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Nonprofit agency expands its office in Elm City

swflower — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:37:00 GMT

Published: Saturday, July 11, 2009
Nonprofit agency expands its office in Elm City
KEENE — Granite State Independent Living’s Keene office has expanded.
The Concord-based nonprofit organization — which promotes independent living for seniors and the disabled — recently hired two additional employees to staff its office.
The Emerald Street office previously had just one employee, according to Debora L. Krider, Independent Living’s chief operating officer.
Krider said the expansion was made to meet a higher demand for Independent Living’s services.
“There’s more need as individuals are aging,” she said.
“We’re having more inquires about our services.”
Independent Living also has offices in Littleton, Manchester, Nashua and Dover.
-Keene Sentinel

Local Wedding Photographer Looks to Beat Recession

NicoleEckert — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:24:00 GMT

Local Wedding Photographer Looks to Beat Recession
Contest offers 50% off to creative brides and grooms

Local wedding photographer Marina Zinovyeva has noticed that wedding budgets have been shrinking, along with the economy. She therefore has decided to give local couples a break. Any bride or groom looking to get married in New England this year can enter to win a full wedding photography package of choice at half off the regular rate.

“Everyone is looking for ways to cut costs right now, and that’s especially difficult when you’re planning a wedding,” explains Zinovyeva. “Typically, everything costs several times more for a wedding than it would for any other event. I figure that the least I can do is offer a good discount to help out some couples looking to keep their wedding budget in check.”

Zinovyeva has put together a contest in which any soon-to-be bride or groom can tell her, in 250 words or fewer, how they are making their wedding a spectacular event in spite of the current recession. The most creative response will receive the photography package of their choice at half price, while the runner up will receive a 25% discount.

To enter the contest, visit the photographer’s website at www.marinaz.us and navigate to the “Contact” page. Enter “50% off Contest” in the subject field and submit your 250 words in the text field. Make sure to provide your name and email address. Entries are due by May 15 and winners will be announced by May 31.

“I’m really looking forward to hearing how couples in the area are making the best of a tough economic time. It’s great inspiration for everyone,” says Zinovyeva.

Zinovyeva studied at Boston’s New England School of Photography and has been working as a photographer since 2006. While she specializes in weddings, she also shoots other events, such as engagements, anniversaries, and family reunions. She offers portraits and product shots, as well. To see examples of her work, visit her home page at www.marinaz.us.

see the revenue flow

PaulofNH — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:58:00 GMT

the New Hampshire House has voted and to take a 3.7 million dollar bribe I is now official we in the Granite state are too stupid to decide for ourselves weather to buckle up or not. If passed in the senate we will join 25 other states that think their residents are stupid and deserve to be ticketed as a primary offense for not buckling up.

While not buckling up is dumb I imagine we will need the law for all the accidents caused by rubber-necking

Let freedom ring

Oh the Real Estate Market has been frightful…

Jay McGillicuddy — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:17:00 GMT

New Hampshire November 2008 Market Trends report.

This months market report by Demographer Peter Francese was just released by the New Hampshire Association of REALTORS and as always Peter Francese calls it the way he sees it. "Say goodbye to a frightful 2008 and hello to a better 2009″... I sure hope he is right because for many 2008 was frightful and it would be nice if 2009 is delightful although I'd settle for better.

Say goodbye to a frightful 2008 and hello to a better 2009
-by Peter Francese
The mother of all ice storms took out the electricity for well over half of all New Hampshire homes on December 12 and cost a great many homeowners and businesses dearly. The loss of power at home and at work seemed to many as the final insult of what has been a year of losses in jobs, the stock market and housing.

Of all the owner occupied homes in our state, less than 1 percent are in foreclosure.

The uncertainty about the economic outlook combined with the steady stream of bad news at the national level has made it hard to be happy during this holiday season, or optimistic about the future. Yes, from an economic point of view our state has fared much better than most, but it sure doesn't feel like it. please read more

more construction

PaulofNH — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:27:00 GMT

Beside the mill project the much delayed Lowe's project is showing some activity. A crew was working in the snow and mud at the site Monday. Too bad the deck at Scoop City is closed for the season. This project is set to relly rock and roll come spring.

