ...

NASHUA – Nashuans will soon have yet another location to fill all their Coolatta, latte and chocolate glazed needs: another Dunkin Donuts is set to open at 267 Main St. While an official opening date has not been finalized, Prolman Realty announced Friday that the long-vacant gas station at ...