Telegraph (Nashua, NH) articles from March 2001

Telegraph (Nashua, NH) archives from March 2001

Nashua, N.H., Merchants Look Forward to Shopping Center Renovation.
March 30, 2001... Byline: Brad Leighton Mar. 30--NASHUA, N.H.--Empty storefronts, 1960s-era decor, and a roller coaster-like parking lot -- it's no wonder that most of the merchants left standing in Main Street's Globe Plaza are greeting the new owner's...

New Hampshire Streaming Media Company Enlists Veteran Consultant.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Brad Leighton Mar. 29--BEDFORD, N.H.--Biznews24.com, a production company that specializes in Internet video broadcasting, just scored a partnership with one of the biggest names to ever appear in front of a news camera. Ike...

Merrimack, N.H.-Based Computer Equipment Reseller Lays Off Employees.
March 28, 2001... Byline: Brad Leighton Mar. 28--MERRIMACK, N.H.--Striking what has lately become a familiar cord in the high technology industry, Amherst Corporate Computer Sales and Solutions announced Tuesday that they will lay-off about 13 percent of...

Nashua, N.H., Software Developer Wins Defense Contract.
March 28, 2001... Mar. 28--NASHUA, N.H.--Only five days after announcing it will be merging with another company, CUseeMe Networks won a big defense contract. The Department of Defense selected the Nashua company's conference server software to be part to...

Nashua, N.H.-Based Systems Company Gets Weather Instrument Contract.
March 28, 2001... Byline: Eileen Kennedy Mar. 28--NASHUA, N.H.--BAE Systems and Aerojet, of Azusa, Calif., have been awarded a $206 million contract by NASA to build a new satellite microwave instrument, which will improve weather forecasting and assist...

New Hampshire Governor Targets Dioxin Emissions.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Kevin Landrigan Mar. 15--CONCORD, N.H.--Gov. Jeanne Shaheen unveiled a first-in-the-nation strategy Wednesday to reduce dioxin emissions by 50 percent in the next two years, anchored by a proposed ban on backyard trash burning...

Intel Abandons Plans for Additions to Hudson, Mass., Manufacturing Plant.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Eileen Kennedy Mar. 16--HUDSON, Mass.--Intel Corp. announced Thursday it will not build the $250 million addition to its manufacturing facility as here planned, as a way to save money as the market for integrated circuit chips...

Hudson, N.H.-Based Software Firm Posts Increased Sales.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Brad Leighton Mar. 16--HUDSON, N.H.--Howtek Inc. saw its 2000 sales increase from by 17 percent over 1999 -- a positive sign for a company that has had its troubles over the last few years, but looks like it's turning the corner....

Nashua, N.H., Electronic Repair Business Reaches Global Market.
March 22, 2001... Byline: Brad Leighton Mar. 22--NASHUA, N.H.--Anatek Corp. of Amherst lists Australia, England and Poland as its major business partners, and regularly ships products throughout the world. "Last year we more than doubled our revenues...

Nashua, N.H.-Based Law Firm Specializes in Estate Planning for Elders.
March 21, 2001... Byline: Eileen Kennedy Mar. 20--NASHUA, N.H.--Ted Beasley loves what he does -- helping people plan their estates and preventing people in nursing homes from losing all their assets as they struggle to pay for medical care. He...

Nashua, N.H.-Area Maple Syrup Producers Suffer Sap Drought.
March 21, 2001... Byline: Brad Leighton Mar. 20--Harold Webster's nose was running, but the maple sap wasn't. To cap off what has been a dismal season so far for local maple syrup producers, Webster, 56, had a bad cold. "I'll feel a heck of a lot...

Milford, N.H., Technology Center Building Nears Full Capacity.
March 21, 2001... Mar. 20--MILFORD, N.H.--The former Dataproducts building, a light-industrial site on Route 13 that long sat half-empty, is now 94 percent full under its new name of the Milford Technology Center, according to its owners. Officials at...

Realty Firm Seeks to Refile Lawsuit against Merrimack, N.H., over Zoning Laws.
March 21, 2001... Byline: Karen Spiller Mar. 20--MERRIMACK, N.H.--Greens Pond Realty is trying to withdraw its lawsuit against the town and refile seeking monetary damages. The company originally filed suit last summer in Hillsborough County Superior...

Teradyne among Nashua, N.H.-Area Firms Offering Training Classes for Workers.
March 14, 2001... Byline: Brad Leighton Mar. 12--NASHUA, N.H.-For Teradyne Connection Systems employees Herney Condono and Wahid Mahmud, the class they take at their company helps them become more productive workers, but it means much more. The two...

Nashua, N.H., Tech Company Works Offers ESL Classes for Workers.
March 14, 2001... Byline: Brad Leighton Mar. 14--NASHUA, N.H.--For Teradyne Connection Systems employees Herney Condono and Wahid Mahmud, the class they take at their company helps them become more productive workers, but it means much more. The two...

New Hampshire Lawmakers, Citizens Oppose State-Managed Legal Gambling.
March 14, 2001... Byline: Kevin Landrigan Mar. 13--CONCORD, N.H.-Legislative efforts to expand legal gambling took a public flogging Monday. State Rep. Robert L'Heureux, R-Merrimack had only two legislators standing behind him for a bill to permit the...

Hudson, N.H., Proposal Would Ease Ban on Electronic Signs.
March 14, 2001... Byline: Anne Lundregan Mar. 13--HUDSON, N.H.-Some business owners are hoping voters will agree to loosening the townwide ban against electronic changing signs. Such signs are banned throughout town under current zoning regulations....

Tech Equipment Maker Teradyne Sees Positive Outlook for Nashua, N.H., Division.
March 14, 2001... Byline: Brad Leighton Mar. 12--NASHUA, N.H.-While Teradyne Inc. is expecting first quarter sales to drop 35 percent from last quarter, the local division of Teradyne, Teradyne Connection Systems, is expected to fare better, said Rick...

Nashua, N.H., Tech Division Expects to Fare Better than Parent Company.
March 14, 2001... Byline: Brad Leighton Mar. 14--NASHUA, N.H.--While Teradyne Inc. is expecting first quarter sales to drop 35 percent from last quarter, the local division of Teradyne, Teradyne Connection Systems, is expected to fare better, said Rick...

Boston Developers Want Light Manufacturing Plant in Milford, Conn.
March 12, 2001... Byline: David Brooks Mar. 7--MILFORD, Conn.-A light-manufacturing facility is being proposed for an undeveloped site next to the Hitachi-Koki plant on Route 13 south. The two-story, 122,000-square-foot building has been proposed by...

Bedford, N.H., Man Runs Wholesale Computer Retail Business.
March 9, 2001... Byline: Brad Leighton Mar. 8--BEDFORD, N.H.--For Doug Weisberg, president of Expert Server Group, business is good. The 1976 Nashua High School graduate started his computer career with a small computer retailer in downtown Nashua....

Nashua, N.H., Approves Construction of Sewer Line to Business Park.
March 5, 2001... Byline: Tom West Mar. 1--NASHUA, N.H.--The Zoning Board of Adjustment approved the city's plan to construct a new $2 million sewer line to Westwood Park on Northwest Boulevard, where Corning Inc. is building a new manufacturing facility....

Milpitas, Calif.-Based Tech Firm to Lay Off Majority of Nashua, N.H., Workers.
March 3, 2001... Byline: Brad Leighton Mar. 3--NASHUA, N.H.--Adaptec officials decided Friday they will not close its Nashua facility, but the company is laying off the majority of its local workforce. Lee Caswell, a vice president and the...