College admission officials from various regional institutions say the economic slump has more students turning toward two-year programs as an affordable way to obtain a post-graduate education. With the growing cost of college and the current state of the economy, many are rethinking their strategies and looking to get the…
St. Mary’s Bank recently donated $2,800 to Manchester Community College (MCC) to help support its English as a Second Language (ESL) Café. The funds will help cover the costs to operate this new program during the first year while sustainable funding is obtained. “Having been a part of the Greater…
There has been a great deal of buzz lately about green buildings (see Dateline: NH June 2008). Green buildings are ones that are built or remodeled with sustainability and efficiency in mind and built to high-performance standards. In 2000, the U.S. Green Building Council developed a standard known as LEED®,…
Linda Schaudell, 60, has been working at Shaw's on Fort Eddy Road for 22 years. As soon as she was eligible, she started investing money in her 401(k). Last quarter, she lost $8,000 of her retirement savings due to the collapsing markets. The previous quarter, she lost $3,000. "I have…
New Hampshire's Public Two-Year Schools are Growing Four students majored in visual arts when New Hampshire Technical Institute opened that program in September 2006; there should be 38 by the end of this semester, said department head Susan Haas. But there's not much you can do with a two-year art…
