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Published Monday Nov 5, 2012

This Week's The Buzz Online Spotlight

In Rye, Sanctuary Care announced that Angela Pellietier is the memory care residence's new executive director. She will be responsible for all aspects of the operations of Sanctuary's 56-bed residence under the direction of WoodBine Senior Living.

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Nashua-based CCS New England, an audio visual systems inegrator, revealed its year-over-year revenue increased by 50 percent, putting the company on pace for a record setting year in 2012. 

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According to the Institute for New Hampshire Studies in Concord, more than 600,000 visitors flocked to NH to see the prime fall foliage over the Columbus Day weekend, a 2 percent increase over last year. The travelers were expected to drop nearly $90 million or up to 4 percent over last year. 

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In Concord, the Community Development Finance Authority's board of directors held a walking tour of downtown Keene to conduct site visits to the many community development projects the CDFA financed. Such projects include the Colonial Theatre, the Hannah Grimes Marketplace, and the new Cheshire County Courthouse. 

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The president of the University of New Hampshire, Mark Huddleston, joined the American College and University President Climate Commitment steering committee of the higher education climate network in Durham.

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Manchester's Elliot Hospital hosted its 11th Annual Gala to celebrate and raise money $100,000 for New Hampshire's Hospital for Children. 

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New Hampshire's Space Science Center, located in Durham, created the first online system for predicting and forecasting the radiation environment in near-Earth, lunar, and Martian space environments. 

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In West Palm Beach, FL, the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals lauched a NH chapter, recognizing the state's leading ADR practitioners for excellence in the field of Dispute Resolution. The six attorneys and former jurists inducted include Charles P. Bauer, John B. Garvey, Melinda S. Gehris, Carol Hess, William A. Mulvey, Jr. and Terry Shumaker. 

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Jill Boynton of Cornerstone Financial Planning in Portsmouth received her second 5-star Professional Service Award for Excellence from research firm Five Star Professional located in Portsmouth. 
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Cadec Global, a Manchester-based management company, appointed Angela Shue vice president of sales and Owen Smith as senior VP of product strategy. 
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LaBelle Winery in Amherst celebrated the grand opening of its 11-acre winery with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The winery features a full-service retail space, tasting room, and event center. 
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Salem Community Benefit, a charitable corporation of Salem Community Bank in Salem, contributed $50,000 to the New Hampshire Food Bank. 
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In Concord, the Business and Industry Association, a statewide chamber of commerce and business advocate, released its 2012 Legislative Scorecard, summarizing key business-related legislation from the 2012 legislative session and reporting how each NH legislator voted. 
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Mad*Pow, a design agency in Portsmouth, appointed Aaron Boudreau as a creative technologist. Boudreau will work on a variety of the agency's accounts in multiple offices. 
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Grubb & Ellis|Northern New England in Portsmouth sold a 25,399-square-foot industrial building in Rochester. 
 
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The board of the Monadnock Humane Society in Swanzey appointed Michelle Thevenin as its new executive director. Thevenin has several years of experience in fundraising in higher education as well as health care. 
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Leadership Seacoast, a Portsmouth-based non-profit that educates and informs tomorrow's community leaders, announced that ReVision Energy has signed on as a Leadership Sponsor for the 2013 program year, contributing $1,000 to defray programming costs of the issues-focused curriculum.
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