The Buzz Online

This Week's The Buzz Online Spotlight

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Franklin Savings Bank in Franklin donated $15,000 to the Concord Hospital Trust in Concord to help bring next generation radiation technology to the hospital.

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The American Council of Engineering Companies in D.C. appointed John Nelson, CFO at Wright-Pierce in Portsmouth and Manchester, as chair of its tax & regulatory affairs committee.

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Catholic Charities NH hired Wendie Leweck Appel as its social media associate. Appel owns Spotlight Publicity in Exeter.

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Dancing Lion Chocolate in Manchester rehired Samantha Downing as a chocolatier after she returned from earning her Master Chocolatier certification from Ecole Chocolat in France.

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FairPoint Communications in Manchester donated $5,000 to the NH Humanities Council in Concord to support its Humanities to Go speaker series.

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Ripano Stoneworks in Nashua opened a countertop showroom on East Hollis Street in Nashua.

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The Bank of America Charitable Foundation in Manchester donated $5,000 to the Easter Seals of NH in Manchester to support its Workforce Development Program.

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Anchor Line in Portsmouth hired Daniel Snyder, former production manager at Pulp+Wire in Maine, as its senior producer.

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The NH Community Behavioral Health Association in Concord elected new officers: Suellen Griffin, president and CEO of West Central Behavioral Health in Lebanon, chair; Peter Evers, CEO of Riverbend in Concord, vice-chair;  Brian Collins, executive director of Community Partner in Dover, treasurer; and Jay Couture, executive director of Seacoast Mental Health Center in Exeter and Portsmouth, secretary.

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Good Idea Design in Portsmouth won a 2015 Communicator Award of Distinction from the Communicator Awards in N.Y. for its 2015 Artists if the Seacoast Calendar.

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TimberNook in Barrington contracted Calypso Communications in Portsmouth to develop a regional public relations social media campaign, content strategy, and marketing launch for new camp providers.

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Millennium Integrated Marketing in Manchester hired Sunisa Mathews as account coordinator. Previously, Mathews graduated with a B.A. in psychology from the University of Rochester in N.Y.

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Wozz! Kitchen Creations in Bethlehem and Vt. won the 2015 sofi Award from the Specialty Food Association in N.Y.