Power Lunch: John Lynch
Over a Caesar salad, the former New Hampshire governor describes his unusual trajectory from a Wall Street turnaround expert to the best coach his children ever had to the state’s longest-serving governor. When he left the job in 2012 after serving eight years as governor of New Hampshire, John Lynch became the only governor in the state’s history to serve four terms. In fact, only two other governors have served even three terms. If...
Business of Agriculture: Programs and politics in the promotion of agricultural products
It’s an axiom of agriculture as old as the hills: 50 percent of farming is producing the commodity, the other 50 percent is marketing the product at a price that makes enough money to sustain the farm enterprise. While the issues of contemporary production agriculture tend to get most of the media and political attention — think water-quality regulations, animal welfare, pesticide hazards — there’s a vast parallel universe of...
Show Us the Money
Concord — The attention that New Hampshire gets from standing at the front of the presidential primary line is nice, but there’s another reason to put up with the endless pollster telephone calls and traffic blocked by campaign events: Money. “Usually the first quarter of the year is the slower time for us. You come off of the holiday party madness and it almost comes to a screeching halt after New Year’s Day,” said Sue O’Donnell,...
The Business of Agriculture: Plant businesses big and small are firing up for the growing season
Setting out petunias in the flower beds and starting tomato and pepper plants in the vegetable garden may seem a long way off here in February, but in New Hampshire and Vermont greenhouse operations, the spring season already is well underway. Propane-fired heaters are roaring, seeds are being placed in growing media and tiny seedlings of some species already are emerging as growers prepare for the sales rush that will begin as soon...
Mascoma Savings Bank CEO Announces Retirement Plans
Lebanon — Stephen Christy, longtime president and CEO of Mascoma Savings Bank, has announced his retirement, effective Jan. 1, 2017. Christy, who was named 2014 community banker of the year by the New Hampshire Bankers Association, joined the bank as a teller in 1973 and rose through the ranks, taking the helm in 1990. He saw the mutually owned bank through a series of unprecedented changes, including global financial crises, the...
