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This Week's The Buzz Online Spotlight

Manchester's People's United Community Foundation awarded a total of $30,000 to non-profit organizations in New Hampshire during the third quarter of 2012. Some of the organizations include America's Youth Teenage Unemployment Reduction Network, Inc., Greater Nashua Interfaith Hospitality Network, and Task Force on Family Violence. 

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In Charlotte, NC, FairPoint Communications announced its releast of Carrier Ethernet Services 2.0, an enhancement to its current E-Line Carrier Ethernet Services product specifically designed for the wholesale market. 

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Bernstein Shur, with offices located in Portland and Augusta, ME and Manchester, selected six attorneys as "Lawyer of the Year" in The Best Lawyers in America 2013 listing.

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Manchester Young Professional Network in Manchester celebrated its eighth anniversary recently and named Business NH Magazine its Business of the Year. 

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Law firm of Manchester McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton, P.A. elected Dennis J. Haley as president of the board of directors for the Manchester Community Music School. 

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Hampshire First Bank, located in Manchester, named Samantha Wilhelm as manager of its Keene branch. Wilhelm's responsibilities include day-to-day operations of the branch, including customer service, small business lending, deposit activity, and market growth. 

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In Durham, the University of New Hampshire was awarded a five-year federal grant of 1.25 million dollars from the U.S. Department of Education for the Early Childhood Special Education Assistive Technology Project, which will allow UNH to meet the regional workforce needs for children with disabilities through third grade. 

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Colby-Sawyer College in New London announced 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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Rye-based Gilbane Building Company hosted its Fourth Annual Charity Golf Classic, to which over 115 golfers attended. The event was held at Wentworth by the Sea Country Club and raised more than $32,000 for Gilbane's northern New England charitable and educational program. 

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Nathan Wechsler & Company, P.A. of Concord announced that Jared R. Yeaton was elected to serve a three-year term as treasurer of the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Hampshire board of directors. 

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The National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals of West Palm Beach, Florida, launched a NH Chapter, recognizing the state's leading ADR practitioners for excellence in the field of dispute resolution. 

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Pierce Atwood LLP, located in Portsmouth, announced the new addition of attorney Marshal S. Grant as an associate in its trusts and estates group. 

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In Concord, Merrimack County Savings Bank pledged to buy $50,000 in Community Development Finance Authority tax credits to help re-build The Friendly Kitchen, Concord's only soup kitchen that burned down April 2011. 

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Jones & Beach Engineers, Inc. in Stratham obtained project approvals for a 48-unit multi-family development called Longview Place on Drakeside Road in Hampton. 

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George Doumit Absolute Water System, located in Windham, has become an authorized water dealer for 3M Purification, a manufacturer of water filtration systems. 

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Elliot Health System in Manchester hosted the 11th Annual Elliot Hospital Gala that raised almost $100,000 in support of the care given to children through the offerings of New Hampshire's Hospital for Children. Over 450 people attended the event. 

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