FOR THE RECORD - February 2007

ANNOUNCEMENTS

SERVICE CREDIT UNION sponsored WERZ's Stuff-a-Bus campaign in support of the 2006 Toys for Tots drive in cooperation with the U.S. Marine Corps. From Nov. 21 to Dec. 8, 2006, Service Credit Union collected unwrapped toys at all 10 branch locations in the state. The donations were presented to WERZ disc jockey "Ralphie" on the air during the station's live broadcast from the Fox Run Mall on Dec. 8. More than 300 toys were donated to the cause.

PORT CITY WEB an eCommerce design, development and online marketing company in Portsmouth said its longtime client, MY SHOE STORE (formerly Lord John's Footwear), has extended its contract with Port City Web for another 30 months. Port City said the contract is valued at an estimated $1.5 million dollars over the term of the new contract.

New York-based Lord John's Footwear, a customer of Port City Web since 2003, was recently acquired by Greenland-based My Shoe Store, Inc. My Shoe Store took over the contract that Port City Web had with Lord John's Footwear and extended it until the late spring of 2009.

"I'm thrilled that the contract was extended for another couple of years," said ERIK CRAGO, president and CEO of Port City Web. "This has been a great opportunity for us to grow into all aspects of eCommerce, which has taught us very valuable lessons on writing our eCommerce software. It's one thing to be a software development company implementing eCommerce software, but to witness how it's used from an operations and customer service standpoint -- that changes everything. Not a day goes by that we don't add a new feature, modify an existing feature, or just make the user or employee experience that much better."

Over the course of the last 12 months, Port City Web has been working closely with both companies as they integrated the eCommerce platform with both Lord John's Footwear and My Shoe Store's eCommerce websites.

"With almost 300,000 orders and customers, and millions of dollars per year in annual sales, downtime was not an option," Crago said. "We needed to develop a strategy to implement the two sites for the eventual transitioning to My Shoe Store's site, and we couldn't have any downtime. The end result was a smooth transition, with both sites sharing the same data in real-time."

While this transition was taking place, Port City Web also maintained its contractual obligations to market both Web sites through SEM (Search Engine Marketing) and SEO (Search Engine Optimization) programs, along with paid placements in Google and Yahoo.

Combined, both companies said they had an increase of 25 percent in December 2006 online sales compared to the previous holiday shopping period.

"It's been a great experience working with them from the early days of Lord John's Footwear opening its doors in New York City, to the merge with My Shoe Store in New Hampshire," Crago said. "We continually work with them to increase their sales, improve customer service, and use technology to improve their overall business practices. And as they grow, so grows Port City Web."

For more information, see www.PortCityWeb.com, www.MyShoeStore.com or www.lordjohnsfootwear.com.

GLACIER CONCEPT of Portsmouth is offering a free download version of its Leverage Personal Edition software, which the company said helps individual investors in real estate to maximize profitability and to better negotiate with lenders and brokers when purchasing rental and commercial properties or homes.

The software informs the user what is negotiable -- for example, lender loan costs and interest fixed versus floating.

"Investors in real estate can compare lenders side by side in a number of areas that influence either lender profit, investors' capital, investors' cash flow, investors' profitability, or investors' return rate using financing scenarios", says founder LARRY MCKAY. Those items include interest over the life of the loan, loan costs, loan to value requirements, interest rates, and debt service requirements. The Glacier Concept founders are alumni of MIT and Brown University. 3-D graphs and charts make the software fun like playing a video game.

Glacier Conept claims Leverage Personal Edition is easy for beginners who do not have prior experience in real estate investing to increase their personal financial wealth. Real estate investors can compare financing options from different lenders side by side and/or properties side-by-side to make the better choice (e.g. Bank of America vs. Wells Fargo) or (PropertyA vs. PropertyB). It makes it easy to shop around to make the real estate investment decision most profitable.

For more information and the Free Trial download, see www.glacierconcept.com.

