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.…
Hugh Curley, a business development specialist with the New Hampshire office of the U.S. Small Business Administration, can counsel entrepreneurs with good authority - he spent six years as a Franciscan friar. Even more intriguing, prior to his years in…
Give Glenn Currie credit for understanding the New Hampshire way of doing things. A few years ago the humorist and longtime columnist suggested a few novel approaches to dealing with the state's perennial problem of raising revenue in including a…
Maryellen Jackson, executive director of the New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits; Howard Brodsky, CEO of CCA Global Resources; and Ellen Koenig, Center for Nonprofits project manager, take part in the June 14 launch of Nonprofit Next, a comprehensive online resource…
New Hampshire Magazine hosted its first Best of NH Bacardi Recipe Contest. Pictured at the tasting challenge are, from left, Bert Saville of Bacardi; Billy Costa, from NECN's TV Diner; Sharron McCarthy, New Hampshire Magazine publisher; Tom Blonski, president, N.H.…
State Sen. Nancy F. Stiles is shown at the State House with some of this year’s Girls Rock the Capitol Girl Scouts legislative interns. From left to right: Leah Willingham of Concord, Jennie Rowntree of Nashua, and Meg Ortega of…
Heidi Bunnell, executive director of Seacoast Segway Tours, is shown at Portsmouth's Market Square announcing the launch of tours of historic Portsmouth using the vehicle. Tours run through October.
Three Manchester businesses were recipients of the inaugural Mayor's Small Business Award, held at the conclusion of the Manchester Small Business Forum Week at the Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College. Receiving the honors are, from left: Growth Award,…
Peter Delano, principal of Nobis Engineering in Concord, right, has received the S. Peter Volpe Award from the Society of American Military Engineers Boston Post for his ongoing support as a director of the organization. Presenting the award is David…
