In the tough economy, community banks have rooted themselves in areas across Southern New Hampshire. With the freedom to lend and more time to spend with customers, the small businesses have focused more on the ways they can benefit the community and cared less about big-name competitors. One example is Enterprise Bank, which will open a location in Hudson by late December this year or early ...

The American Red Cross is responding with help to people affected by the winds, rains and flooding of Hurricane Earl in North Carolina and is ready as the storm moves up the Atlantic Coast. A dozen Red Cross shelters were opened in North Carolina, giving more than 260 a safe place to ride out the storm last night as heavy rain and strong winds passed through the area. Today, after Earl moves out ...

NASHUA – The New Hampshire prosecution of three members of the Stanley family for a string of shady business practices drew to a close last week, but the penalties underscore one of the inherent limits of the justice system: Criminal sentences can only do so much to prevent future crimes, particularly in other areas. Joseph C. Stanley, his brother, Thomas Stanley and their father, Cornelius V ...