AWARDS

Shown left to right are Ernest Loomis, state chairman, who presented the awards; Chief Warrant Officer William Carlberg, nominator; New Hampshire Division of Motor Vehicles Director Virginia Beecher; Col. Frank Leith, New Hampshire state aviation officer, New Hampshire Army National Guard; and Maj. Wayne Perrault of the highway patrol section. Courtesy photo

On Friday, Dec 15, 2006, the New Hampshire Committee, EMPLOYER SUPPORT OF THE GUARD AND RESERVE, presented several Department of Defense Awards to Director VIRGINIA BEECHER and others of the NEW HAMPSHIRE DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES. Chief Warrant Officer William Carlberg of the New Hampshire Army National Guard, and a lieutenant in the highway patrol section of the division, nominated the director and Maj. Wayne Perrault for the "Patriot Award," citing their extra support for his service in the Guard, particularly during a recent deployment. He requested that a higher award also be presented to the director for her "Above and Beyond" support.

Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, ESGR, is a Department of Defense volunteer organization. It provides free education, consultation and, if necessary, mediation for employers of Guard and Reserve employees. ESGR's goal is to support America's employers who share their employees with the nation to ensure our national security.

AMBIT ENGINEERING of Portsmouth won a prize at the 2006 New Hampshire Land Surveyor Association Annual Meeting for best map in the "miscellaneous map" category. The plan, titled "DeTolla Residence," was drafted by JOHN EASTER of Ambit Engineering. The firm is licensed as land surveyors and civil engineers in New Hampshire and Maine.

Seacoast residents MAUREEN FABRIZIO, GRETA GAUTHIER and HEATHER SWANSON have started FINDING FUTURES, a professional service designed to help improve a student's ability to achieve her or his post-secondary educational goals. The trio has more than 20 years of collective experience as guidance counselors in one of the state's largest high schools. Helping students and parents through the rigors of college preparation led the founders of Finding Futures to recognize the advantage of a private college-planning service.

GRUBB & ELLIS|COLDSTREAM REAL ESTATE ADVISORS of Portsmouth represented A.A&M in its lease of 15,111 square feet of warehouse and industrial distribution space at Allard Park in Newington to Connecticut-based ELECTRICAL WHOLESALERS. Principal DAVID CHOATE of Grubb & Ellis|Coldstream represented A.A&M in the transaction and STACIE PARKER of THE REAL ESTATE SPECIALISTS of Somersworth was agent for the tenant.

CALYPSO COMMUNICATIONS of Portsmouth will implement a strategic communications program for Cambridge, Massachusetts-based CELUNOL CORP. Calypso will help privately held Celunol leverage its proprietary biotechnical processes to commercialize the production of cellulosic ethanol -- a secure, low cost, environmentally sensitive fuel -- from a wide array of biomass feedstocks. Celunol's major investors include Khosla Ventures, Charles River Partners, Rho Capital Partners, and Braemar Energy Ventures.

MCLAUGHLIN MOVING CO., INC., of Portsmouth, an agent of the nationwide household goods carrier MAYFLOWER TRANSIT, was honored recently by the van line for exceptional professional performance. The recognition was conferred during Mayflower's 2006 convention, held in Colorado Springs, Colo., with more than 400 Mayflower representatives in attendance.

ROCKET FISH of Portsmouth was named the "INNOVATION ROCKS!" AWARD winner by the NEW HAMPSHIRE BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER for the month of December. Rocket Fish, an industrial design company specializing in the athletic market, recently partnered with STEVE & BARRY'S UNIVERSITY SPORTSWEAR to design and unveil the "Starbury" shoe line, a product that is endorsed by New York Knicks star Stephon Marbury and marketed as a high quality but lower priced sneaker for inner city youth. The shoe sold out in the first week and a second and third line are already in production. Rocket Fish company principals T.J. GRAY and ASHLEY BROWN have more than 22 years combined professional product designing experience, having worked with some of the biggest names in sports including Johnny Damon, Ivan Rodriguez, Mark McGuire, Carl Lewis, Maurice Green, Michael Johnson and Marion Jones.