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Harbor Care in Nashua received a $10,000 donation from M&T Bank in Manchester to support of the nonprofit’s efforts to end veteran homelessness in NH. Harbor Care’s Veterans FIRST program serves more than 450 veterans and their families with such services as housing, mental health, dental care, substance use treatment and employment services. Last year, the agency helped 343 veterans experiencing or at-risk of homelessness.

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Southern NH Health in Nashua opened its newly renovated and expanded Digestive Health location in the endoscopy suite, offering a range of services, including bariatrics gastroenterology and colon and rectal surgery.

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Outdoor Pride, a commercial snow removal and landscape management company in Manchester, hired Dylan Clark as financial controller and promoted Degen Kelly to director of operations, Ron Nestor to area manager of Massachusetts, and Ross Roberge to area manager of NH. Outdoor Pride employs more than 125 full-time, year-round employees and approximately 300 seasonal employees.

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RELYCO, a Dover-based supplier of print materials, committed to donate $50,000 to Lydia’s House of Hope over the next five years. In February, RELYCO donated a total of $10,000, with $3,805.04 of that amount resulting from RELYCO’s quarterly 1% charitable giving initiative. Lydia’s House of Hope is a 25-resident facility in Somersworth that offers a transitional housing program for homeless women and children.

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Devine Millimet in Manchester hired three corporate of counsel attorneys to their firm. Richard J. Schoepke, a native of Tennessee, joined the firm in March with extensive knowledge of estate planning, including wills, trusts, power of attorneys, and more. Laura J. Gandia, a long-time resident of NH, joined the firm in March as a member of its real estate team. Graeme S. R. Brown, a New England transplant from Canada, joined the firm in March with expertise in acquisitions, business financing, and commercial real estate.

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Visiting Angels, a national provider of senior home care, named Lynda Prunier of Auburn, NH, as one of the 10 semi-finalists for its National Caregiver of the Year award. The semi-finalists were selected from entries throughout the 600 Visiting Angels franchise locations nationwide. 

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Newburyport Bank made a $2,500 donation to the Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce for its Annual Awards Gala 2023. The donation is in support of the Nonprofit of the Year—Monarch School of New England. This event will be held on May 4 at Rivermill at Dover Landing in Dover.

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The Greater Manchester Chamber hired Kathleen Procek to fill the new role of director of investor engagement to work with the business community and directing the chamber’s signature fundraising programs.