CONCORD: Gov. Chris Sununu has signed an executive order that makes New Hampshire the 37th state to prohibit state contracts or investments involving companies that boycott Israel and its trade partners. The Israeli-American Coalition for Action praised the move, but it was condemned by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, as “a total assault on our First Amendment rights.” CAIR, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, has successfully challenged similar regulations in other states.
WASHINGTON, D.C.: U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen has proposed legislation aimed at getting the Federal Aviation Administration to address staffing shortages that have led to delays at airports across the country. The FAA is already warning of further delays this summer especially at airports in the Northeast. The legislation would compel the FAA and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, the union that represents the controllers, to work together on a needs assessment about staffing and to set hiring targets across the country. The process would increase transparency and help the agency better respond to specific workforce needs at U.S. airports, she said.
CONCORD: The planned Concord Casino charitable gaming facility has received final planning board approval. The proposal by managing partners was held up for several months after staff requested an emergency services impact report. The project, planned for a site off Loudon Road, will be built in phases. The first phase includes 26,000 square feet of gaming space, with 486 electronic games, 21 table games, poker rooms, quick-serve and upscale casual dining and space for live music.
DOVER: Darin C. Roark, a healthcare executive with over 23 years of experience, has been named Wentworth-Douglass Hospital’s next president and chief operating officer, the hospital’s parent company, Mass General Brigham, has announced. Roark, who will take the helm of the hospital on July 24, succeeds Jeff Hughes, who has led the hospital since 2020 and announced his retirement in March.
CLAREMONT: David Finnerty has been named the new president and CEO of Claremont Savings Bank. For the last eight years, he has been executive vice president and chief operating officer of Guilford Savings Bank in Guilford, Conn. He succeeds Reginald E. Greene, Jr., who retired from the job after seven years at the bank.
CONWAY: Jill Berry Bowen has been named interim president of Memorial Hospital in Conway. She replaces Art Mathisen, who resigned in April to become the president of a hospital in Oregon. Bowen’s experience includes serving as interim region CEO and interim CEO at Appalachian Regional Healthcare in West Virginia. Previously, she served as CEO of Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans, Vt., for more than a decade.
DURHAM: The Entrepreneurial Studies program at the UNH Peter T. Paul College School of Business and Economics is recruiting companies to take part in its fall 2023 internship program, which places senior undergraduate entrepreneurship students with area businesses. Students taking part are interested in gaining experience as financial analysts, project management, business development, marketing and operations in different types of industries. The internships are unpaid, but the company does pay a fee to participate in the program. For more information, contact Laura Hill at laura.hill@unh.edu or 603-862-3341. Deadline to apply is Aug. 11.
PLYMOUTH: Plymouth State University has launched a new bachelor’s degree program for musicians and aspiring music producers who want to create their audio compositions primarily through computer software, rather than traditional performing media or music notation. The program, developed in collaboration with the PSU School of Business, will kick off at the start of the fall semester, which begins Aug. 28.