Year: 2025

Left to right: Delilah Smith, Apprenticeship USA-NH Hub Developer, Community College System of NH; Lynn Szymanski, director of workforce development, Great Bay Community College (GBCC); Deb Audino, professor of biotechnology, GBCC; Dr. Cheryl Lesser, president, GBCC; and Alex Hackathorn, Lonza senior aseptic training specialist in cell and gene therapy manufacturing….

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The Grappone Auto Group will sell two of its five dealerships this year, including its Toyota and Hyundai branches. (Photo by Geoff Forester/Concord Monitor) The Grappone Auto Group is selling two of its franchises, Toyota and Hyundai, as the company completes the transition into the fourth generation of family ownership….

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The fields in back of the Concord Transfer Station where a 6.7-megawatt DC solar array on the Old Turnpike Road site near the city transfer station. (Photo by Geoff Forester/Concord Monitor) Concord may finally be joining the list of places putting solar farms atop their closed landfills. The final city…

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NBT BANCORP COMPLETES MERGER WITH EVANS BANCORP NBT Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ: NBTB) completed its merger with Evans Bancorp, Inc. on May 2, 2025, expanding NBT Bank’s presence into western New York. The merger adds 18 branches — 14 in Buffalo and 4 in Rochester — bringing NBT Bank’s total to…

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Everybody is talking about these new tariffs as if they’re unheard of. President George Washington signed our first tariffs into law in 1789. A 5% tariff was levied on imported goods to raise money for the government and encourage domestic production. Since we had liberated ourselves from British rule, we…

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