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News Releases
Tuesday, January 19, 2021Eversource earns National Emergency Response Award for efforts to restore service after Tropical Storm Isaias
The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) today announced Eversource as a recipient of EEI’s Emergency Response Award for its outstanding power restoration efforts following Tropical Storm Isaias last summer. The Emergency Response Award recognizes recovery and assistance efforts of electric companies following service disruptions caused by extreme weather or other natural events. The winners were chosen by a panel of judges following an international nomination process, and the awards were presented during
Sunday, January 17, 2021Fostering Art Public Exhibit
FOSTERING ART: Three Local Artists Collaborate with Foster’s Place Developer Oil painters working in Dover and Southern Maine have created a public art exhibit in the windows of Foster’s Place along Henry Law Avenue in Dover. Ten windowpanes glow with color and light beginning at 4:00 every afternoon. Artist, Charles Wemyss, Jr., conceived the project after viewing a similar installation in Portsmouth. “There is so much great art in Dover and I wanted to raise the public’s awareness,” said Wemyss. He
Thursday, January 14, 2021Dover Public Library is hosting a virtual presentation by Evan Hennessey
On Monday, February 1 at 6:30 pm, the Dover Public Library is hosting a very special virtual presentation by Evan Hennessey, winner of the popular Food Network program "Chopped". Hennessey is a three-time champion of the cooking competition show where four chefs must create a three-course meal using the random mystery ingredients provided. Evan, Chef/Owner of Stages in Dover (https://www.stages-dining.com/), will talk about his experience on Chopped as well as demonstrate a live Chopped challenge from
Thursday, January 14, 2021West Named HRCU’s new Director of Human Resources
ROCHESTER, NH – HRCU is pleased to announce that Donna West has been hired as their Director of Human Resources. West takes the lead on overseeing the credit union’s HR efforts companywide. West brings nearly a decade of HR experience to HRCU. Most recently, serving as the HR Manager at RiverWoods Durham, in Durham NH. In this role, West oversaw HR, while facilitating professional development, managing all benefits, and onboarding new employees. Prior to RiverWoods Durham, she also ran HR for Anchor
Thursday, January 14, 2021Amer Fakhoury Foundation aims to provide hope
The Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce is pleased to welcome the Amer Fakhoury Foundation as a valued member. Amer Fakhoury believed in treating everyone equally, therefore his supportive family has created this foundation in Amer’s honor. The foundation’s mission is to help hostages and many other illegally detained individuals get released, and to help families of illegally detained individuals financially and emotionally. This foundation wants to fight injustice, torture, and abuse that is happening in
Thursday, January 14, 2021LNA Health Careers brings training facility to Dover
LNA Health Careers is the newest member of the Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce. With over 12 locations statewide, their location on Washington Street in Dover serves as a state-of-the-art training facility for those seeking advancement in their health career. The training facility has been in the Washington Street Mill Building (1 Washington Ave. Unit 4122) for about six months now. LNA Health Careers has a graduation rate of 99%. They offer courses for LNA Programs, Phlebotomy, MNA Programs, IV
Monday, January 11, 2021Cornerstone VNA builds their future
On October 15, 2020 Cornerstone VNA, a nonprofit home health and hospice care organization, broke ground on an important capital project to expand their building and renovate their existing space. This project marks a pivotal moment in the organization’s 108 year history, and positions them for continued success in the future. Cornerstone VNA has been in their current location at 178 Farmington Road, Rochester, NH since 2001. Over the last 20 years, Cornerstone VNA has experienced significant growth.
