Woodstock Inn Station and Brewery has broken ground on a $3 million expansion, which is expected to be completed by the end of the year and create at least seven new jobs. The eatery will remain open during the construction…

Laconia Savings Bank has signed on as presenting sponsor of the Palace Theatre Children's Series. From left, Mary Mattson, vice president -- commercial banker for Laconia Savings Bank, Peter Ramsey, president and CEO of the Palace Theatre, and Mary Beth…

For her volunteer work on church mission trips to impoverished countries, Harvard Pilgrim employee Carolee Churchill, left, was named the Employee Volunteer of the Year by the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation at an awards ceremony last month. Child Health…

Chris Symolon, community executive of development for the American Cancer Society, right, presents its 2011 Pacesetter Award to Leslie Gouthro, senior public affairs manager at Fidelity Investments, in recognition of the more than $10,500 that Fidelity employees donated to the…

Gov. John Lynch recently honored two nonprofits -- Home Healthcare, Hospice and Community Services, of Keene, and The Front Door of Nashua -- as 2011 recipients of The Corporate Fund Nonprofit Management Award, which is given in honor of late…

The Manchester Marathon Association donated $20,000 of the proceeds from the 2011 Manchester City Marathon to The Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester. Pictured from left are Tina Legere, MHCGM board chair; Philip Hastings, the center's development committee chair; Sarah…

Gov. John Lynch has officially proclaimed May 18-25 as New Hampshire Restaurant Week, an eight-day event featuring prix-fixe menus at more than 100 restaurants across the state. Pictured from left to right are Mike Somers, president and CEO of the…

Roxy, the golden retriever mascot for Pats Peak in Henniker, sits beside the pet supplies that were collected through the "Pats Peak Becomes Pets Peak" event. Pats Peak donated the supplies and $1,325 raised through ticket sales to the Concord-Merrimack…

Peter Kavalauskas, president of Northeast Credit Union, presents Cindy Boyd, left, managing director of United Way of the Greater Seacoast, with a $5,000 donation on behalf of the bank to support the United Way's Family Financial Stability Initiative. The check…

In partnership with the UNH men's hockey team, Profile Bank donated $1,000 to Howie's Field of Dreams, a nonprofit that aims to build a handicapped-accessible baseball field in Rochester to accommodate children who are physically or mentally challenged, in honor…

Joe Carelli, left, New Hampshire president of Citizens Bank, presents a $10,000 grant on behalf of the Citizens Bank Foundation to Michele Peterson, chief operations officer of the abi Innovation Hub, and its CEO, Jamie Coughlin, to support Accelerate New…

From left, Jeff Marks, chief marketing officer for Ledyard National Bank, and Kathy Underwood, its president, present the bank's $50,000 contribution to the Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital to its CEO, Harry Dorman, and Melanie Moore, the hospital's assistant vice…

Mike Bussiere, who is on the steering committee for the Concord Young Professionals Network, congratulates Tonya Rochette on being named the group's Young Professional of the Year. Rochette is vice president of Human Resource Partners, a graduate of Leadership Greater…

Laconia Savings Bank recently purchased a corporate art collection for its new Rochester office from artstream studios of Rochester, including works by local artists Susan Schwake, Judith Heller-Cassell, and Jennifer Stevens-Curwood. Pictured from left are Schwake; Leslie Simpson of LSB;…

At its recent 2011 Southern Region Campaign Celebration, the Granite United Way presented its Chairman's Award to boys from the Mayhew Program. Each summer, the Bristol-based Mayhew Program hosts an annual tuition-free summer camp for at-risk New Hampshire boys. Last…