1. Clark Dumont of Dumont Communications enjoys reading NH Business Review in sunny Las Vegas. We’d love to see where you’re catching up on NH news, whether it’s our physical paper or the digital edition, available at read.nhbr.com/nhbusiness-review or the app store.
2. The New Hampshire Food Bank received another donation from the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. This time, it was highquality cheese and butter that is completely manufactured by the Church. The Church owns several farms, canneries and food processing plants across the U.S. and have been providing outstanding relief during the pandemic to food banks across the country who are meeting a higher demand.
3. Students at the Manchester School of Technology, alongside volunteer mentors from the Aviation Museum of NH, work on the central cabin of the emerging RV-12iS aircraft they’ve been assembling since last year. The effort, a partnership between the school, museum and Tango Flight (an educational nonprofit) is taking place in the school’s new workshop/hangar, a dedicated space for the program that opened this month. With the landing gear attached, it’s really starting to look like an airplane. The group is just $50,000 away from the total $350,000 needed to fully fund the first two aircraft in the program, which will become self-sustaining when the planes are sold on the open market.
4. Volunteer Wendell Berthelsen and his grandson, Otis, check out the display of rotored aircraft, part of the Festival of Planes exhibit of more than 1,000 aviation toys and model aircraft that was on display at the Aviation Museum of NH in Londonderry.
5. Sons of the American Legion Squadron 2 members Evan and Mitch Dexter (pictured on the left and right) and NH American Legion member Bill Roy (not pictured) donated 500 Canteen Books for residents of the New Hampshire Veterans Home in Tilton. Missy Robichaud, assistant to the commandant (pictured in the center), accepted the donation on behalf of the home.
6. Just before the end of the year, Androscoggin Valley Hospital Emergency Department Nurses presented a donation to the NH Food Bank to help provide 2,000 more meals.
7. Surrounded by his family, Fisher Cats fan favorite Ollie the Bat Dog passed away peacefully in New Hampshire last month. Ollie joined the Fisher Cats front office in 2008, and brought smiles to the faces of fans young and old for many years. To celebrate Ollie’s life, the Fisher Cats welcome donations to K9 With a Mission, a program designed to fund support, service and companion dogs for veterans. Tito’s Handmade Vodka has generously pledged to match the donation total up to $2,000.
8. Coleman Feingold, chief morale officer at McLean Communications and NH Business Review Editor Jeff Feingold’s furry companion, also passed away recently at the age of 14. Over the years, Coleman made regular appearances at our Millyard office and met many Granite Staters who came in to speak to NH Business Review’s editorial team. He will be missed by all who pet him.
