m5 Marketing Communications raised $1,200 for City Year New Hampshire at the inaugural Renegade Playground Challenge at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway on June 4.

Laconia Savings Bank is the 'Top Dog' sponsor for the New Hampshire Humane Society's annual 'Paws for a Cause' auction, to be held Aug. 11 at Church Landing in Meredith. Colleen Elliott, right, SVP corporate cash manager for the bank,…

Franklin Savings Bank has donated more than $400 to Mountain Ridge Nursing Home, which will go toward a shaded outdoor seating area. Pictured with the donation are, from left, Joe Thornton, left, assistant vice president of retail sales at the…

Representing Team Laconia Eye & Lasik Center, which won the Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce's annual golf tournament on June 27, are Bill Duggan, Jim Cilley, Gerry Driscoll, Terry Hicks and Dr. Andrew Garfinkle.

Mark Edelstein, left, retiring president of Lakes Region Community College, will spend a number of days with interim president Dr. Scott Kalicki before he officially takes over leadership of the college.

Members of the Seacoast Board of Realtors' Community Service Committee recently spruced up the corner of Middle St. and Middle Rd. in Portsmouth. From left are Peter Grace, Federal Savings Bank, Pam Ziadeh, Stewart Title, Deb Scott, Federal Savings Bank,…

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Six Granite State Ambassadors, including Bernie Dann, left, Vera Hujar and Ambassador of the Year Richard Russell, were invited to enjoy a private tour of Lake Winnipesaukee aboard Latitude 43º Charters' new luxury yacht.

As part of its College Equals Opportunity campaign, the NHHEAF Network Organizations have awarded six $5,000 scholarships to New Hampshire students demonstrating significant leadership abilities. Winners are, from left, Joshua Ballance, Bryant University; Stephanie Corbeil, Rivier College; Hollyann DeCarteret, Rivier…

Through its "Double Play" promotion with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, FairPoint Communications has donated $1,000 to New Horizons for New Hampshire to support its soup kitchen, food pantry and shelter. Pictured with the donation are, from left, Paul Hanson,…

The People's United Community Foundation, the philanthropic arm of People's United Bank, has awarded a $4,000 grant to the New Hampshire Jump$tart Coalition to promote youth financial literacy in the state. Awarding the donation to Jump$tart president Daniel Hebert is…

To reach its goal of granting its 1,000 wish before year's end, the Make-a-Wish Foundation of New Hampshire has teamed up with the New Hampshire Electric Co-op Foundation, which since 2006 has awarded four wishes totaling $20,000 to children with…

Dr. Susan Lynch, left, New Hampshire's First Lady and chairwoman of Walk NH, joined more than 40 Service Credit Union employees in the two-mile walk to promote active living. After the walk, Service Credit Union CEO Gordon Simmons, right, presented…

U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen stops at the Big Green Bus to greet some of the 13 Dartmouth College students behind the project, who will travel more than 12,000 miles this summer in a converted bus powered by waste vegetable oil…

Through its third-annual charity golf tournament, Associated Grocers of New England raised $28,000 for Share Our Strength, a not-for-profit that supports more than 1,000 groups in the fight against childhood hunger in the U.S. Presenting the check to Alicia McCabe…

Dean LeBaron, center, hosted a cocktail party in his Lake Sunapee home in honor of Dana Dakin, center, founder of WomensTrust, which empowers women in Ghana, West Africa through microenterprise, education and health care. Pictured at right is Doug Whelan,…

The Women's Rural Entrepreneurial Network accepts an award from the Mary M. Dumais Memorial Fund. From left, Marilyn Bogue, lead lender relations specialist at the U.S. Small Business Administration, WREN executive director Marilinne Cooper, John Dumais of the Mary M.…