Lebanon Area Chamber of Commerce Celebrates Its 100th Anniversary
The Lebanon Area Chamber of Commerce celebrated its 100th anniversary on Friday with a three-course dinner and live music at the Fireside Inn & Suites in West Lebanon. Founded in 1916, the Chamber now has 352 members representing about 30 percent of the area’s businesses. About 75 people attended the event, which also featured a talk by Steve Taylor about Lebanon in 1916 and the presentation of a commendation, from New Hampshire...
Novo Nordisk Plans Growth in West Lebanon
Rufus Gifford, the U.S. ambassador to Denmark, addresses employees and guests at Novo Nordisk’s 170,000-square-foot facility in West Lebanon on Wednesday. In a news release, the Bagsvaerd, Denmark-based health care company said the event was designed to showcase its “commitment to maintaining a site in this rural community while ensuring a future medicines supply for serious diseases like hemophilia and growth disorders.” Novo Nordisk...
Upper Valley Humane Society gala and fundraiser goes ‘Hollywood’
Normally a dressy affair, Upper Valley Humane Society’s annual gala was even snazzier this time around. “We definitely stepped it up a little bit for this one,” said Carrie Hamel, the nonprofit’s media and events coordinator. About 130 people put their best feet forward for their four-legged friends at A Night for Paws, held Nov. 14 at The Hanover Inn. The fundraiser featured a vintage-Hollywood theme. “It was wonderful, Hamel said....
Business Notes: Nov. 8, 2015
Enfield — The Enfield Village Association will host Enfield’s “Small Business Saturday” event on Nov 28 as part of a national initiative to get consumers to shop at local businesses rather than large chain stores. As part of the event, the association will run a raffle in which shoppers will collect stamps at each business they visit on that day. A winner will be selected from completed cards. Businesses that will be open on Nov. 28...
Let’s Get Digital: Building a World-Class Media Event in Woodstock
When visitors to this year’s Woodstock Digital Media Festival don their Oculus Rift virtual reality headsets, they will be transported not to a gaming fantasy world, but to West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, Mo., where they will become virtual witnesses to the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson. Firsthand Ferguson is a “transmedia documentary” by graphic journalist Dan Archer. Archer will be among the...
