The Buzz Online

This Week's The Buzz Online Spotlight 

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Jaye Rancourt, partner at Brennan, Caron, Lenehan and Iacopino in Manchester, was elected president of the NH Bar Association in Concord.

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BANK W Holdings, LLC in Portsmouth hired Tammy Vigliotti as director of corporate communications. Previously, Vigliotti held a senior marketing position at the International Association of Privacy Professionals in Portsmouth.

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Louis Karno & Company a communication firm in Concord hired Elizabeth Bonin, former assistant director of marketing and communications at Granite United Way which has locations around the sate, as an account executive. 

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The NH Humanities Council in Concord elected Rusty Mosca, director of Nathan Wechsler & Company, PA in Concord, to its board of directors.

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Gilbane Building Company in Bedford was chosen to expand the parking garage at Concord Hospital in Concord. 

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Optima Bank in Portsmouth made several promotions: Robert Gagnon was promoted to VP of business development and senior mortgage originator; Art Balomenos was promoted to assistant VP of operations and assistant compliance officer; Ryan Ebeling was promoted to senior staff accountant; Joyce Holland was promoted to assistant VP and credit officer; and Julia Powell was promoted to senior private banker. 

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The Manchester Historic Association in Manchester elected three new trustees and two new officers: Sean P. Flanagan, attorney at Devine Millimet Attorneys in Manchester, as trustee; Therese Gesel-Towne, principal consultant at Aegis Consulting in Solutions Group, LLC in Bedford, as a trustee; Arthur Lawrence Jr., retired, as a trustee; Matthew Kfoury, president and CEO of Central Paper Products in Manchester, president; and Jeffrey Myrdek of CBRE Global Corporate Services in Manchester, VP. 

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Provident Bank in Exeter promoted Scott Beattie, former Hampton branch manager, to manager of its Exeter branch and Valerie Giannusa to Hampton branch manager from her posititon as assistant branch manager. 

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Red River in Claremont recieved Elite status with the Hitachi Data Systems Federal Corporation in Santa Clara, Calif.

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Centrix Bank in Bedford became a corporate sponsor for The Moore Center in Manchester and the NH Lodging and Restaurant Association in Concord. 

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St. Mary's Bank in Manchester donated $2,000 to the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua in Nashua for its Project Learn program.

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Dartmouth-Hitchcock in Lebanon hired Terry Carroll, former senior VP, transformation and CIO at Fairview Health Services in Princeton, Minn., as CIO.