The Buzz Online

This Week's The Buzz Online Spotlight  

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David Hirsch, EMS medical director and attending emergency medicine physician at Concord Hospital, became one of the first board-certified EMS physicians in the country.

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Home Health & Hospice Care in Merrimack elected new officers to its board of trustees: Claire Castanino, executive VP and COO at Bellwether Community Credit Union in Manchester, chair; Ken Bridgewater, founder and president of Westminster Fibers in Nashua, VP; Ardath Blauvelt, retired, secretary; and Tom McAndrews, retired, treasurer.

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Wingate Salon & Spa in Stratham hired Amanda Bacon, owner and chief visibility officer at enVellop Communications in Stratham and owner and VP of marketing at Albee Shy, LLC in Newfields, as its marketing and events director.

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Green Mountain Communications in Pembroke completed the NHSafeNet project, a wireless public safety microwave network, contracted by the state of NH.

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Roedel Companies in Wilton purchased the Courtyard by Marriott in Nashua.

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Bauer Performance Sports Ltd. in Exeter entered into a definitive asset purchase agreement with Easton-Bell Sports in Calif.

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Franklin Savings Bank in Boscawen promoted two employees and hired a third: Martha Lefebvre was promoted from to VP, CFO and treasurer; Jonathan Winters was promoted to assistant VP, risk management, bank secrecy act, security and information officer from his position as senior security specialist; and Debra Davis Thum, former VP, commercial loan officer at Sugar River Bank in Newport, was hired as VP, commercial loan officer to operate out of Franklin's Bedford lending office.

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TD Bank in Epsom promoted Fallyn Sapounas to assistant VP, store manager from her position as branch supervisor.

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Souhegan Valley Chamber of Commerce in Amherst appointed Tracy Hutchins as executive director. Previously, was executive director at both the Milford and Wilton Main Street programs.

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NH MADE in Epping elected Kristine Mossey, manager a McLeod Bros. Orchards in Milford, as chair of its board of trustees.

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The Music Hall in Portsmouth elected a new treasurer and two new members to its board of trustees: Ed Garside, CFO and treasurer, at Optima Bank and Trust in Portsmouth, treasurer; Timothy Hepburn, principal at Baker Newman Noyes in Portsmouth, member; and Monica Ness, member.

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The NH Lodging and Restaurant Association awarded two awards to the Common Man Family of Restaurants in Ashland. One award was given to Jennifer Tower, manager of The Common Man Inn & Spa in Plymouth, for Innkeeper of the Year and the Restaurant Neighbor Award to the company by the National Restaurant Association in Washington, DC.

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Whitney Brothers in Keene launched Whitney Plus, a new brand of children's furniture, for its 110th anniversary as a company.