The Buzz Online

This Week's The Buzz Online Spotlight  

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New England College in Henniker awarded Andy Crews, president and CEO of AutoFair in Manchester, an honorary doctorate of humane letters as part of its Founders Day celebration.

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The National Academy of Engineering awarded the Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education to John Collier, Robert Graves, Joseph Helble, and Charles Hutchinson, all of whom are faculty at Dartmouth College in Hanover. 

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Jewett Automotive Design and Construction, a division of Jewett Construction Company, Inc. in Raymond, completed renovations of the Lexington Toyota dealership in Lexington, Mass.

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The Omni Mount Washington Resort in Bretton Woods hired Laurent Géroli, former executive chef at the Brown Hotel in Kentucky, as executive chef.

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Measured Progress in Dover donated $25,000 to Seacoast Educational Endowment Dover in Dover.

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Alice Peck Day Health Systems Corporation and Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital, both in Lebanon, elected Anne MacEwan, certified public accountant at Nathan Wechsler & Co. in Lebanon, to their respective boards of trustees. 

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Dartmouth College in Hanover hired Carolyn Denver, former dean of the College of Arts and Science at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, as provost.

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Leddy Group in Bedford partnered with the NH Center for Nonprofits in Concord to provide human resources and organizational development programs to support the professional development of nonprofit employees.

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The NH Land and Community Heritage Investment Program in Concord donated $120,000 to the Francestown Land Trust (FLT) in Francestown and the Piscataquog Land Conservancy in New Boston to support the Brennan Brook conservation area. It also donated another $30,000 to the FLT for its Shattuck-Dinsmore conservation project.

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North Branch Construction, Inc. in Concord donated $3,525, the proceeds from its Safety Fine Program, to Community Bridges in Concord.

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MicroArts Creative Agency in Greenland hired five new employees: Meghan Donovan, former marketing manager at Dito in Va., project manager; Jennifer Keefe, former director at NH Retirement Security Coalition in Concord, content specialist; Melissa Lore, former content manager at WeBook, content specialist; Suzanne Meeves, former marketing cooridinator at Service Credit Union in Portsmouth, account manager; and David Reid, former assistant VP at People's United Bank in Conn., media director/account director. 

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Federal Savings Bank in Dover hired three new employees: Kevin Cerroni, branch manager at its Rochester office; Barbara Graziano, branch manager at its Durham office; and Keely Maguire, retail loan officer at its Portsmouth office.

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OIKOS Software, Inc. in Manchester appointed Shannon O'Brien, former state treasurer of Massachusetts, to its board of directors.