The Buzz Online

This Week's The Buzz Online Spotlight

Microsoft at the Mall of Rockingham Park in Salem presented a donation of one million dollars worth of software and 10 Windows PCs to financial literacy education organization Junior Achievement of Northern New England. The donation will be used to educate K-12 students about financial literacy, workforce readiness, and entrepreneurship.

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St. Joseph Hospital Outpatient Rehabilitation Services at Dartmouth-Hitchcock in Nashua welcomes Michelle Dowling OTR/L, CHT to the staff. 

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Lakes Region's NLRA announced the appointment of Rob Moore, the new President of the Board of Trustees. 

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Leddy Group of Bedford, the regional leader in staffing solution and business resource consulting services, hired Kelly Hinch as a resource specialist. Hinch will be responsible for interviewing and acquiring talented candidates, job placement, administrative tasks, and marketing. 

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Law firm McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton, Professional Association, announced Woodward/White's The Best Lawyers in American named Barry Needleman as Concord's Lawyer of the Year 2013 for Environmental Law. 

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Bottomline Technologies donated funds to support the leadership program for non-profit organization Leadership Seacoast in Portsmouth. 

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With offices located in Manchester and Portsmouth, law firm McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton, Professional Association, announced attorney David Wolowitz as "Lawyer of the Year, 2013" by Woodward/White's The Best Lawyers in America. 

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Jack B. Middleton, attorney from McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton with offices in Manchester, received the Woodward/White's The Best Lawyers in America award as Manchester's Lawyer of the Year in the field of Bet-the-Company Litigation for 2013. 

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McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton in Manchester also announced that Woodward/White's The Best Lawyers in America named Joseph A. Foster as Manchester's Lawyer of the Year in Bankruptcy and Creditor-debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law for 2013. 

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Alexandra T. Breed from McLane was named as Concord's Lawyer of the Year in Real Estate Law for 2013 by Woodward/White's The Best Lawyers in America. 

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William V.A. Zorn, from McLane, was also awarded Manchester's Lawyer of the Year in Real Estate Law for 2013 by Woodward/White's The Best Lawyers in America for Tax Law. 

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The Inaugural NH IRONHEART MILE in Concord presented by Cornerstone Periodontic and Implants raised money for heart awareness. From every race registration, $1.50 went directly to the kids programs at the YMCA in Concord. 

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Bean Group, one of the largest independent real estate brokerage firms in New England, located in Portsmouth, appointed Andrew Werry as the company's Chief Operating Officer and Richard Burbineas as its new President, bringing over 50 years of exprience to the executive team. 

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In Bedford, Centrix Bank promoted Diane Paradis to Branch Operations Officer. Centrix Bank also welcomed Matthew James to its Commercial Lending Training Program. 

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Northeast Delta Dental Foundation, and other organizations, donated a $10,000 grant to help vulnerable people in desperate need for financial aid for their dental needs. 

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The Capital Regional Development Council, located in Concord, was awarded a one million dollar loan from the U.S. Small Business Administration under the Stimulus Funded, Intermediary Lending Pilot Program. CRDC is one of only 20 organizations that received the loan nationwide. 

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Raymond's Jewett Construction Company, Inc. completed the construction of a new Pro Shop, a 4500 sf facility designed to house the Academy's administrative staff in addition to a display, at the SIG SAUER Academy in Exeter. 

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The second annual Fashion's Night Out celebration in downtown Portsmouth was a success. 

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In Amesbury, MA, the Provident Bank, once again, earned the highest 5-Star Rating for positive performance from BauerFinancial, Inc., the nation's bank rating firm. 

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BANK W Holdings, LLC, the region's leading developer of staffing and recruiting companies, announced the opening of its new offices in Portsmouth, making this the third regional location for BANK W Holdings. 

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Colby-Sawyer College, located in New London, announced the new recipients of two established professorships, Professor of Exercise and Sport Sciences Jean Eckrich as the David H. Winton Endowed Teaching Chair and Professor of Natural Sciences Benjamin B. Steele as the M. Roy London Endowed Chair. 

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Tammy Lenski, principal of Tammy Lenski LLC in Peterborough, received the Mary Parker Follett Award from the Association for Conflict Resolution for her innovations in the field of conflict resolution.

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Cross Insurance based in Maine acquired Sadler Insurance Agency in Nashua to extend its NH footprint. Cross acquired 90 insurance agencies over the past 50 years.

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PoshHaus.com launched at the Hannah Grimes Center Business Incubator in Keene. PostHaus.com is an online retailer of home products including housewares, appliances and furniture.

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Bank of NH, based in Laconia, provided $10 million in financing to help White Mountain Tissue in Gorham buy a new tissue machine and related equipment. The purchases will cost $30 million total. Bank of NH used the Business Finance Authority's guarantee loan program to help close the deal. The Gorham facility employs 200 full-time employees and plans to add 29 more when the tissue machine is fully operational.

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The City of Somersworth hired Christine Davis as its economic development manager. Davis previously served as executive director of the Women's Business Center in Portsmouth and as a resource specialist with the NH Division of Economic Development, based in Concord.

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The Provident Bank, which has offices in Exeter, Hampton, Portsmouth and Seabrook, earned a five star rating, the highest possible, from BauerFinancial, the nation's bank rating firm.

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Eisenberg, Vital & Ryze in Manchester was hired by LaBelle Winery in Amherst and The City of Manchester Parks and Recreation Department for special marketing and public relations projects.

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New England FearFest at Fright Kingdom in Nashua hired wedu in Manchester to help with its marketing and promotions.

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Baker Newman Noyes, an accounting firm with offices in Manchester and Portsmouth, was named one of the nation's top 200 accounting firms by INSIDE Public Accounting for 2012. The firm has won this distinction each of the past three years the rankings were produced.   

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Lincoln Financial Foundation in Concord donated $5,000 to Families in Transition in Manchester and Concord to fund the essential basket program, which provides basic necessities (such as beds, dishes, blankets and cleaning supplies) for homeless people who move into apartments.

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Cobb Hill Construction in Concord finished renovations to the First Baptist Church of New London. Work included new insulation and siding, repair of the clock on the steeple and new custom-built sanctuary doors.