ADVERTISING AND MARKETING
Somerville, Mass.-based Grossman Marketing Group has expanded its New England footprint with the acquisition of Symbol Marketing & Promotions of Manchester. Symbol’s client list includes Netscout, Extreme Networks and DEKA Research & Development. The acquisition is Grossman’s eighth in the past eight years.
ARCHITECTURE
JSA Design, an architecture, planning and interior design firm in Portsmouth, recently completed work on Sunrise of Newton, a new 101,000-squarefoot assisted living and memory care community in Newton, Mass.
The four-story building features 85 suites serving 108 residents. Amenities include a bistro, underground parking, an outdoor park and numerous common areas that support nutrition, wellness and programming.
BUSINESS AND CONSUMER SERVICES
North Andover, Mass.-based F.H. Cann and Associates, a womanowned business with more than two decades’ experience, has expanded operations into New Hampshire with the opening of a facility in Exeter. The company, which provides contact center services, says its new 56,000-square-foot space at 100 Domain Drive will host up to 400 full-time employees once fully operational.
Angels Sewing and Quilting is now offering Juki sewing, quilting and serging machines. Angels Sewing owner Carol Lawrence said Juki is a commercialgrade line of machines for home sewers that enables industrial-level straight stitching on heavy-duty fabric, including canvas tote bags.
ENGINEERING
Sharon Monahan has joined TFMoran Inc. as a wetland scientist and septic designer in the firm’s Bedford office. She is a certified wetland scientist and septic subsurface designer with 20 years of experience. Also, Marinus “Mo” Vander Pol III of TFMoran’s Seacoast Division recently earned his land surveyor license from the state of New Hampshire. Vander Pol, who joined TFMoran as a survey technician in 2017, has since been promoted to professional land surveyor.
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Bank of New Hampshire has named Tamara Blier vice president, corporate cash management officer. She joins the bank with 14 years of experience in the banking industry.
Savings Bank of Walpole has named Lindsey Swett branch manager of the bank’s new Winchester location, its sixth branch. Swett has worked at the bank in various capacities for 17 years, most recently as a universal banker at the Court Street location.
Thomas Haggerty of Pelham has joined Bar Harbor Bank & Trust as assistant vice president and branch relationship manager of the bank’s two locations in Lebanon. Most recently, he served as assistant store manager for the TD Bank in Gilford.
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
The Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce will be honoring Jim Snodgrass as its 2021 Citizen of the Year at its 102nd Annual Meeting and Citizen of the Year Award, to be held Wednesday, Nov. 3, at the Grappone Conference Center in Concord. As executive director at Second Start for 47 years, Snodgrass has been instrumental in providing educational opportunities for all members of the Capital Region community. The event begins at 5 p.m. with a cocktail reception. For more information, visit concordnhchamber.com/key-events.
The Greater Derry Londonderry Chamber of Commerce has named longtime Realtor Ralph Valentine, founder of The Valentine Group, its Citizen of the Year. Also honored at the chamber’s Oct. 7 Annual Dinner & Awards Ceremony were Business Cents, named its Business of the Year, and Center for Life Management, recognized as the Nonprofit of the Year.
The New Hampshire Public Health Association has announced the addition of Melissa Ray to its board of directors for a one-year term as its student representative. Ray is a Keene State College senior majoring in public health and dance.
EDUCATION
Two researchers at the University of New Hampshire have been elected to the 2021 Class of Fellows of the American Geophysical Union. Steve Frolking, a climate and Earth sciences expert, and space scientist Roy Torbert, who leads the university’s efforts on the NASA MMS mission, are among the 59 international scientists being recognized for work that has significantly advanced research in their fields.
UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law has added nine new faculty members, including an associate dean for academic affairs and an associate dean for administration and enrollment. Named as full-time faculty were: Rebecca Purdom, previously executive director of graduate and online programs at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga., who was appointed associate dean for academic affairs; Shane Cooper, associate dean for administration and enrollment, is retired from the U.S. Navy JAG Corp; Mason Marks, assistant professor of law, is a senior fellow at the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School, project lead of the Project on Psychedelics Law and Regulation and an affiliated fellow at the Information Society Project at Yale Law School; Tiffany Li, assistant professor of law, is a fellow at Yale Law School’s Information Society Project; and Anna Elbroch, clinical assistant professor, practiced criminal and juvenile defense law in New Hampshire for 16 years. Appointed as adjunct faculty were: Richard Samdperil and Kevin Carroll, who support both residential and online students across a variety of classes; Ann McCrackin, a former member of the faculty and now president of Black Hills IP; and Dan Feltes, a former state senator, who has joined the faculty to teach the largely international student population enrolled in graduate degrees and to help those students better understand American legal systems.
The University of New Hampshire and the Manchester-based Tree Care Industry Association have received grants totaling more than $300,000 from the U.S. Department of Labor to educate workers and employers on workplace safety and health. UNH was awarded nearly $178,000 to provide the training to small business employers and employment support staff. The target audience includes illiterate and lowliteracy workers, along with young, disabled or other hard-to-reach workers. The Tree Care Industry Association is getting more than $132,000 to focus on training for employers and workers in the residential tree care, landscape and horticultural services industries.
GOVERNMENT
The New Hampshire State Police have signed a multi-year contract with Iteris Inc. to employ the California-based company’s Iteris Inspect platform, which automates the commercial vehicle inspection process. This allows compliant carriers to bypass weigh stations and enforcement personnel and allows them to focus on driver and carrier education aimed at reducing defects, benefiting the safety and mobility of the broader transportation network. The State Police, which are already employing the Iteris system, have extended their agreement for five years with the contract.
NONPROFITS
Girls Inc. New Hampshire has been presented with a grant from Fidelity Investments to help it purchase a new school bus that will be used to transport girls from schools to corresponding centers for after-school programming and field trips. Fidelity’s WITSIG (Women in Technology Special Interest Group) has also contributed funds towards Girls Inc.’s STEM programming. The organization will be using the funds to purchase 3D printers, scientific calculators and robots for both the Nashua and Manchester centers, allowing girls additional resources with STEM programs.
Waypoint has appointed Sudi Lett and Zachery Palmer of Manchester to its board of trustees. Lett is a project manager at Granite State Organizing Project, and Palmer is a housing cooperative specialist with ROC-NH Community Loan Fund.
Waypoint has named Kelly Bozetarnik of Chichester director of the Children’s Place and Parent Education Center, a child care center serving children ages 18 months to 5 years in the Concord area.
Attorney Christine M. Hanisco of The Stein Law Firm in Concord has been elected vice chair of the executive committee of Resolve New England, which provides support, education and advocacy to those struggling with fertility and family-building throughout New England.
Bank of New Hampshire is once again providing the funding to support the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights & Justice’s 2022 Activist Artist Scholarship. The foundation was established in 2008 to carry forward the legacy of the late Congressman Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor ever elected to the U.S. Congress and a leading human rights champion. Based in Concord, the foundation works with a range of partners and often in cooperation with the U.S. government on issues that span the globe.
Ledyard National Bank in Hanover is celebrating its 30th anniversary by honoring 10 local nonprofit organizations serving the Concord, Lake Sunapee and Upper Valley regions. Ledyard will host a contest, where the winner will receive a $30,000 donation. People can vote for their favorite nonprofit at ledyardbank.com or by liking the nonprofit’s video submission on Ledyard’s Facebook page. Contest ends Oct. 22.
Meredith Village Savings Bank recently purchased $10,000 in tax credits from Lakes Region Community Developers through the New Hampshire Community Development Finance Authority to support the Gale School Redevelopment Project at 60 Concord Street in Belmont.
The newly formed Greater Rochester Community Health Foundation, which provides financial assistance to health and social service programs and organizations in Strafford County, appointed its inaugural board of directors: Betsey Andrews Parker, CEO of the Community Action Partnership of Strafford County of Dover and Rochester; Jennifer Gullison, vice president of operations at Cornerstone VNA in Rochester; Brian Hughes, president and CEO of Holy Rosary Credit Union in Rochester; Sandra Jalbert, philanthropist and volunteer from Rollinsford; Frank Jones, attorney at Wensley & Jones, PLLC in Rochester; Raude Raychel, founder and president of the Indonesian Community Connect in Somersworth; and Emmett Soldati, owner of Teatotaller Café in Somersworth.
