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Wednesday, December 18, 2024Greater Seacoast Community Health Announces CEO Transition
SOMERSWORTH and PORTSMOUTH – Jim Avrett, CEO of Greater Seacoast Community Health, informed the organization’s Board of Directors this fall that he will leave his position at the end of 2024, for personal reasons. The Board is in the final stages of naming an interim CEO and will announce the selection shortly. Avrett joined Greater Seacoast in September 2021 as Chief Operating Officer. He then assumed the CEO role following Janet Laatsch’s retirement last year. “These have been among the most
Friday, December 06, 2024St. Mary’s Bank announces new assistant vice president, associate regional manager promotion
PORTSMOUTH – St. Mary’s Bank is pleased to announce the promotion of Auburn Herrgesell to AVP, Associate Regional Manager for the Seacoast region. Auburn, who joined St. Mary’s Bank in September 2021 as Business Development and Retail Sales Manager for the Portsmouth location, has consistently demonstrated strong leadership and a commitment to driving exceptional results. During her time at the Portsmouth branch, Auburn has made a significant impact, fostering deep relationships within the Seacoast
Friday, December 06, 2024Prescott Park Arts Festival announces the 2025 summer music theater production
PRESCOTT PARK ARTS FESTIVAL IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE 2025 SUMMER MUSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTION OFDISNEY'S FREAKY FRIDAYPresented by Service Credit Union Opening Friday, June 20 and running through Sunday, August 10, 2025 PORTSMOUTH— Prescott Park Arts Festival, an independent non-profit arts organization, will return to its picturesque waterfront setting in downtown Portsmouth next summer with Disney's Freaky Friday as its signature musical theatre production, presented by Service Credit Union. The new
Friday, December 06, 2024Year-end donations and 2025 sponsorship opportunities available to support local patients affected by breast cancer
Support local patients and families affected by breast cancer with a year-end donation or 2025 event sponsorship. Contact My Breast Cancer Support, a local non-profit dedicated to providing financial and emotional support to patients and their families here on the seacoast of NH and in southern Maine, to see how you can help. Event Sponsorships are available now for:The Fashion Show: April 13, 2025Evening by the Sea Gala: August 2025Celebrate Pink 5K: September 21, 2025 Contact Tina Saltmarsh at
Wednesday, December 04, 2024Business Community celebrates at Collaborative Awards
Surprise presentation of the City of the Open Door Award capped off the event PORTSMOUTH--The Portsmouth business community gathered Dec. 2 to celebrate the year in business, from small to large, from volunteer to collaborator to non-profit with 41 nominees and four ultimate award recipients, and one surprise. The awards luncheon hosted by the Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth at the Colwen Hotels, and Ben VanCamp, president and chief collaborator of the Chamber Collaborative of
Wednesday, December 04, 2024Krempels and NRHN launch survivor produced podcast about brain injury
PORTSMOUTH– Thanks to the generosity of Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital Network, members of the Krempels Brain Injury Center spent the summer meeting weekly in the Let’s “Talk Radio” Podcasting group, planning, recording, and re-recording to produce a podcast created by survivors to accurately shed light on life after brain injury. “This group is about talking and listening,” says Nick Ho, CTRS, who is a program coordinator at Krempels. Since the first Let’s “Talk Radio” podcast pilot group in the
Tuesday, December 03, 2024Celebrate Seacoast Science Center Marine Mammal Rescue at Seacoast Seltzer collaboration release party on Thursday, Dec. 5
RYE–Dec. 3 is Giving Tuesday! During this day-long celebration of generosity, we at Seacoast Science Center kindly ask you to support our Marine Mammal Rescue (MMR) program, and all the work that our amazing MMR team and volunteers do. This Giving Tuesday, we are excited to announce that SSC Marine Mammal Rescue has teamed up with Seacoast Seltzer on a limited release hard seltzer! Black Cherry Lemon hard seltzer celebrates the marine conservation and educational efforts of the SSC Marine Mammal Rescue
