The Buzz Online

This Week's The Buzz Online Spotlight  

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The NH SBA in Concord announced its 2014 Lender Awards: TD Bank in Manchester, 38 loans, leading 7(a) lender based on total number of loans; The Provident Bank in Mass., $5.7 million, leading 7(a) lender in total dollars; Granite State Development Corporation in Portsmouth, 56 loans worth $28 million, leading 504 lender in total number of loans and total dollars; Centrix Bank in Bedford and Enterprise Bank & Trust in Nashua, NH SBA leading 504 participant banks; Merrimack Valley Federal Credit Union  and Bank of NH in Laconia, emerging lenders; Citizens Bank in Manchester and Lake Sunapee Bank in Newport, outstanding achievement awards; and First Colebrook Bank in Colebrook, outstanding partner.

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Keene State College in Keene launched the Young Entrepreneurs Academy on its campus.

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The National Civilian Community Corps., a division of AmeriCorps, worked with Camp Lincoln in Kingston to widen its trails and do other service projects.

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PSMJ Resources, Inc. in Mass. selected Wright Pierce in Portsmouth and Manchester as part of its 2014 Circle of Excellence.

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CRN selected Daystar, Inc. in Newington as part of its Next-Gen 250 list to honor up-and-coming technology providers.

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FairPoint Communication, with NH headquarters in Manchester, is sponsoring the STEAM Ahead NH program at Manchester High School West in Manchester.

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North Branch Construction in Concord began construction on the Bow Highlands II development in Bow.

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Colby-Sawyer College in New London received a two-year grant of $160,750 from the Davis Educational Foundation in Maine to support its Establishing Community Ownership of Campus Innovation.

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Bedford Village Inn in Bedford hired Peter Agostinelli, former culinary director and executive chef at The International in Mass., as executive chef.

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wedu in Manchester hired Susan Walsh as VP of agency achievement. Previously, Walsh was senior VP at M5 Marketing Communications in Manchester.

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More Than Wheels in Keene received a $10,000 grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation, with NH headquarters in Manchester, to support its community financial education program.

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ConMed Center for Orthopaedic Education in N.Y. invited Mayo Noerdlinger, orthopedic surgeon at Atlantic Orthopedics & Sports Medicine in Portsmouth, to teach a class titled Improving Outcomes in Shoulder Arthroscopy to a select group of orthopaedic surgeons.

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St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua attained Magnet recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center in Md.