The Buzz Online

This Week's The Buzz Online Spotlight  

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Riverbend Community Mental Health in Concord received a $75,000 grant from Granite United Way in Concord to support continuous access to services from Riverbend at Concord Hospital’s emergency department.

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BuyaTimeshare.com in Merrimack hired Dan Hansen, former business development advisor at Trulia in Calif., as its sales manager.

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From The Barrel Brewing Company, LLC in Londonderry opened.

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Seacoast Community School in Portsmouth received a $500 matching grant from The Jamie Raposa Scholarship Fund in Maine, which will be matched by the Dorothy Merrill Scholarship Fund in Portsmouth. The grant will provide funds for professional development in early childhood education for more than 20 teachers working at the school.

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The Memorial Hospital Foundation in North Conway awarded the Miranda Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology at Memorial Hospital in North Conway a $250,000 inaugural gift to support its services in the community.

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Polaris Direct in Hooksett won the 2014 Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics from the BBB of NH in Concord.

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Members First Credit Union in Manchester hired Jenn Johnson as its assistant VP of real estate lending. Previously, Johnson worked for Granite State Credit Union in Manchester as its assistant VP of mortgage and commercial lending.

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Lauren Kochakian, assistant program director and volunteer coordinator at UpReach Therapeutic Riding Center in Goffstown, received the 2014 Governor’s Award for Outstanding Volunteer Management.

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Lahey Health in Mass. and St. Joseph Healthcare in Nashua have expanded their collaboration through instituting joint clinical service line development that will allow the physicians at both organizations to work in partnership to provide better health care for the region.

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The NH Dental Society in Concord awarded Dr. Arthur Comolli, retired, the MacRury Award.

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The NH Center for Nonprofits in Concord presented Kirk Leoni, managing director of Nathan Wechsler & Company, PA in Concord, with the NH Board Impact Award for his leadership in innovating how to meet the growing needs of NH.

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Savings Bank of Walpole in Keene elected Gary Kinyon as chair of its board of trustees and admitted Joseph Coneeny as a new trustee. Kinyon is currently a shareholder and director of Bradley & Faulkner PC in Keene and Coneeny previously worked for Credit Suisse First Boston in Mass. as managing director for media and telecom.

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FairPoint Communications, with NH headquarters in Manchester, opened a data center in Laconia.