The Buzz Online

This Week's The Buzz Online Spotlight

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Appledore Marine Engineering in Portsmouth received a five-year $22 million contract from the U.S. Navy in Va. to provide waterfront inspection services in its Northwestern region, including all Pacific U.S. Territories.

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Heartwood Media in Manchester hired Steven Galante, former video producer at the University of NH in Durham, as an associate producer and editor.

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Merchants Fleet Management in Hooksett hired Tracy Durocher as marketing manager and David Ponx as a regional sales manager in the southwest region. Previously, Durocher worked in account services at Marketing Operations Group in Texas and Ponx served as a regional VP of sales at Donlen Corporation in Ill.

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The National Committee for Quality Assurance in D.C. recognized Harbor Homes in Nashua as a Patient Centered Medical Home thanks to assistance and support from NH Healthy Families in Bedford.

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TD Bank in New Ipswich promoted Tina Gagnon to assistant VP, store manager, from her position as assistant store manager.

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INSIDE Public Accounting in Ind. named Baker Newman Noyes in Manchester and Portsmouth as one of the top 200 accounting firms in the nation.

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Windham Professionals in Salem hired Mike Figgins, former senior director of architecture and product development at Convergys in N.Y., as its CIO.

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North Branch Construction in Concord completed $6 million in renovations on the Holloway Commons Dining Hall at University of NH in Durham. The company was also selected to complete construction of a senior housing facility on Lovell Street in Nashua.

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Riverbend Community Mental Health Center in Concord began providing Mobile Crisis Services to adults in central NH suffering a severe emotional, behavioral, or psychiatric emergency.

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St. Mary’s Bank in Manchester granted $2,100 to The Webster House in Manchester to help support its summer program for active teens.

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Courville Communities in Manchester selected Brian Newman as its director of operations. Newman will continue to serve as executive director of the Courville at Manchester.