Meanwhile work continues on the mill Project you can get a good view from the lot of the Visitors Center on North Street. Both the mill project and sawtooth construction can be viewed from this location. Remember the Visitor Center is open 8:30 to 5:00 Monday thru Friday. Just want the sawtooth check it out from the Stone Arch Bakery.

black bears

PaulofNH — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:22:00 GMT

Ben Kilham will be at the Fiske Free Library Thursday Dec 11 at 7:00 with his slideshow on black bears. Kilham is an independent wildlife biologist from Lyme NH. He will talk about his work with the bears where he raises them like their mother and releases them back into the wild.

sawtooth construction

PaulofNH — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:25:00 GMT

There maybe a dusting of snow on the ground and that ground maybe frozen but construction goes on in Claremont.

A thirty yard section of Main Street between the Stone Arch Bakery and Leo's Market will be closed for about six weeks while the prefab part to the Sawtooth garage are put into place.

You can sit in the bakery have a cup of coffee and a donut not imported from Massachusetts while you watch. First things first they have to bring in a crane to put together the carne that will put the garage together.

Just around the corner on Water Street the Mill project is moving along a source tells me that about half a million dollars of windows will be going into the three mills.

You can walk down by the site of the Mill being turned into a Common Man Restaurant, walk over the bridge to the City Office Building on North Street (aka Visitor Center). I could direct you to it but after six years we finally have singage approved and on the way.

Local Sculptor

PaulofNH — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:59:00 GMT

Claremont Artist, sculptor and painter Ernest Montenegro will be at the Fiske Free Library, on Broad Street, Monday November 10 at 7 PM.

Montenegro will show his work and talk about the creative processhe uses in his paintings and sculpting.

The program is free and open to the public, call 542-7017 for furthur information.

long long ago

PaulofNH — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:32:00 GMT

Long long ago

Or at least it seamed that way. November 2007 the campaigners came to New Hampshire. The Primary is coming, the Primary is coming they cried. Vote for my guy, vote for my guy they did cry. Even if sometimes the guy was a girl.

To do my duty with so many names what was I to do. Many people where more than happy to direct me to sites to survey my views and line me up with a candidate.

I went to several and not to my surprise a guy I had voted for before was at the top of the heap. 65% agreement with Ron Paul, at last I could vote in a major party primary with conviction.

The dust has cleared the vote is near. If I listen to the media I have two choices the guy I agreed with 34% of the time or the guy I disagreed with 67% of the time.

So search of a site I did. I found one but can’t pass it on because now they want a cell phone number to take their poll. Paul still number one but he is out. McCain wouldn’t even let him talk at the convention. One guy number 16 the other 26 of all the people that announced and ran.

Oh but look at number 2 the Libertarian Bob Barr.

Yes you do have a choice there are six people running for president with their names on the ballot in enough states to win the electoral vote.

Why does the media ignore real choices?

To vote Libertarian or join the majority of Americans and stay at home on Election Day?

Pumpkin Fest

Meg — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:01:00 GMT

Another year of fabulous pumpkins that lined the streets of Keene. If everyone who came brought a pumpkin there would have been over 50,000. But is was a fairly mild day and the rain held off until about 8 o'clock. The little kids had a great time in the parade showing off their costumes. Penguins, tiggers, a ruler, pirates, a lot of more traditional costumes this year. Lots of food booths, many sold out, especially the ones in the middle of Main Street. We easily got food at the booths at the head of the square where it was less crowded, no lines and the profits benefited Habitat for Humanity and a small, local church. Helped unload 2 truck loads of pumpkins Friday morning, one load already carved from an elementary school, the other fresh from the farm and some needed to be moved by a fork lift. The Pumpkin Fest returns next year but the weekend will change; it will be a little earlier in the month.