New Hampshire Category Archive

Every once in a while I come across something online that stops me in my tracks. Today it was the following post on Twitter from Dave Delaney:
RT @griffintech: Please consider buying this case, if not for you, buy it for a friend http://bit.ly/CELxd
I’ve never met Dave, but I know through his tweets that he works [...]

The New Hampshire Neighbors Helping Neighbors blog provides information on charitable programs that benefit New Hampshire residents. The site is a great resource for New Hampshire families who want to help make a difference locally, but aren’t sure how to begin. And while there are programs for donations of all sizes, many of the programs [...]

New Hampshire has become the 19th state to implement a state-wide 211 phone system. This free service was started by the United Way to provide easy access to information on a variety of community health and human services. Callers who dial 211 within New Hampshire (or 1-866-444-4211 from outside of the state) are connected to [...]

NH was ranked #5 in the country in a study of child health care done by The Commonweatlh Fund, trailing Iowa, Vermont, Maine, and Massachusetts. Unfortunately, we were also among the ten most expensive for that care and in the middle of the pack for access to health care services.
The study focused on “13 performance [...]

New Hampshire just keeps getting better and better, at least according to CQ Press. They’ve named NH the “Most Livable State” for the fifth time in a row. This year we’re the only New England state in the top five spots which also include Utah, Wyoming, Minnesota and Iowa.
New Hampshire also ranked highly on the [...]

By now I’m sure you’ve heard of Google Maps. Like many people, you’ve probably already used it (or a similar mapping service) to find directions to a new restaurant, store or other family destination. But now Southern New Hampshire families have another reason to use it: Google has mapped the Manchester and Nashua areas with [...]

Thinking of moving in or around Southern New Hampshire? Cyberhomes, a new website from Fidelity National Financial, Inc. claims to “give you access to most of the same information that real estate professionals use to evaluate homes.” Does it deliver? Yes, but currently only if you’re looking to buy in the southeastern part of the [...]

Looking for an easy way to give something back to your community? Internet search engine Goodsearch gives half its revenue (about a penny per search) to nonprofits. That would be a good reason to use GoodSearch instead of Yahoo! or Google, but there’s more: you get to pick the charity your searches benefit.
Just visit www.goodsearch.com [...]

Budget Travel Magazine has named Peterborough to its list of the 10 Coolest Small Towns
The 10 towns on the list are:

Millerton, NY
Milford, PA
Yachats, OR
Waitsburg, WA
Paia, HI
Parkville, MO
Silver City, NM
Peterborough, NH
Tuscumbia, AL
Collinsville, CT

Maybe it’s time to update the “a good place to live” slogan?
[Union Leader]

At a time when some museums are facing closing, some one individual is challenging all state museums and libraries to increase their membership. Robert Finlay, confounder of Hillcrest Capital Partners and a graduate of Southern New Hampshire University, has offered $75,000 to the encourage librarian and museum directors to raise awareness of their services and [...]