MANCHESTER: The Currier Museum of Art’s inaugural season of Bloom: A Floral Palette, held March 12 through 15, saw more than 2,000 visitors during the four-day event that featured a unique pairing of custom floral designs and museum masterpieces. The Currier partnered with the New Hampshire Federation of Garden Clubs to select works at the Currier — from 19th century oil paintings to the Currier’s iconic mosaics — to inspire their unique arrangements, translating colors, shapes and textures into flowers.
WOLFEBORO: As NH continues to struggle to retain young, ambitious talent, business leader Ethan Kesler found a solution by creating the New Hampshire Entrepreneurship Exchange (NHEX), which provides a support system for young professionals and fosters career growth to strengthen the local economy. Members include one person per industry, who meet twice monthly to tackle real-world business challenges — from lead-generation strategies to improving personal skills such as public speaking. In 2026, NHEX plans to host six events, partner with three to four local nonprofits, and collaborate with Stay Work Play on an upcoming event in the Lakes Region. Learn more at nhex603.com.
MANCHESTER: In response to a growing demand for comprehensive behavioral health care across New Hampshire, Behavioral Health Services by Easterseals NH (formerly Farnum Center) has grown its outpatient substance use treatment and mental health counseling programs at its Lake Avenue office in Manchester. The programs now provide in-person and telehealth care for members of the general public, in addition to veterans, first responders and their adult family members. Services are available both in-person and via telehealth, delivered by a licensed clinical team with more than 80 years of combined experience.
PORTSMOUTH: In March, Great Bay Community College (GBCC) unveiled a new welding technologies facility for students enrolled in its Welding Technologies certificate program. Located at the college’s Pease Tradeport campus in Portsmouth, the new lab is a 3,500-square-foot space outfitted with the latest technology and equipment to accommodate the increasing demand and enrollment for the welding program. The new facility was built to maximize air quality and sound suppression to ensure a safe learning and teaching environment that supports efficient handling of metal, gas, equipment and consumable deliveries.
PORTSMOUTH: Timberline Construction Corporation has completed a conversion, expansion and infrastructure upgrades for Ethos Port City Veterinary Hospital in Portsmouth, NH. Ethos selected Timberline to lead the transformation of an existing office building into a 24,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art veterinary hospital, including mechanical and HVAC upgrades. The team also provided design-build services for structural steel required to support imaging equipment and overhead medical systems, completing extensive field verification to meet late-stage design requirements.
HANOVER: Pathologist and physician-scientist Jennifer Hunt has been named the next dean of the Geisel School of Medicine, beginning the role on Aug. 1. Hunt is currently interim dean of the University of Florida College of Medicine, where she is the Folke H. Peterson Dean’s Distinguished Professor. She will be the first woman to lead Geisel in the medical school’s 229-year history. Hunt has published more than 160 peer-reviewed papers, is a fellow of the College of American Pathologists, and has served in elected board and other leadership roles for the Association for Molecular Pathology, the Association for American Pathology, and the Florida Society of Pathologists. She’s also held academic appointments and leadership roles at the University of Pittsburgh, the Cleveland Clinic, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital, and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
