The Buzz Online

This Week's The Buzz Online Spotlight  

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NH Healthy Families in Bedford hired Scott Westover, former VP planning at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, as executive director.

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St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua received the Get With The Guidelines Stroke Gold-Plus Quality Achievement award from the American Heart Association in Texas for implementing quality improvement measures.

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St. Mary's Bank in Manchester received the Diamond Award from the Credit Union National Association's marketing and business development council in Wisconsin for electronic marketing with its "Swipe Great Seats" promotion.

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Strafford YMCA in Rochester elected Vickie Routhier, senior VP chief marketing and sales officer at Bank of NH in Laconia, as board chair.

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The Association of University Technology Managers in Ill. elected Marc Sedam, executive director of UNHInnovation at UNH in Durham, to VP for professional development on its board of directors.

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North Branch Construction, Inc. in Manchester received the 2014 Plan NH Merit Award from Plan NH in Portsmouth for its Families in Transition Lowell Street historic renovation.

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Paradigm Computer Consulting, Inc. in Nashua opened an office in Columbus, Ohio.

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The NH Community Development Finance Authority in Concord awarded a Community Development Block Grant worth $500,000 to the City of Keene on behalf of the Monadnock Economic Development Corporation in Keene. The MEDC will use the money to retrofit factory space for Samson Manufacturing Corporation, a rifle accessory manufacturer, in Keene.

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SilverTech in Manchester acquired Poised Solutions, another technology company in Manchester.

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Monadnock United Way in Keene hired Cameron Tease, former manager-legal and risk management at Markem Imaje Corporation in Georgia, as director of resource development.

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The McLane Law Firm in Manchester hired Susan de Mari as its director of marketing. Formerly, de Mari was senior VP marketing at The Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank, headquartered in Massachusetts.

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Thom Perkins, executive director at Jackson Ski Touring Foundation in Jackson for 38 years, announced his retirement.

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TFMoran, Inc. in Bedford hired James O'Neil, formerly assistant survey manager at Jones & Beach Engineers in Stratham, as chief of survey.