EDUCATION
Lakes Region Community College has added a new paramedic certificate program to meet the demand for more medical personnel. The one-year program is designed for firefighters and emergency medical technicians or advanced emergency medical technicians looking to further their education on a variety of patient care topics, including therapeutic communications, the assessment and treatment of medical illnesses, traumatic injuries and multi-system trauma, public health, caring for special populations and critical care.
ARCHITECTURE
JSA Design, a Portsmouth architecture, planning and interior design firm, has added two new staff members, Heidi Smith as interior designer and Karen Morse as accounting and office manager. A resident of Maine, Smith has extensive healthcare design experience as a former interior designer and construction administration coordinator with Cannon Design in Boston. Morse previously worked in administrative positions in the senior living industry, most recently as business office director
for Windsor Place of Wilmington, an independent/assisted living and
memory care community in Wilmington, Mass.
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Samantha Marshall has joined St. Mary’s Bank as community relations coordinator.
Eastern Bank has named Robert Beveridge its
new senior vice president and commercial team leader in Portsmouth.
Prior to joining Eastern, Beveridge worked at Wells Fargo Bank Boston
for over 10 years in both commercial and business banking leadership
roles, most recently as senior vice president, commercial banking
leader.
Bank of New Hampshire’s “Stepping Stone” account
was officially certified by the national Cities for Financial
Empowerment Fund as meeting the Bank On National Account Standards,
cocreated by consumer advocates to designate both core and strongly
recommended features that ensure low-cost, high-functionality and
consumer safety. Key features of the Stepping Stone account include
being free for account holders under the age of 23 or a monthly cost of
only $5, no overdraft or nonsufficient fund fees, the ability to pay
bills and make purchases, and federal deposit insurance. Stepping Stone
is available in every one of Bank of New Hampshire‘s 21 offices across
New Hampshire and 24/7 through their online account at BankNH.com.
Ledyard National Bank has announced the appointment of Kathy Underwood, president
and CEO, to the Federal Reserve’s National Community Depository
Institutions Advisory Council, which advises the board on the economy,
lending conditions and other issues of interest to community depository
institutions.
Jennifer Williams, a
wealth management advisor at The Foundry Financial Group, Laconia, has
been authorized by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards to
use the Certified Financial Planner and CFP certification marks. The
marks identify individuals who have met experience and ethical
requirements, have successfully completed financial planning coursework
and have passed the CFP certification examination.
ACCOUNTING
CPA Brooke Pasake has
been appointed to the NH Board of Accountancy. Pasake is a senior
accountant with Raiche & Company CPAs, with offices in Dover and
Rochester. She
specializes in small business tax returns, QuickBooks training and
consulting for clients of the firm.
CONSTRUCTION
For the fifth year, Chinburg Properties, Newmarket,
has earned a Sustained Excellence Award through the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency’s Energy Star Partner of the Year Awards. It was one
of a limited number of companies nationwide to do so. Chinburg earned
Energy Star certification for its single-family construction as well as
for two of its larger multi-unit developments, the Brewery 145 project
with 92 apartments in Portsmouth, and the Scenic Salinger building with
50 apartments in Rochester.
TECHNOLOGY
The ATOM Group LLC, with
offices in Portsmouth and Concord, has released its Lighthouse
next-generation dark web analytics and intelligence platform powered by
Red Sky Alliance Technology. The ATOM Group serves as emergency
cyber-incident response partner to the NH Public Risk Management
Exchange, which supports over 500 public entities.
HEALTHCARE
Integra Direct Primary Care, operated by Dr. Belinda Castor, has opened in Manchester to serve patients under a membership caredelivery
model. Such a model operates through monthly membership fees with no
health insurance involved. The practice is located at 130 Liberty St.
