The New Hampshire Emergency Nurse Association has recognized Joanna Whittington, center, as its Registered Nurse of the Year. Whittington is a nurse in Memorial Hospital's Emergency Department, where she has reached the highest attainable level of the hospital's clinical ladder.…

Members First Credit Union has revitalized a park adjacent to its Bridge Street office and named it in honor of its founder, John Walsh, seated, who established the credit union in 1949 on behalf of Manchester's municipal employees. The park…

UNTHA America Inc., an Austrian-based manufacturer of industrial shredding equipment, has relocated from Newburyport, Mass. to Hampton. Berhard Mueggler, left, president of the company's U.S. operations, said he expects the move will cut its operational costs by 10 percent annually.…

B.J. 'Doc' Noel, president of the Hampton Chamber of Commerce, left, presents Deb Marsolais, president of the Hampton Rotary Club, a check for $46,500, the rotary's share of the proceeds from the 2011 Hampton Beach Seafood Festival, during which rotary…

U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, right, tours the Goffstown headquarters of WoodPellets.com to learn about job creation in the biomass industry and its use as a renewable heating source. From left, John Ackerly, president of the Alliance for Green Heat, and…

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage has donated $1,000 to the Moultonborough Food Pantry, raised by employees and agents of the firm through its annual July Poker Run. Pictured with the donation are, left to right, Carol Robbins and Beverly Charest of…

Ted Lorenzetti, marketing director of Manchester-based Corflex, leads U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte on a tour of the veteran-owned small business that sells and manufactures orthopedic medical products. Ayotte has cosponsored legislation to repeal the Medical Device Tax, which she said…

Concord Housing + Redevelopment hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate its new offices at Green St. in Concord, which were designed by Warrenstreet Architects, built by Hutter Construction and financed by Merrimack County Savings Bank. John Hoyt, CH+R executive director,…

Marc Sedam, executive director at the Office of Research Partnerships and Commercialization at the University of New Hampshire, is the first to admit that picking commercial winners and losers is at best an imprecise art. He should know.When he managed…

Legislation to change and update the nation's patent laws has been lost in the headlines about the economy. But patent attorney William Loginov of Concord has been keeping a close eye on the legislation, the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, which…

Rolls-Royce has recognized the HiTech Division of New Hampshire Ball Bearings Inc. for outstanding service on two of its helicopter engine programs, the M250® and RR300. Shown at the honor ceremony are, from left, Wayne Armstrong, Buyer, Rolls-Royce; Dan Lemieux,…

Associates from G.M. Roth, a design remodeling firm in Nashua, participated in and donated more than $300 to the annual American Parkinson Disease Association Walk-A-Thon, which raised over $5,200 to support Parkinson's research.

Members of the Exeter Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon-cutting to welcome its newest member, Tara Whitney, center, owner of Seacoast Power Yoga.

The Women's Legislators' Lobby and Women's Action for New Direction have presented U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen with the 'Torchbearer Award', which recognizes inspirational women leaders. Pictured with the award are, from left, WiLL president Nan Grogan Orrock; Eileen Kirlin, executive…

On behalf of the Harvard-Radcliffe Club of New Hampshire, the McLane Law Firm has presented six seacoast students with the 2011 Harvard Prize Book Award, which is given to students in the incoming senior class who demonstrate excellence in scholarship,…