Bank of New Hampshire recently purchased $20,000 in New Hampshire Community Development Finance Authority tax credits to support redevelopment of the Gale School at 60 Concord Street in Belmont Village. The project will transform the historic schoolhouse into a community facility that will include a new early learning center operated by the Boys & Girls Club. Lakes Region Community Developers is the developer of the project.
The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests has named the late Tom Howe as its Conservationist of the Year.
He was honored for his direct involvement in conserving nearly 35,000 acres over the course of his 25-year tenure. The organization also has named Janet Hill of Littleton as its Trish Churchill Volunteer of the Year. Hill has volunteered at the Forest Society’s North Country Conservation Center at The Rocks in Bethlehem for more than 11 years.
CONSTRUCTION
Mike Robarge has joined Jewett Construction Company, Fremont, as a project manager. He previously worked as a project manager at G. Green Construction in Boston.
REAL ESTATE
The former corporate headquarters of Living Innovations at 69 Tide Mill Rd., Greenland, has been sold by Plein Air Properties to River Tweed Properties, which plans to construct a 10,000-squarefoot Montessori school on the site. Bob Marchewka of One Commercial Real Estate represented Plein Air in the transaction. Paula Forbes of Central Falls Realty represented River Tweed.
The sale of the 52-room, seven-apartment SureStay Hotel in Presque Isle, Maine, by Best Western to Sucha Dillon Estates LLC has been announced by Associates Hospitality Real Estate Brokerage Group, Portsmouth. Jim Doucette and Earle Wason were the brokers.
The former headquarters of Segway Inc., 14 Technology Drive in Bedford, has been sold to LSNE Contract Manufacturing for $8.63 million. LSNE said it will create a new pharmaceutical manufacturing facility at the site to increase the firm’s clinical and commercial drug product manufacturing capacity. The 88,214-squarefoot building sits on almost 18 acres and features 11 loading docks and a drive-in door. Bob Rohrer and Doug Martin of Colliers’ Manchester office represented the seller and procured the buyer.
Tom Drouin of Roche Realty Group, Meredith, represented both the seller and the buyer in the sale of the former Dexter Shoe retail complex in Weirs Beach. The seller was Leisure Time Rentals LLC and the buyer was 1084 Union Ave LLC. The building includes 25,000 square feet on two levels. The buyer has plans to upgrade the property throughout, Drouin said.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
UScellular has hired Elena Munoz as local marketing manager in New England. She has over 13 years of local marketing experience in the wireless industry, including managing company events, sponsorships, community events, direct marketing initiatives, local media and out-of-home advertising.
TECHNOLOGY
Minim Inc., Manchester, has announced expansion of its Trusted Home solution to DStv subscribers of Multi-Choice Group, which delivers programming to more than 20 million households across 50 countries in Africa. The service expands the audience for those who do not have fiber connectivity in their residential area.
The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems Inc. a 10-year contract to provide life-cycle sustainment and technical support to the Limited Interim Missile Warning System program. The contract has a ceiling value of $872 million.
Merrimack-based life sciences firm KMC Systems, which specializes in contract design and manufacturing services for medical device and diagnostics makers, has opened a 10,000-square-foot corporate innovation hub in Cambridge, Mass. KMC said it has plans to hire 40 to 60 employees to populate the hub over the next six to 12 months. They will take up about twothirds of the office; the final third will be used as an incubation space for early-stage startups working with KMC.
Emerson Ecologics, Manchester, a provider of products and solutions for integrative health professionals, has introduced a new tool on its Wellevate platform, which is designed to simplify the diagnostic testing process. The innovation aggregates the ordering, reporting and secure sharing of conventional and specialty labs through Wellevate, Emerson said.
