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Nominations Open for Citizen of the Year, Leadership Award

Nominations are due in to the Exeter Area Chamber of Commerce by April 17.

The Exeter Area Chamber of Commerce has announced nominations are now being accepted for the 2015 Citizen of the Year award and the 2015 Lori Breard Achievement in Leadership award, according to a press statement.

These two prestigious community awards will be presented at the Chamber’s annual Community Awards Dinner on June 18, 2015, at the Portsmouth Harbor Events & Conference Center.

Both Chamber members and non-members are welcomed to be nominated for these two awards. However, special consideration will be given to Chamber members who have been nominated for the Lori Breard Achievement in Leadership award. The nominee must be living or working in one of the following 10 towns: Brentwood, East Kingston, Epping Exeter, Kensington, Kingston, Newfields, Newmarket, Raymond and Stratham. These awards are presented to an individual who has made major contributions to the progress and betterment of the Exeter Area community, is living or working in the Exeter Area community and in the judgment of the selection committee, typifies the true spirit of service and self-sacrifice in representing the finest ideals of the Exeter Area.

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Entry Forms with complete list of criteria for each award can be found at ExeterArea.org/Events.

Entry Form deadline for both awards: Friday, April 17, 2015. For questions or further information, contact Lynn Dow at the Chamber; email lynn@exeterarea.org, or call 603-772-2411.

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