Concord-based
home health care and hospice provider Granite VNA awarded scholarships
to three employees to further their clinical skills and credentials:
registered nurses Megan Taylor of Barnstead, awarded the Eugene and Anne Slusser Scholarship, Elizabeth Diminico of Boscawen, awarded the Ruby Rainie Nydegger Scholarship; and Beth Rachdorf of Canterbury, a licensed nursing assistant, awarded the Jacob W. Bishop Scholarship.
The bariatric surgery center at Southern New Hampshire Weight Management, which
provides care for patients seeking surgical treatment for obesity and
related conditions, has earned accreditation as a Comprehensive Center
by the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality
Improvement Program. The accreditation affords access to minimally
invasive surgical treatment to patients across a wider range of
insurance carriers.
ENERGY
NHSaves utility partners Eversource, Liberty, NH Electric Cooperative and Unitil have
received the 2022 Energy Star Partner of the Year — Sustained
Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the
U.S. Department of Energy for the ninth year in a row.
FOOD AND BEVERAGE
Vine 32 Wine + Graze Bar has
opened on South River Road in Bedford as the first self-pour wine bar
in the state. The bar uses enomatic wine dispensers in lieu of a
bartender to offer guests an opportunity to sample small boutique wines
from all over the world. Vine 32 also offers a tapas grazing menu and
build-your-own charcuterie boards featuring locally sourced farm fresh
meats, cheeses and produce.
Wozz! Kitchen Creations, a
New Hampshirebased specialty foods company, earned Gold Awards at the
Specialty Food Association’s 2022 Summer Fancy Food show for three of
its globally inspired cooking sauces: Vietnamese Green Tea & Mint
Dipping Sauce in the Condiment, Marinade and Dressing category; Korean
Raspberry Gochujang BBQ Sauce in the Barbeque Sauce category; and North
African Chermoula Sauce in the Sauce category.
Newmarket-based Deciduous Brewing Company has
won a Gold Crushie Award in the Best Brand Identity category at the
recent Craft Beer Marketing Awards, which recognize the craft beer
artwork, culture, retail marketing and design efforts.
LaBelle Winery, which
has locations in Amherst, Derry and Portsmouth, recently redesigned its
branding, giving the winery a new logo, product labeling and fully
redesigned its website. Throughout 2022, the winery said it will
gradually transition its signage, collateral materials, brochures and
marketing materials to its new branding design.
AGRICULTURE AND FOOD
Ann and Marc Davis, owners
of Woods Without Gile, a tree farm that’s located in the towns of
Springfield and Wilmot, have been named 2022 NH Outstanding Tree Farmers
of the Year by the NH Tree Farm Program. Proceeds from timber harvests
on the property have helped establish the trails, pay property taxes,
purchase skidder bridges, install gates and make other improvements,
and, with a long-range goal of ensuring that their tree farm remains a
working forest in perpetuity, the Davises have established a
conservation easement for it that is held by Ausbon Sargent Land
Preservation Trust.
GOVERNMENT
Jason Dexter, a
threeyear veteran of the NH Insurance Department, has been promoted to
life and health director. In his new role, he will oversee Life and
Health actuarial services and analytics, administration of forms
compliance, and conduct investigations and examinations.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced that New
Hampshire will be receiving $4 million in federal funds to help with
assessment and remediation of brownfields around the state to encourage
their further development. Grants are going to: BRI Development LLC to
clean up the Sinclair Lot in Bethlehem, $500,000; Nashua Regional
Planning Commission to assess downtown Nashua and Milford, $500,000; NH
Department of Environmental Services to assess sites in Berlin, Derry
and Winchester, $2 million; Southern New Hampshire Planning Commission
to assess sites in Manchester and Derry, $500,000; Southwest Region
Planning Commission to assess the sites in Hinsdale, Winchester, Swanzey
and Keene, $500,000.
ADVERTISING AND MARKETING
Printing Industries New England has announced that Polaris Direct, a
direct marketing services and printing company in Hooksett, won two
awards of recognition in the association’s New England regional Awards
of Excellence competition.