Monday, January 11, 2021Remembering the Holocaust 80 years after
The Holocaust is one of the most studied topics in history and still leaves people wondering how something so horrific could have taken place. Presenter Mick Grzonka hopes to provide some answers in his virtual presentation: “The Duty to Remember – But What? Holocaust 80 Years After” at the Dover Public Library on Wednesday, January 27 at 6:30PM. The event is sponsored by the Dover Public Library and their Friends group. The carefully researched lecture will provide some historical context of events in
Monday, January 11, 2021Dr. A. David Davis successfully mastering the Conformis Custom Total Knee Replacement
PORTSMOUTH, NH – Dr. A. David Davis of Access Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics is finding great success with a revolutionary total knee replacement procedure. Utilizing the Conformis customized total knee replacement system, Dr. Davis is able to perform the surgery as an outpatient procedure and get patients back in their homes to rest and recuperate as quickly as possible. The Conformis iTotal® knee replacement system is cutting-edge medical technology that consists of personalized implants to match
Monday, January 11, 2021The award-winning Art Center in Dover presents: Printmaking at the Edge
The Award-Winning Art Center in Dover New Hampshire Presents: Printmaking at the Edge. January through February 2021 Interview by Juleen Stacy Printmakers from Europe and the Americas come together in a new exhibition at the award-winning Art Center in Dover, New Hampshire. The resident printmaker at The Art Center, Sally Dion, curated this show. Dion is spearheading The Art Center’s new Printmaking Project. She distilled a cache of 62 artworks from hundreds of entries for this exhibition and I spoke
Friday, January 08, 2021Over $1,500 Donated to NHFCU’s 2020 Santa for Seniors Giving Tree Drive
(Concord, NH) NH Federal Credit Union’s Santa for Seniors Giving Tree donation drive was held Monday, November 30, through Friday, December 11, 2020. The community responded by contributing gift cards and homemade holiday cards, which were placed on “Giving Trees” in each NHFCU lobby for two weeks. In Mid-December, Santa delivered over $1,500 in gift card donations and homemade cards to nine senior facilities in the NHFCU services areas. Though most facilities are in lockdown due to COVID-19, many
Monday, January 04, 2021Here’s what is in the new Stimulus Bill
On Monday, December 21, 2020, the Senate approved a massive emergency economic relief package, government funding, and tax cuts designed to counter the effects of the pandemic and stimulate economic growth. The legislation, introduced as a 5,593-page bill, was passed with a 92 to 6 vote following weeks of intense negotiations. Efforts to pass economic relief measures in the weeks leading to the presidential election had failed despite numerous attempts. But after the election, a bipartisan group of
Monday, January 04, 2021Dover 400 hosts historical lecture series
First presentation, January 12, 2021: Indigenous People of the Piscataqua Watershed DOVER — Dover400, a committee of residents organizing Dover’s 400th Anniversary, recently announced it will host a historical lecture series chronicling Dover’s significant past, starting in January 2021 and continuing every month throughout 2021. Each presentation will be held at 7:00pm on the second Tuesday of the month starting on January 12, 2021. Initially, the series will be virtual lectures. The first session will
Monday, December 28, 2020Garrison Players Honor Local Architect Alvah T Ramsdell
Garrison Players are known as a local theater group, but they are also the custodians of the Hiram R Roberts Hall. This grange was designed and built in 1894 by noted local architect Alvah Thurston Ramsdell. He was a popular architect of that time period, building area homes and many other buildings which survive, including the Rollinsford Town Hall, the chapel at Pine Hill Cemetery, the McConnell Center in Dover, and many more. The Garrison Players acquired this wonderful old building in 1988. At that
Monday, December 28, 2020MuseumofArtnewexhibit
DURHAM – A new online exhibit of sketchbooks, Toxic Youth, by New York Times editor and University of New Hampshire alumnus, Dana Jennings ’80 will be on view on the Museum of Art’s website, through April 2, 2021. Toxic Youth features volumes 2, 3, and 4 of Jennings’s sketchbooks that recall his experiences and memories of his youth, working with his father at Kingston Steel Drum factory. Jennings scoured industrial 55-gallon steel drums used to hold paint and motor oil, pesticides, and other chemicals.
Monday, December 28, 2020SBA Working Capital Loans Available
SBA Working Capital Loans Available in New Hampshire Following Secretary of Agriculture Disaster Declaration for Drought Beginning June 1 ATLANTA - The U.S. Small Business Administration announced today that Economic Injury Disaster Loans are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and private nonprofit organizations in Cheshire, Coos, Grafton and Sullivan counties in New Hampshire as a result of drought that began on June 1,
Monday, December 07, 2020Disaster Loan Assistance Available
Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) – Working capital loans to help small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, and small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private, non-profit organizations of all sizes meet their ordinary and necessary financial obligations that cannot be met as a direct result of the disaster. These loans are intended to assist through the disaster recovery period. Application Filing Deadline: July 26, 2021 Credit Requirements: • Credit History – Applicants