The Buzz Online

In the spotlight: North Branch Construction in Concord promoted Gregg Vallee, with North Branch since 2014, from master carpenter to assistant superintendent. Kevin Miller has been promoted from lead carpenter to assistant superintendent. Jeremy Jefferson, a lead carpenter with North Branch since 2013, has been promoted to Foreman. (pictured from left Gregg Vallee, Kevin Miller, Jeremy Jefferson)

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St. Mary’s Financial Services in Manchester hired Jim Brown as a wealth management advisor. Prior to joining St. Mary’s, Brown worked as a director and financial advisor for DHK Financial Advisors in Portsmouth.

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The Colony Group hired Lisa Prince as a client service associate. She previously worked as an account administrator/trader at D.L. Carlson Investment Group, Inc.

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Bangor Savings Bank is paying employees $500 if they are fully vaccinated. The proactive step by Maine’s largest bank is aimed at incentivizing as many of its 1100+ workforce as possible.

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Cornerstone VNA has expanded its service area to include the Seacoast towns of Stratham, Hampton, North Hampton, Hampton Falls and Seabrook. With the addition of these five communities, Cornerstone VNA now offers home care, hospice, palliative, private duty and community services to more than 40 towns in NH and Maine.

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Homeowners in Bayview Village Home Park have purchased their 18-unit manufactured-home park. With training and technical assistance from the NH Community Loan Fund’s ROC-NH team, homeowners organized and formed Bayview Village Cooperative.

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Portsmouth Regional Hospital’s designation as an Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in NH as a Blue Distinction Center for Bariatric Surgery was recently renewed, as part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program.

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Heartwood Media, Inc., a video production company in Manchester, is celebrating 25 years in business, evolving with the technology of teh time market videos on VHS tape to DVDs to a system where everything is filmed and delivered digitally.

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White Mountains Community College and the Mt Washington Valley Chamber of Commerce will present the White Mountains Outdoor, Health, and Wellness Fest on Saturday & Sunday, July 17 & 18, 2021 in North Conway.

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Bowman Place, a non-profit senior living community in Bedford, hired Jeanna Rodriguez as director of sales and marketing.

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Following a nationwide search, CATV (VT-based Community Access Television serving Hanover) named Samantha Davidson Green executive director. Former Executive Director Donna Girot relocated to California to lead Access Sacramento, the community’s public access station. Green will officially join CATV on April 26, 2021.