LAW
Eric T. Kilchenstein has
joined the firm of Sheehan Phinney, working primarily out of the firm’s
Portsmouth and Manchester offices. His practice includes commercial
real estate, general corporate work and commercial finance across
numerous industry sectors. He has experience representing businesses,
nonprofits and institutional clients of all sizes.
The
NH Bar Association has announced the winners of its 2022 President’s
Awards, which will be presented June 17 at the association’s 2022 annual
meeting. The Justice William A. Grimes Award for Judicial
Professionalism will go to Judge M. Kristin Spath, who sits on
the 6th Circuit Court in Concord, where she has served since 2011.
Receiving the Distinguished Service to the Legal Profession Award will
be Mitchell M. Simon, who has been of counsel at
Devine, Millimet & Branch, Manchester, NH, for 18 years. And the E.
Donald Dufresne Award for Outstanding Professionalism will be presented
to Pamela E. Phelan, litigation director at the Disability Rights Center-NH, where she has worked since August 2018.
McLane Middleton has announced that attorney Sabrina C. Beavens has joined the firm as counsel in the Corporate Department and Real Estate Practice Group.
Timothy A. Sorenson and Paula R. Domanski have
joined the law firm of Sulloway & Hollis. Sorensen is a member of
the Trusts and Estates Group and focuses his practice on estate
planning, tax planning, estate and trust administration, and probate
matters. Domanski joined the firm’s Litigation Practice Group and
focuses her practice on the defense of medical malpractice and insurance
matters. Both are based in the firm’s Concord office.
MEDIA
NHPR’s “Civics 101” podcast
has been honored with the American Bar Association‘s Silver Gavel Award
for outstanding work that increases the American public’s understanding
of law and the legal system. The award honors hosts and producers Nick
Capodice and Hannah McCarthy, producer Jacqui Fulton, and the show’s
former executive producer, Erika Janik.
NONPROFITS
The NH Women’s Foundation has launched the Reproductive and Sexual Health Care Access Fund in
response to the possible overturning of the Roe v. Wade decision by the
U.S. Supreme Court. The fund will support the work of organizations and
initiatives that advance reproductive justice and provide support and
ensure continued access to reproductive and sexual health care in the
Granite State.
Seacoast-based nonprofit Step Up Parents has
received a $5,000 grant from the Bishop’s Charitable Assistance Fund to
continue its mission of providing financial support to kinship families
resulting from parental addiction in New Hampshire.
The Monadnock United Way and The Local Crowd have launched the Start Small, Think Big campaign
that runs through June 10. During this time, all donations will benefit
Monadnock United Way’s early childhood initiative Impact Monadnock,
which seeks to improve outcomes for all children in the Monadnock Region
from birth to age 8 and their families facing poverty, adverse
experiences and limited access to quality child care.
REAL ESTATE
Homeowners in Hollis Pines Cooperative have
purchased their 88-unit manufactured home park, making it New
Hampshire’s 143rd resident owned community (ROC). With training and
technical assistance from the NH Community Loan Fund’s ROC-NH TM team,
homeowners organized and formed Hollis Pines Cooperative Inc. and were
able to match the $5 million offer made by Patriot Holdings of Las
Vegas, Nev. The deal was finalized on April 29 with a mortgage from the
Community Loan Fund.
TRANSPORTATION
Portsmouth-based C&J Bus Lines has
announced that it will begin accepting reservations on June 21. All
trips will offer customers guaranteed seating on the travel date and
time selected. Additionally, C&J said it will launch improved
website features and enhanced ticketing options, including easy online
rescheduling and Apple and Google Wallet ticket integrations.
Hooksett-based fleet management company Merchants Fleet has
been selected as a 2022 U.S. Best Managed Company by Deloitte, a
program sponsored by Deloitte Private and The Wall Street Journal, that
recognizes outstanding U.S. private companies and the achievements of
their management teams.
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