The Buzz Online

This Week's The Buzz Online Spotlight  

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The NH High Tech Council in Manchester awarded Fred Kocher, president of Kocher & Co. in Portsmouth and host of "NH's Business" on WMUR in Manchester, the Lifetime Achievement Award. The council also awarded Ian Howell, CEO, Bob Batcheler, executive VP of strategy, and Dave Plunkett, executive VP of development, of Newforma in Manchester the Entrepreneur of the Year award.

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Hoyle, Tanner & Associates, Inc. in Manchester promoted William Davidson to VP from his position as chief civil engineer and hired Aaron Lachance as a project manager and /senior structural engineer.

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BerardMartel Architecture Inc. in Bedford hired Jamie Gillon, previously a clerk of the works/labor compliance officer at the NH Bureau of Public Works in Concord, as technical support and project captain.

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Bonin Architects & Associates in New London opened a second office in Meredith.

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The NH Community Development Finance Authority in Concord approved Community Development Block Grants to 13 NH municipalities and counties totaling $5.27 million.

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Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare of New England, with offices in Manchester, elected Tom Boucher, CEO and owner of Great NH Restaurants, Inc. in Bedford, to its board of directors.

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Jewett Automotive Design & Construction, a division of Jewett Construction Company, Inc. in Raymond, contracted with Stoneham Ford in Mass. to build a service building at its Stoneham, Mass. dealership.

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Globe Manufacturing Company in Pittsfield in partnership with 3M in Minnesota donated $20,000 to the Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund in N.Y.

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M2 Service Group in Exeter expanded to include HVAC to its list of services.

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The Manchester Young Professionals Network in Manchester elected seven members to its board of directors: Tim Baines, owner of Mint Bistro in Manchester; Tom Cronin, senate communications director at the NH State Senate in Concord; Kate Giaquinto, account executive at Montagne Communications in Manchester; Tim Paradis, senior investment advisor at Baldwin & Clarke in Bedford; Jeff Trudel, residential loan originator at St. Mary's Bank in Nashua; Eric Walker, finance manager at NH Healthy Families in Bedford; and Ryan Warren, senior auditor at BerryDunn in Manchester.

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Roche Realty Group, Inc. in Meredith hired Christina Day as a realtor in its Laconia office. Formerly, Day was senior bank service representative IV at Bank of NH in Laconia.

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Southern NH University in Manchester launched the first nationally accredited $10,000 Bachelor of Arts degree program in the country through its College for America.

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LTC Partners in Portsmouth donated 621 backpacks and $4,347 to the United Way of the Greater Seacoast in Portsmouth as part of United Way's K-Ready Kids campaign.