Claremont Savings Bank Taps Next CEO
Claremont — Claremont Savings Bank has chosen a Connecticut banker to become its next president and CEO. David Birkins, former executive vice president and chief financial officer at Union Savings Bank in Danbury, Conn., has joined Claremont Savings as executive vice president and chief operating officer. He will become president and CEO of the bank upon the scheduled retirement of current CEO Sherwood Moody in April , the bank said...
Leadership Upper Valley: Program Inspires Conversations About Region’s Addiction Problem
Long touted as a great place to live, the Upper Valley, like many New England communities, continues to struggle with what experts unanimously agree is an epidemic of logic-defying proportions: heroin addiction. However, unlike the last major epidemic of 50 years ago, today’s addicts aren’t inner-city junkies. Rather, they are all of us: moms and dads, friends and neighbors, teenagers and young adults from loving families and small,...
Editor’s Note: Looking Ahead to a Troubling Topic
Last month we introduced a new column by the good folks at Leadership Upper Valley, the Vital Communities program that lets business and community leaders take a close look at regional issues, such as agriculture, energy and transportation, and works to build networks and inspire constructive engagement in the community. That column provided an upbeat overview of the program and its goals. Next month, the column will take a look at a...
People in Business: Sept. 27, 2015
Hanover residents Richard Couch, co-founder and chairman of the board of Hypertherm, and Barbara Couch, former Hypertherm vice president, will receive Lifetime Achievement awards from the New Hampshire Business and Industry Association at the organization’s 102nd annual dinner and awards celebration on Oct. 28 at the Radisson in Manchester. Richard Couch co-founded Hypertherm in 1968. He was a founding member of Ledyard National Bank...
Hypertherm, Casella Work to Maximize Recycling
Lebanon — Hypertherm wants to throw out the idea of garbage. All of it. The Hanover-based maker of industrial cutting equipment, which has a 160,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Lebanon, has teamed up with Rutland-based Casella Waste Systems to implement a recycling partnership. Casella is seeking to enlist other area businesses and institutions into the pilot program. The program, which has been underway since January, is...
