‘Coming Home’: Danish biotech giant Novo Nordisk puts down roots in West Lebanon
Dennis Clancy remembers June 30, 2014, very well. 9:35 a.m., to be exact. That’s when Clancy, a manufacturing technician at former Olympus Biotech in West Lebanon, got word that he was being laid off after 11 years with the company. Its Japanese owner, beset by an unrelated financial scandal, was exiting biotech to refocus on its core camera and microscope businesses. “I told my wife I was going to be home early that day,” Clancy...
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...
Chamber Profile: Lebanon Chamber Marks Centennial, Prepares for New Leadership
On Friday, Feb. 11, 1916, the Granite State Free Press reported on the goings-on among the roughly 6,000 residents of Lebanon. The items included news of one Helen Campbell, who went to visit a friend in Etna for a few days; plans for a Valentine Leap Year dancing party at Town Hall; and a report that Rudolph White had returned to his job at Plamondon Brothers grocery after a six-week absence due to illness. The last entry gave an...
Chamber Profile: Lebanon Chamber Marks Centennial, Prepares for New Leadership
On Friday, Feb. 11, 1916, the Granite State Free Press reported on the goings-on among the roughly 6,000 residents of Lebanon. The items included news of one Helen Campbell, who went to visit a friend in Etna for a few days; plans for a Valentine Leap Year dancing party at Town Hall; and a report that Rudolph White had returned to his job at Plamondon Brothers grocery after a six-week absence due to illness. The last entry gave an...
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...
