PORTSMOUTH: To satisfy the demand for the Covid-19 vaccine, Lonza Biologics says it is working at capacity to satisfy its current production agreement with Moderna. The company’s agreement with Moderna includes the production of 100 million doses a year at Lonza’s Portsmouth location of the active ingredient used in the Moderna vaccine. Initial production started in May. Lonza is responsible for one phase in the production of the vaccine.

PORTSMOUTH: The Coastal Land & Commercial Group at Keller Williams Coastal Realty in Portsmouth has been selected to market and broker the New Hampshire Liquor Commission’s sale of some 88 acres of real estate along Interstate 95 to turn the acreage in Hampton into Welcome Centers similar to the twin facilities on Interstate 93 in Hooksett. Under the agreement, Coastal Realty will work to identify a potential buyer to redevelop the coveted site, which is planned to include two state-owned 22,000-square-foot NH Liquor & Wine Outlets with the potential of retail, fuel, food and hospitality offerings.

LEBANON: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health has been awarded a $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to help Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and other rural healthcare organizations build and retain their workforce. The grant is designed to help health organizations in rural areas get the staff they need. With the grant, DHMC grant will help other organizations train and develop employees, creating a pipeline of employees.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-NH, has introduced her first bill in the new congressional session, the Gateway to Careers Act, which would provide grants to support partnerships between community or technical colleges and workforce development groups to train people for jobs. The measure would support people who are unemployed or under-employed. It would also provide support for job-seekers also dealing with housing issues, mental and substance use disorder treatment, health insurance coverage and other matters.

KEENE: Steve Fortier, former director of external relations at Keene State College, has been named interim executive director of Monadnock Economic Development Corp.

Fortier succeeds Arthur Robert, who was hired last spring to succeed the organization’s longtime top executive, Jack Dugan. MEDC announced in November that it was forming an advisory board to help it plan for the future, including assessing whether to shift its focus from real estate development to other activities that promote economic growth.

BEDFORD: Regional movie theater chain Cinemagic is closing all of its venues until the spring, which includes the three it operates in New Hampshire, in Merrimack, Hooksett and Portsmouth. The Bedford-based theater chain said that it plans to reopen theaters in the spring, calling the closures “intermission.” The company did not provide a reopening date.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.: Comcast has decided it will give its Xfinity internet customers until the summer to adapt to its new data cap. The 1.2-terabyte cap has been criticized since it was announced last June, but Comcast officials say only a “very small percentage” of customers will be affected.

Legislators in Massachusetts have filed a bill to ban the data cap until after the Covid-19 pandemic ends, and Baltimore city councilors have asked the Maryland attorney general to investigate the company for “predatory price gouging,” according to news reports.