Friday, April 20, 2012

Somersworth Chamber Calls for Nominees

SOMERSWORTH—
The Greater Somersworth Chamber of Commerce is currently accepting nominations for Citizen of the Year, Business of the Year and Teacher of the Year for the five-town region that includes Somersworth, Rollinsford and the Berwick’s of Maine. This year’s awards are sponsored by the Spence & Mathews Insurance agency of Berwick. The deadline for submission of nominations for the three awards is Monday, April 23, and the winners will be announced on April 26. Winners will be publicly honored at the Chamber’s 2012 Annual Dinner & Awards event in May. Criteria and nomination forms may be downloaded from the Chamber website at www.somersworthchamber.com.
This year’s Annual Dinner, “Sundown at the Red Barn,” takes place on Friday, May 18, at The Red Barn at Outlook in South Berwick, ME. Underwriters for the annual dinner are Kennebunk Savings Bank, D. F. Richard Energy and Public Service of New Hampshire. Tickets to the dinner may be purchased at the Greater Somersworth Chamber of Commerce located at 58 High Street in Somersworth.
To be eligible for nomination, a teacher must work full-time in grades K-12 in the public school systems of any of the five communities served by the Chamber. Teachers in any Chamber member private school are also eligible for nomination. Current private school Chamber members include Tri-City Christian Academy and St. Thomas Aquinas High School.
Chamber Annual Dinner Committee Chair, Tony Lemmo of Sevigney Lyons Insurance announced that, “The public is encouraged to get involved with this important community event by nominating the people and businesses that truly stand out through their substantive contributions and commitments to the betterment of the Greater Somersworth area.”
For more information, contact the Chamber at 603-692-7175 or info@somersworthchamber.com.