The Buzz Online

This Week's The Buzz Online Spotlight

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Citizens Bank in Manchester and the NH Union Leader in Manchester recognized Affordable Housing Education and Development in Manchester as a 2015 Champion of Action, gaining the nonprofit $35,000 in unrestricted funding.

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The NH Charitable Foundation in Concord recognized Heidi Pauer, an English teacher at Bow High School in Bow, with the 2015 Christa McAuliffe Sabbatical with which she will spend the next year helping establish creative-centric learning opportunities in NH schools.

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North Branch Construction in Concord promoted Chad Swain to service and quality control supervisor from his position as project superintendent.

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Leadership Seacoast in Portsmouth elected officers and appointed five new members: Molly Hodgson, executive director of the Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce in Dover, Chairman; Sonya Merritt, VP of human resources at Optima Bank and Trust in Portsmouth, Vice Chairman; Susan DeRoy, director of business development at Monarch School of New England in Rochester, Secretary; Jonathan Cohen, assistant VP and treasury management sales officer at People’s United Bank in Portsmouth, Treasurer; Don Campfield, financial representative at Wellesley Financial Group in Exeter, member; Brian Frankenfield, director of BENEFEDS enrollment and service and executive sponsor of corporate giving at Long Term Care Partners in Portsmouth, Member; Claire Howard, attorney at Devine Millimet in Manchester, Member; Rachel Rouillard, director of Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership at UNH in Durham, Member; and Kristi Vazifdar, finance director at Star Island Corporation in Portsmouth; Member.

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PROCON in Hooksett launched a new website by wedü in Manchester as part of a rebranding campaign.

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The Seacoast Educational Endowment of Dover in Dover elected officers and appointed new members: Stuart Kahl, founding principal at Measured Progress in Dover, president; Beverly Shadley, planning and fundraising consultant in Dover, VP; Jim Ault, manager of international sales at DHL Express in Dover, treasurer; Angela Carter, senior VP at Calypso Communications in Portsmouth, secretary; Matt Cox, attorney at Burns Bryant Cox Rockefeller and Durkin in Dover, member; Brian Frankenfield, director of BENEFEDS enrollment and service and executive sponsor of corporate giving at Long Term Care Partners in Portsmouth, member; and Kelly Glennon, VP of risk management at Federal Savings Bank in Dover, member.

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Electronics For Imaging in Meredith acquired Matan Digital Printers of Israel and Reggiani Macchine of Italy.

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Dancing Lion Chocolate in Manchester now accepts bitcoins.

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Elliot Hospital in Manchester raised over $106,000 for NH Hospital for Children at the Elliot with its 16th Annual Golf Classic.

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The Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund awarded grants to nine organizations to support the North Country: Carsey School of Public Policy at UNH in Durham, $90,000; Coos Economic Development Corporation in Groveton, $25,000; Les Comptonales in Quebec, $25,000; NH Center for Public Policy Studies in Concord, $55,792; North Country Chamber of Commerce in Colebrook, $60,000; North Country Charter Academy in Littleton, $32,125; North Country Health Consortium in Littleton, $75,000; Northern Forest Canoe Trail in Vt., $50,000; Trust for Public Land in Vt., $200,000.

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Baker Newman Noyes in Manchester and Portsmouth completed its acquisition of Shatswell, MacLeod & Company in Mass.