The LightLab 3 Cannabis Analyzer, developed by Orange Photonics, has so far this year helped law enforcement identify and remove over $2 billion in cannabis plants and products from the illicit market, the New London-based company announced. LightLab 3 is a fielddeployable cannabis analyzer that can be used by law enforcement and regulators to identify illicit cannabis operations that can cut into governments’ tax dollars where cannabis has been legalized.
TRANSPORTATION
Merchants Fleet CEO Brendan P. Keegan has been invited to join the Fast Company executive board, an organization made up of company founders, executives and leaders. Keegan is a frequent editorial contributor to Fast Company, Newsweek, Entrepreneur and Inc., and also authors a widely followed LinkedIn blog.
HEALTHCARE
State Sen. Donna Soucy, D-Manchester, has been named this year’s winner of The Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester’s annual Wheelock-Nardi Advocacy Award, which is presented to an individual or organization that exemplifies a high standard of commitment and advocacy for those with mental illness. Soucy is being recognized for her help and support in passing legislation to allow for mental health services to be conducted via telehealth. In addition, Jeffrey Seifert, regional vice president for TD Bank, will be honored by The Mental Health Center with its 2021 Community Leadership Award.
North Country Healthcare, Berlin, has announced four key promotions: Clare Fox, most recently manager of physical therapy at Androscoggin Valley Hospital, has been promoted to NCH’s director of performance improvement; Suzanne Landry, most recently NCH’s corporate compliance and privacy director and senior director of the Medical Staff Office and Risk Management at Androscoggin Valley, has been promoted to NCH vice president, compliance/risk management; Celeste Pitts, most recently chief financial officer of Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital and Weeks Medical Center, has been promoted to NCH’s vice president of finance; and Kate Piña, most recently system human resources director and Androscoggin Valley’s human resources director, has been promoted to NCH’s chief human resources officer. NCH is a nonprofit affiliation of four medical facilities in the White Mountains.
Dr. Amelia M. Cullinan, director of outpatient palliative care service at Dartmouth-Hitchcock and assistant professor of medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, has won the Ira Byock & Yvonne Corbeil Award from the Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care Alliance of New Hampshire. The annual award recognizes a provider with improved quality, expanded access and increased efficiency in delivering the best care possible to patients with serious illness in New Hampshire.
Aware Recovery Care has begun offering its In-Home Withdrawal Management program to New Hampshire residents, which it says is the first program of its kind in the state. IHWM provides an individualized, flexible, one-on-one treatment option for those with substance use disorder who may need a medically supervised withdrawal program in their own home. The program provides access to in-home detox, increasing the continuity of care when patients initially enter the Aware program.
Dr. Ashwini Saxena has been named as new medical director of The Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester. He previously was a psychiatrist with the Medication Services and Community Support Services Programs of the center.
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, Dover, has partnered with SOS Recovery to open a new location of The Doorway, a state program that provides assistance for those struggling with substance use disorder. The new location, which is the second operated by Wentworth-Douglass, is located at SOS Recovery’s offices at One Lafayette Road in Hampton. It was opened to address a geographical and service-related gap between Rockingham County and Dover.
Elliot 1-Day Surgery Center at River’s Edge in Manchester has won accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care. Accreditation is awarded based on a facility’s adherence to rigorous standards of safety and care.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health has named Daisy Goodman vice chair of research for obstetrics and gynecology. Goodman recently received a $1 million grant from the Rural Community Opioid Response Program, which will fund research to enhance rural systems of care for Upper Valley families impacted by opioid and other substance abuse disorders.
Concord Hospital Medical Group has hired nurse practitioner Amanda Griffin to work in Concord Hospital Neurology.
SPORTS
MDV Sports — an alliance of the Marker, Dalbello and Volkl snowsports brands — has relocated to a new office space at the River Mill Commercial Center in Lebanon. The new space will house all sales, marketing and administrative staff. The company also said it has expanded its regional service technician team, with the addition of Jack Auty in the Colorado territory, Max Wingard in the Inter-mountain territory and Harrison Goss in the California/Nevada territory.
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