The Buzz Online

This Week's The Buzz Online Spotlight  

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The Community Development Finance Authority in Concord board of directors hired Taylor Caswell as its executive director. Caswell previously founded and operated Caswell Strategies in Hollis.

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Meredith Village Savings Bank in Meredith promoted Jason Hicks to senior VP, corporate treasurer and investment officer from his position as corporate treasurer and investment officer for both Meredith Village Savings Bank and Merrimack County Savings Bank in Concord, which operate under the same holding company NH Mutual Bancorp. in Manchester.

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The U.S. Small Business Administration in D.C. honored Jonathan Shapleigh, VP of commercial lending at Bank of NH in Laconia, with the SBA 2014 NH Financial Champion Award for his work with local businesses and zeal for economic growth.

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The Hanover Insurance Group in Mass. honored The Rowley Agency in Concord by appointing the agency to its President's Club for its high level of professionalism.

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Colby-Sawyer College in New London announced an affiliation agreement with the University of New Haven in Conn. that guarantees Colby-Sawyer sports management majors acceptance at the University of New Haven to continue their studies at the graduate level.

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The NH Department of Education in Concord awarded a $3.2 million grant to nine Manchester schools in order to continue funding after school programs for five years. The schools benefitting from the grant are Bakersville elementary, Gossler Park elementary, Hallsville elementary, McDonough elementary, Parker-Varney elementary, Hillside middle school, McLaughlin middle school, Parkside middle school, and Southside middle school.

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Jewett Metal Buildings & Steel Erectors in Maine, a division of Jewett Construction Co., Inc. in Raymond, finished construction on the Cinemagic movie theatre complex in Portsmouth.

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St. Joseph Healthcare in Nashua hired Fadi Wehbi as a family medicine provider out of its Family Medical Center in Hudson.

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The Northeast Association of Electric Cooperatives in N.Y. awarded Fred Anderson, president and CEO of NH Electric Cooperative in Plymouth, the 2014 George D. Aiken Award for his achievements in the rural electric power industry.

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The NH Fiscal Policy Institute in Concord added Margaret Walsh, professor of sociology and anthropology at Keene State College in Keene, to its board of directors.

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Colliers International in Manchester leased three units in Portsmouth from Litchfield Portsmouth, LLC in Manchester. The units were leased to Modernist Pantry in Maine, Core Elastomers, and Asia MedSource in Maine.

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NHBB in Laconia hired George Hobbs as its operations manager for the Astro Division. Previously, Hobbs was VP of continuous improvement at Westinghouse Electric in Pa.

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The board of directors at the Manchester Community Music School in Manchester elected Billie Tooley, former executive director of the NH Art Association in Portsmouth, as its new CEO.