Story Archives of 'Nashua'

Some of the state's cities that have been hit hardest by the down economy actually got some good news recently.

They're going to be sharing about 18 million dollars.

The money is coming from the US Department of Housing and Urban Develepment as part of an economic recovery program passed last summer.

The program was designed to help neighborhoods hit particularly hard by foreclosures and the recession.

Alice Veenstra is with the Community Development Finance Authority.

She tells NHPR's Mark Bevis the cities got the funds based on several criteria.

Hungry bacteria can cut energy bills by thousands of dollars a month.

I’m Jon Greenberg with this energy minute.

Biodiesel fuel lowers our transportation costs, and reduces our carbon footprint. But it hasn’t become as popular as some might hope. Some alternative energy experts criticize its reliance on food supplies like corn or vegetable oils. They say, "Why sacrifice food to make fuel?"

But one new refinery in Nashua is avoiding that controversy by creating bio-fuel from something called "brown grease," and it’s hoping to turn that brown grease green, in more ways than one. Word of Mouth correspondent Sheryl Rich-Kern visited the Batchelder Biodiesel Refinery in Nashua, and brings us this story as part of our "next green thing" series.

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Among the hundreds of thousands of people across the state who went without power overnight, some 30 thousand of them live in the city of Nashua.

With temperatures well below freezing, many people took advantage of the Emergency shelter at Nashua High School South.

NHPR Correspondent Suzanne Bates stopped by the shelter to see how people were making out.

With bargain hunters looking for the best Holiday sales, one store in Nashua is offering toys that the owner is sure kids will love. He should know – he’s just a kid himself. New Hampshire Public Radio’s Avishay Artsy reports.