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Cornerstone VNA Celebrates 110 Years
DISCLAIMER: The following content wasn't created by, but is being shared by the Chamber Collaborative on behalf of a member. ROCHESTER – January 2023, marks the 110th anniversary of Cornerstone VNA, a local nonprofit home health and hospice care organization serving Strafford, Rockingham, Belknap and Carroll Counties in New Hampshire and York County in Maine. Cornerstone VNA is excited to celebrate its 110th year and is proud to look back on their impressive history of providing care at home. In 1913,
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Strawbery Banke Museum and Ice Dance International announce the 2023 Seacoast Skating with the Stars will now take place Feb. 5
DISCLAIMER: The following content wasn't created by, but is being shared by the Chamber Collaborative on behalf of a member.DATE & TIME CHANGE: Sunday, February 5, 2023, 11 AM **Due to the extremely cold temperatures and wind chill predicted for Saturday, February 4, 2023, Seacoast Skating with the Stars moved to Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023, at 11 a.m.** PORTSMOUTH–Strawbery Banke Museum, in partnership with Ice Dance International (IDI), presents the fourth annual “Seacoast Skating with the Stars” professional
City of Portsmouth selects consultant team to help create City’s Climate Action Plan
DISCLAIMER: The following content wasn't created by, but is being shared by the Chamber Collaborative on behalf of a member. PORTSMOUTH–City Manager Karen Conard announced that the City has selected a partnership of VHB, Resilience Planning & Design LLC and the Rockingham Planning Commission to create the City’s first Climate Action Plan in partnership with the City Planning and Sustainability Department and the local community. Planning and Sustainability Director Peter Britz and Associate
Wentworth-Douglass awards $10K grant for ‘Art & Wellness in Recovery’
DISCLAIMER: The following content wasn't created by, but is being shared by the Chamber Collaborative on behalf of a member. DOVER, N.H. – Wentworth-Douglass Hospital has awarded a $10,000 grant to Dover’s Triangle Club to support a new art and wellness program for those in recovery or struggling with substance use disorder. Triangle Club, a leading local center for substance use disorder recovery programs, implemented a new program last fall entitled Arts & Wellness in Recovery, which offers free weekly
Atlantic Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine announces Dr. Robert E. Eberhart's retirement
DISCLAIMER: The following content wasn't created by, but is being shared by the Chamber Collaborative on behalf of a member. PORTSMOUTH— Atlantic Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine has officially announced the retirement of Dr. Eberhart, after 36 years as an orthopedic hand surgeon in the N.H. Seacoast community. As one of the original founders of Atlantic Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, and its leader for more than 35 years, Dr. Eberhart’s impact on the practice cannot be overstated. “We would not be
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Chamber Collaborative creates new membership category for sole proprietors
PORTSMOUTH—It’s not often Chambers of Commerce reinvent the wheel when it comes to their membership types. But the Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth has done just that: They’ve added a category called Sole Proprietor. This new membership is specifically designed for companies of one who do business under a chosen business name rather than the name of an individual. The Sole Proprietor offering solves a problem. “Previously potential members interested in trying membership in the Chamber had
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Chamber 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.
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Chamber Collaborative elects new board members
PORTSMOUTH — The annual membership meeting for the Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth was held virtually June 17 and featured a discussion of fiscal year 2021 and the election of officers. As board chair, Monte Bohanan, of The Music Hall, thanked board members, retiring President Valerie Rochon, President Ben VanCamp, chamber staff, and highlighted the work the organization has undergone this past year, challenges it faced and overcame—and some—such as COVID-19, whose effects it is still
Bravo to the Small but MIGHTY Business of the Month for February
If you think business is all work and no PlAy, you haven’t met the family behind Sages Entertainment. With two and ½ members (Kali, Wayne and wee daughter Alice) the company mission is: Solutions for spreading joy and building community (for the small set, but also for corporate meetings and online parties.) And what are their tools of the trade? FoamWandsScout patchesSkillsScienceBalloonsFunCreativityWonder AND a fair dose of magic (and smarts—these guys are full of STEAM: They build puppets, but
Farewell 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
