The Buzz Online

This Week's The Buzz Online Spotlight  

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Wright-Pierce in Manchester and Portsmouth elected John Braccio to president and CEO of the firm from his position as senior VP in charge of wastewater engineering in southern New England.

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Boldwerks in Portsmouth partnered with Odyssey Merchant Services in Mass. to build its website.

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The NH Charitable Foundation in Concord elected Paula Marie Buley to its board of directors. Marie Buley is the president of Rivier University in Nashua.

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Boyle Energy Services & Technology in Concord was recognized by the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition in D.C. for its development of SigmaCommissioning, a cleaning system for power plants.

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Optima Bank in Portsmouth opened a retail branch at 99 South River Rd. in Bedford.

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Bovie Screen Process Printing Co., Inc. in Bow promoted Kathleen Snow to roll label press operator.

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Turbocam Energy Solutions, LLC in Dover partnered with the University of NH in Durham to evaluate the mechanical behavior of materials used by novel additive manufacturing technology Selective Laser Sintering, which could reduce energy use by 50 percent and material costs by 90 percent.

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Granite State Credit Union in Manchester opened another office at 51 Tilton Road in Tilton.

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The NH Dental Society in Concord elected new officers: Robert Maguire, independent dentist in Wolfeboro, president; Peter Welnak, independent dentist in Keene, president-elect; John Ahern, dentist at Ahern, Nichols, Ahern & Hersey in Derry, first VP; Paul Thompson, independent dentist in Manchester, second VP; Glenda Reynolds, secretary/treasurer; and Richard Rosato, oral surgeon at Capitol Center for Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery in Concord.

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Jewett Construction Company, Inc. in Raymond completed construction on a compressor station for Xpress Natural Gas, LLC in Maine.

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TD Bank in Concord hired Keith Pike as VP, relationship manager in government banking. Previously, Pike worked at Citizens Bank in Manchester in a similar position.

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Piscataqua Savings Bank in Portsmouth elected seven corporators: Jennifer Gray, founder and president of Market Street Talent in Portsmouth; Charles Lassen, retired; Robert Lister, retired; Steve Marchand, owner of SRM Consulting, LLC in Portsmouth; Mark McNabb, president and owner of McNabb Properties in Portsmouth; Peter Neuffer, shareholder of Lepage Millworks in Quebec; and Nancy Notis, associate director of marketing and public affairs at HCA NH-Portsmouth Regional Hospital in Portsmouth, Parkland Medical Center in Derry, and Appledore Medical Group in Portsmouth.

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Leadership Seacoast in Portsmouth elected three new board members: Jonathan Cohen, assistant VP, treasury management sales officer at People’s United Bank with NH headquarters in Manchester; Susan DeRoy, director of development at Monarch School of New England in Rochester; and Sonya Merritt, VP of human resources at Optima Bank in Portsmouth.