Pictured at Palmer Gas/Ermer Oil's annual Customer Appreciation Day, at which the family-owned company celebrated its 80th birthday, are, from left, employees Bill Hames, Kerry Valliere, Rick Rushton, owner Bill Ermer, Paul Perry, Arthur DeTora, and Fred Loonie.
Seacoast Harley-Davidson of North Hampton has signed on as presenting sponsor of the 2012 Hampton Beach Seafood Festival. Shown in the photo are, from left, Al Contois, president and general manager, Seacoast Harley: Jude David, general chairman of the festival;…
Ask Paul Chant, the president-elect of the New Hampshire Association for Justice (formerly the New Hampshire Trial Lawyers Association), about the recent documentary film, "Hot Coffee," and he'll tell you it's a story about why calls for so-called tort reform…
Dr. Greg Prazar, chapter president of the New Hampshire Pediatric Society, presents its "Public Citizen of the Year" award to Georgie Clark, coordinator of the Partners in Health program at Families First Health and Support Center in Portsmouth. Since Clark…
An interview with Grace Newman, owner of the Highlands Inn lesbian resort in Bethlehem.
Pictured at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Nashua branch of The Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank are, from left, bank President David E. Wallace, Nashua Mayor Donnalee Lozeau, Robert A. Caruso, chairman of the bank, and Colleen Beaumont, Nashua…
The New Hampshire Electric Co-op Foundation has granted $7,500 to the Grafton County Senior Citizens Council Inc., which will underwrite the cost of delivering home-cooked meals to more than 800 elderly or disabled residents in Grafton County. Volunteers of GCSCC…
L. Jonathan Ross, a shareholder at Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer in Manchester, was recently honored by the American Bar Association with its Grassroots Advocacy Awards for his work on making the legal system more accessible to low-income people. Pictured…
The sixth-annual gala for the Child Advocacy Center of Hillsborough County, a program of the Granite State Children's Alliance, was recently held at Manchester Country Club in Bedford. More than 260 guests attended the event, themed "Springtime in Paris," which…
On the opening night of Legally Blonde, the Musical, Palace Theatre President Peter Ramsey accepts a $10,000 check from Betty Andrews, manager of community relations for Northeast Delta Dental, which is the first installment of Northeast Delta Dental's three-year pledge…
The Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire held its annual meeting on May 8 at the Center of New Hampshire in Manchester, at which it presented Above and Beyond Awards to individuals who demonstrated outstanding service and commitment to…
Bellwether Community Credit Union has underwritten University of New Hampshire Manchester's Undergraduate Research Conference, a weeklong event running May 24 to 27 that highlights the scholarly and artistic work across all disciplines of more than 90 students at the Manchester…
If anybody can help New Hampshire's small businesses grow and flourish, it's Greta Johansson. Named the New Hampshire district director for the U.S. Small Business Administration a year ago -- succeeding longtime director Witmer Jones -- the former Connecticut resident…
Patrick C. McHugh, who represented FairPoint Communications as an attorney at Devine Millimet & Branch, became its New Hampshire president in November 2011, replacing Teresa Rosenberger, another former Devine attorney who returned to the firm. NHBR caught up with him…
Granite State Credit Union employee Jody Ducharme is the first recipient of the annual Robert E. Mercer Volunteerism Award, which is given to a staff member who epitomizes the spirit of volunteerism. The credit union's marketing communication liaison, Ducharme and…
Students from the Sanborn High School Honor Society volunteer alongside Comcast employees at the New Hampshire Food Bank as part of the 11th annual Comcast Cares Day, during which more than 200 Comcast employees performed community service at the food…
Last month at a New Hampshire Fisher Cats game, U.S. Cellular presented its Academic All-Star Awards to 49 students from seven Manchester schools who were nominated by their teachers for overcoming a hardship or for the student's diligence, hard work,…