Tuesday, December 03, 2024Coastal MI-BOX and Bridges Bros Movers announce strategic partnership to expand service capabilities and enhance client experience
NORTH HAMPTON— Coastal MI-BOX, a leader in portable storage solutions, and Bridges Bros Movers, a full-service moving company with a 105-year history, announced a strategic partnership that will create efficiency and leverage operational synergies to provide clients with ‘best-in-class’ value. The partnership enables the two companies to create a unique offering in the residential and commercial moving industry that will streamline the moving process, providing time and cost savings for clients
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Wednesday, November 27, 2024Labrie Family Skate at Puddle Dock Pond kicks off 10th Anniversary Season with opening on 'Frozen Friday' on Nov. 29
PORTSMOUTH — Strawbery Banke Museum’s outdoor skating rink, Labrie Family Skate at Puddle Dock Pond, is ready to welcome the community back for its 10th anniversary season. The 2024–2025 season is set to open with “Frozen Friday” on Nov. 29, 2024, at 9 a.m., weather permitting. This winter, skaters of all ages and abilities can enjoy daily public skating, lessons, private rink rentals, and adaptive skating sessions on the rink’s professionally maintained ice, complete with a chilling system and
Monday, November 25, 2024Limited tickets remain to the 2024 Collaborative Awards recognizing 42 finalists and 6 Winners
PORTSMOUTH--With a 750+ membership, it’s never easy – nor should it be—for the Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth—our Chamber of Commerce-- to select its annual award nominees and winners. Chamber President and Chief Collaborator Ben VanCamp said, “Each of our nominees are worthy of recognition and we’re thankful for the committee that deliberated to bring this slate of award winners to the event. And we’re delighted to invite everyone out to celebrate!” The Chamber is pleased to announce the
Wednesday, June 26, 2024Chamber holds great annual meeting in an ‘Amazing’ setting
We kick off summer with Annual Membership meeting on the Rep set of ‘Joseph’ PORTSMOUTH--The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth held its annual meeting in the theatrical setting of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” at Seacoast Repertory Theatre on June 20—but the program was down to business. President and Chief Collaborator Ben VanCamp spoke of the Chamber’s accomplishments of the past fiscal year and goals for year ahead. The Chamber has stressed, and will expand upon
Tuesday, October 31, 2023High Honors: Businesses recognized for their outstanding work in 2023 by Chamber Collaborative
Members of the PortsmouthNH 400 celebrate with their unique trophy marking their Lighting the Way Award at the Oct. 30 Collaboration Awards held by the Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth. (Photo by Will Zimmermann) High Honors: Businesses recognized for their outstanding work in 2023 by Chamber Collaborative PORTSMOUTH—Capped off by a special recognition of the Portsmouth NH 400 organization called the Lighting the Way Award, the Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth celebrated its
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Thursday, December 02, 2021Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth Selects its Small but MIGHTY Business of November
PORTSMOUTH—A moving company that started on a card table in an apartment in Dover has now expanded to the Eastern Seaboard. Mike Carlton, president of Calling All Cargo Moving & Storage has added two tractor-trailers to his fleet to help transport anything and everything from their Dover and Greenland facilities all the way to their brand-new branch in West Palm Beach, Fla. (a city that he now calls home.) Carlton is proud of his company, and also very proud of his military background as a U.S.
Friday, July 17, 2020Farewell to our friend Tom, a great man and restaurateur
ABOVE: Tom Perron at the March 11, 2020 Restaurant Week Summit. The photograph is taken from the upper floor of his restaurant, Mombo, where he said the photographer would have a much better vantage point. BELOW: Tom shared his love of the kitchen with the Portsmouth High School Career Technical Education students, pictured here Tom was leading CTE students in making a dessert as he volunteered in December at the Career Pathways program.Farewell to our friend Tom, a great man and restaurateur Thoughtful
