Making Sense of Traffic Data
San Francisco — On the Internet, traffic is easily tracked. Google and Facebook have algorithms that know what users are searching for. Online retailers can monitor what shoppers are buying. Newspapers can see in real-time how many readers are viewing an article. The same hasn’t been true for traffic in the physical world, where data-gathering has been decidedly more low-tech. Want to know how many people are getting on at a certain...
Study: Renters’ Rise Extends Beyond Cities to the Suburbs
New York — In the American imagination, suburbs are places to buy a house and put down roots. But a growing percentage of suburbanites rent, according to a new study. About 29 percent of metropolitan-area suburbanites were renters in 2014, up from 23 percent in 2006, according to a report released Tuesday by New York University’s Furman Center real estate think tank and the bank Capital One. The finances of home ownership since the...
Lebanon Area Chamber of Commerce Celebrates Its 100th Anniversary
The Lebanon Area Chamber of Commerce celebrated its 100th anniversary on Friday with a three-course dinner and live music at the Fireside Inn & Suites in West Lebanon. Founded in 1916, the Chamber now has 352 members representing about 30 percent of the area’s businesses. About 75 people attended the event, which also featured a talk by Steve Taylor about Lebanon in 1916 and the presentation of a commendation, from New Hampshire...
Chamber Profile: Lebanon Chamber Marks Centennial, Prepares for New Leadership
On Friday, Feb. 11, 1916, the Granite State Free Press reported on the goings-on among the roughly 6,000 residents of Lebanon. The items included news of one Helen Campbell, who went to visit a friend in Etna for a few days; plans for a Valentine Leap Year dancing party at Town Hall; and a report that Rudolph White had returned to his job at Plamondon Brothers grocery after a six-week absence due to illness. The last entry gave an...
Something Brewing at HomeLife Expo?
This year’s HomeLife Expo might have something new on tap, literally. Final details are being worked out to host a beer and wine tasting at this year’s show, according to Janet Rebman, executive director of the Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce. The Expo, being held March 18-20 at Leverone Field House in Hanover, is a joint collaboration of the Hanover and Lebanon chambers, and is now in its 38th year. “The goal of the show is to bring...
