The Buzz Online

This Week's The Buzz Online Spotlight

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The Southern NH Planning Commission in Concord received a $30,000 grant from the NH Charitable Foundation in Concord for education and advocacy related to encouraging the expansion commuter rail from Boston to both Nashua and Manchester.

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GZA GeoEnvironmental in Bedford promoted Deborah Zarta Gier to associate principal. She previously served as senior project manager.

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Catholic Charities NH in Manchester elected Joseph Raczka to its board of directors. Raczka is vice president of corporate development for Dyn in Manchester.

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North Branch Construction in Concord donated $19,900 to CATCH Neighborhood Housing in Concord through the community development investment program.

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Normandeau Associates in Bedford promoted Robert Varney to president. Varney succeeds Pam Hall, who served as president and CEO for the last 28 years and remains CEO as well as chair of the board of directors. Varney formerly worked as the New England regional administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and as commissioner of the NH Department of Environmental Services before coming to Nomandeau in 2009 as executive vice president.

 

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Nathan Wechsler & Company in Concord promoted Julie Greenwood and Jameson Meschino to manager, Matt Nadeau to supervising senior accountant, and Michelle Mulkern and Josh Parker to senior accountant. 

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DeStefano Architects in Portsmouth hired Michelle Hobbs as a member of the firm.

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People’s United Bank donated $5,000 to the Housing Partnership in Portsmouth to support its Homeward Bound Program.

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Eastern Bank in Massachusetts donated $10,000 to the YWCA NH in Manchester for its domestic and sexual violence prevention services.

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Antone Cabral, VP and information technology officer of Piscataqua Savings Bank in Portsmouth, completed his last year at the American Bankers Stonier School at the University of Pennsylvania in Pennsylvania

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McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton in Manchester hired Kara Dougherty as an associate in its corporate division.

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Private Jet Services in Seabrook was named part of the Inc. 5000 list, which features the nation’s fastest growing private companies. The company now in its 12th year had total revenue in 2014 of $51.5 million.

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Artistic Tile in Nashua hired Linda Horne as a sales and design consultant.