Back to the Future
Looking down the Sugar River as it flows under Puksta Bridge on Claremont’s Broad Street, the city’s robust manufacturing past, its slow industrial decline and recent renewal can be envisioned all at once. The brick buildings that border the south side of the river once hummed with textile machinery operated mostly by immigrant labor. From the mid-1800s through the early 1900s, Monadnock Mills grew steadily with the construction of...
Women and Business: The Importance of Putting a Woman on Our Currency
When U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., proposed in April replacing President Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill with a famous female from American history, she was advancing what a grass-roots group, Women On 20s, had proposed earlier in the year. Women On 20s wanted to mark the 100th anniversary of women obtaining the vote, which will occur in 2020, with a new $20 bill celebrating that milestone. The group even conducted a survey, which...
Women and Business: The Importance of Putting a Woman on Our Currency
When U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., proposed in April replacing President Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill with a famous female from American history, she was advancing what a grass-roots group, Women On 20s, had proposed earlier in the year. Women On 20s wanted to mark the 100th anniversary of women obtaining the vote, which will occur in 2020, with a new $20 bill celebrating that milestone. The group even conducted a survey, which...
Easy Ways Millennials Can Boost Their Credit
According to a report published by Experian at the end of 2013, young adults ages 19-29 had an average credit score of 628 — more than 50 points lower than the national average and the lowest of all the age groups. If you’re a millennial, maybe you’re trying to avoid debt like the plague by staying away from credit cards. Or maybe you rely on a credit card when money is tight, but you have trouble keeping up with the payments. Either...
