HAMPTON: Brayton Energy was chosen among nine nationwide companies by the Biden administration to receive part of a $33 million investment in advancing concentrating solar-thermal (CST) systems technologies for solar fuel production and long-duration energy storage. Brayton Energy will receive an award amount of $5 million to fund a project that aims to de-risk a high-temperature, particle-based thermal energy storage concept that integrates storage, media transport, and heat exchange into a single vessel.

DOVER: Caroline Parent, owner of Eye Feast Art Consulting LLC, a fused-glass studio based in Dover, has completed a public art display as part of the renovation of the former Strafford County Court House located on Second Street in Dover, completed by Chinburg Properties of Newmarket. Parent’s art, entitled “A New Season,” is a free-standing luminous totem featuring fused glass panels, which are illuminated at night, that depict a nature theme showcasing the four seasons. Parent also created custom indoor fused-glass sconces which are positioned in the building’s lobby. The two sconces, titled “A New Day,” portraying a rising sun over the river.

CONCORD: New Hampshire-based educators from fifteen schools recently completed year one of the TeachUNITED Coaching for Impact Program, which offers rural schools with individualized professional development for their leadership teams and educators. The program is designed to support teachers and rural school leaders with strategies necessary to set and reach ambitious student goals by highlighting strategies for mindset, data-driven instruction, personalized learning and student engagement.

HANOVER: Continuing care retirement community facility Kendal at Hanover was issued an upgraded revenue rating from credit rating agency Fitch Ratings from BBB+ to A-. Contributions to this higher rating were improved occupancy rates in assisted living and memory care units thanks to recent investments in health care facilities. Fitch Ratings found that Kendal at Hanover now has a strong revenue defensibility, with unrestricted cash and investments totaling approximately $65.7 million, as of year-end 2023. Kendal at Hanover is now part of the less than 5% of all continuing care retirement communities nationwide to attain a rating of A- or higher from Fitch.

LYME: The Center for Northern Woodlands Education (CNWE) — best known as the publisher of Northern Woodlands magazine and the Outside Story newspaper series — has named Jackson Saul as executive director of the environmental nonprofit. Saul will serve as the chief strategist, operational manager, fundraiser and leader of editorial content. Most recently, he served for two years as the managing editor of The Kenyon Review, where he fulfilled numerous supervisory and creative responsibilities.