The Buzz Online

This Week's The Buzz Online Spotlight  

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The Opportunity Finance Network in Penn. and the Citi Foundation in N.Y. selected James Key-Wallace, senior investor for Vested for Growth at the NH Community Loan Fund in Concord, to be part of the Citi Leadership Program for Opportunity Finance, a national Community Development Financial Institution leadership program. 

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Usource in Portsmouth promoted Thomas Dyer to director of inside sales.

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Elliot Health System in Manchester hired Catherine Bardier, former VP, human resources, organizational development, childcare center, dietary, and wellness at New London Hospital in New London, as VP, human resources.

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The TD Bank Charitable Foundation in N.J. donated $15,000 to the Crotched Mountain Foundation in Greenfield to support the maintenance of its fully accessible trails.

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Lincoln Financial Foundation in Concord donated $11,533 to Families in Transition in Manchester to help fund an employment readiness program.

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SignCraft, an international magazine for the sign making industry, featured Keene Signworx in Keene on the front cover of its December issue for the company's sign for The Works Bakery Café in Durham.

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NEMO Equipment, Inc. in Dover hired Donald Stickney, former operations and analytics manager at Puma in Mass., as digital director.

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U.S. News & World Report in D.C. ranked the online graduate education program at New England College in Henniker among the top one hundred programs in the country.

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MicroArts Creative Agency in Greenland partnered with ClearView Audio in Mass. to launch Clio, a wireless speaker, and partnered with OhMiBod in Portsmouth to launch blueMotion, a wearable massager that uses Bluetooth technology.

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The NH Bar Association in Concord elected Harper Marshall, senior associate at Devine Millimet in Manchester, as chairman of its tax section.

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Meredith Village Savings Bank in Meredith donated $99,992 to thirteen NH nonprofits throughout the course of 2013: Ashland HEAL, Community Garden Committee in Ashland, $3,500; Brookfiels Town House in Brookfield, $7,500; Cooper Cannon Camp in Franconia, $4,800; Friends of Carroll County Adult Tutorial Services in Tamworth, $5,000; Got-Lunch! Inter-Lakes in Meredith; $5,000; Granite State Adaptive in Mirror Lake, $5,000; Gilford High School FIRST Robotics Team 1831 in Gilford, $8,500; Pemi-Baker Literacy in Plymouth, $3,000; Pemi Youth Center in Plymouth, $5,000; Tilton Senior Center in Tilton, $4,592; Winnipesaukee Skating Club in Laconia, $10,000; Winnipesaukee Wellness Center in Center Harbor, $1,675; and Wolfeboro Nursery School in Wolfeboro, $8,000. 

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Northbranch Construction, Inc. in Concord began construction on a 3,200 square foot house in Boscawen for Community Bridges in Concord.

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 Nathan Wechsler and Co. in Concord hired Joshua Parker, recent graduate of Plymouth State University in Plymouth with a degree in accounting, as an associate.