The Buzz Online

This Week's The Buzz Online Spotlight  

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The Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester in Manchester promoted William Rider to president and CEO. He was formerly the vice president and COO.

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Catholic Medical Center in Manchester named Thomas Della Flora, former private executive consultant in Ohio, as vice president and chief information officer.

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The Health Insurance and Managed Care Committee of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners in D.C. named Roger Sevigny, current commissioner at the NH Insurance Department in Concord, as chair.

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The NH Liquor Commission in Concord in partnership with Bacardi USA in Fla. raised $10,000 for the NH Food Bank in Manchester.

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The NH Charitable Foundation appointed new members to its regional advisory board: Sarah Ambrogi, founding attorney at Ambrogi Law Office in Manchester, Manchester region; Steve Beals, principal of Alvirne High School in Hudson, Nashua region; Alexander Buchanan, founding attorney at Alexander Buchanan, PLLC in Nashua, Nashua region; James Clements, CEO of Spaulding Youth Center in Northfield, lakes region; Kelli D’Amore, director of nonprofit practice at Nathan, Wechsler, & Company in Concord and Lebanon, capital region; Bill Glahn, attorney at McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton in Manchester, capital region; Gina Goff, senior director of community involvement at C&S Wholesale Grocers in Keene, Monadnock region; Eric Gregg, founder and principal of Four Tree Island Advisory, LLC in Portsmouth, Piscataqua region; David Heath, shareholder and tax director at Melanson Health Accountants and Auditors in Nashua, Nashua region; Rick Kelley, president and general manager of Loon Mountain Resort in Lincoln, north country region; Anne MacEwan, manager of auditing and accounting at Nathan, Wechsler & Company in Concord and Lebanon, upper valley region; Latha Mangipudi, speech language pathologist at Interim Healthcare in Manchester and State Representative for Hillsborough County, Nashua region; Stephen Martineau, executive director of Friends Forever in Durham, Piscataqua region; Shawn McGowan, president and CEO of Scribe Software in Manchester, Pascataqua region; Daniel Norris, attorney at McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton in Manchester; Michael Reed, president of Stebbins Commercial Properties in Manchester, Manchester region; Anthony Ruddy, independent consultant in product design and assembly automation at ALM Automation in Jackson, north country region; Elise Salek, attorney at Sulloway & Hollis in Concord, capital region; Andrea Sennott, attorney and partner at Robinson, Boesch, Sennott & Masse in Portsmouth, Piscataqua region; Brenda Tibbetts, retired, north country; Jane Van Bremen, clinical supervisor and program manager of Healthy Families America at Good Beginnings in Claremont; Aubrey White, mentor at the Hoffman-Haas Fellowship in Concord, Monadnock region; Susan Wyman, retired, north country; Robin Young, president and owner of Northstar Financial Planning in Windham.

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The EPA in Boston awarded 2014 Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant Excellence Awards to the Hampton Wastewater Treatment Plant, the Manchester Wastewater Treatment Plant, and the Penacook Wastewater Treatment Plant. It also awarded the Hanover Water Reclamation Facility a 2014 Regional Industrial Pretreatment Program Excellence Award. The agency also awarded Ray Gordon, septage coordinator of the NH Dept. of Environmental Services in Concord, a 2014 Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant Trainer of the Year Excellence Award.

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The Citizens Bank Foundation in R.I., with its NH bank headquarters in Manchester, donated $15,000 to the Easter Seals NH Child Development & Family Resource Center in Manchester to support its High School Equivalency Test program.

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Calypso Communications in Portsmouth promoted Sarah Flaherty to director of content marketing and Kelsey Ciardha to associate art director from her position as graphic designer.

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SymQuest Group, Inc. in West Lebanon hired Eric Dicocco as a document solutions accountant executive. SymQuest was also announced as one of the 2015 MSP Elite 150 by CRN in Mass.

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The NH Dental Society in Concord hired Kristine Blackwelder, owner and operator of Winnisquam Dental in Tilton, as a part-time oral health consultant.

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The Community Development Finance Authority in Concord approved a $160,000 community development block grant to the town of Lebanon to be converted into a loan for FreshAir Sensor Corporation in Lebanon.

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FairPoint Communications in Laconia announced plans to open a data center in Manchester.

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North Branch Construction in Concord promoted Nicolas Trudel to project superintendent from his position as a member of the safety committee and Gabe Dinicola to assistant project manager from his position as member of the university committee. It also hired Donna Alley as a project manager assistant.