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A mad scramble for money marked the April 2020 start of a $349 billion federal COVID-relief loan program that ran dry within two weeks. Afraid it wouldn’t even last that long, business owners deluged bankers with pleas for rapid issuance of the lifesaving loans.
“The biggest concern we all had was that the money would run out that first weekend,” says Aaron Anker, an owner and self-proclaimed chief granola officer at Grandy Oats, a Hiram-based maker of organic granola, trail mixes, roasted nuts and cereal that employs more than 30. “When the first round came out, I was on the phone with my banker until all hours.”
NH Business Review
Mike Marland calls an end to his sharp-eyed editorial work
March 4, 2021
After over 30 years of drawing editorial cartoons in New Hampshire newspapers, Mike Marland says the time has come to cease that work, although he’ll continue on his syndicated comic stripes, RFD and Snuffy Smith. And, he adds, he retains the right to post from time to time.(Courtesy photo)
Editor’s note: This story was co-published by NH Business Review and InDepthNH.org.
Mike Marland’s career has spanned more than four decades, during which he’s earned notoriety in New Hampshire state politics and culture for his ability to synthesize complex issues into simple, easily understood illustrations. While the verbiage in his editorial cartoons may have been brief, the fond remembrances of his work by colleagues, fellow cartoonists and the subjects of his caricatures are not.