FOR THE RECORD - August 2007

Federal Savings Bank Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer JAMES J. O'NEILL, JR., has announced that GIBSON HEARN has joined the bank's mortgage lending team.

Hearn graduated with a bachelor's degree in business management from Ithaca College in New York. With several years of mortgage lending experience, he brings a broad understanding of many lending programs and superior customer service skills. His energetic and creative approach to building long term customer relationships is key to his success in helping customers reach their financial goals.

A resident of Farmington, Hearn enjoys skiing and spending time with his family. In his spare time he is an assistant coach with the Rochester Youth Soccer Association and is an avid volunteer at Tri-City Christian Academy in Somersworth. Gibson Hearn will work out of the bank's Woodbury Avenue office in Portsmouth and can be reached directly at (603) 422-0498 or ghearn@fsbdover.com.

Since 1890, Federal Savings Bank has operated as a true community bank, a "mutual" bank owned by its depositors. The bank has offices in Dover, Barrington, Durham and two offices in Portsmouth.

For more information, call toll free at 1-800-462-2265 or visit www.fsbdover.com.

Two local people were recognized by the NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION for outstanding service in the development of codes and standards.

DONALD BLISS, the former New Hampshire fire marshal and now principal in the Portsmouth-based National Infrastructure Institute, along with ROBERT T. WICKHAM, of Wickham Associates in Stratham were the 2007 winners for special achievement.

Awards were presented to 35 individuals at the World Safety Conference & Exposition, which took place in Boston June 3-7.

RUMBLETREE, a Portsmouth-based, full-service marketing agency has teamed up with THE WORKS FAMILY HEALTH AND FITNESS CENTER, a diverse and modern fitness center owned by Wentworth-Douglass Hospital and located on Route 108 in Somersworth.

Projects include quarterly and annual activities guides, direct-mail campaigns and member newsletters. Most recently, Rumbletree designed an e-mail newsletter for The Works to assist in its efforts to become environmentally friendly and reduce its reliance on paper products. Since the center's new addition opened in December of 2006, membership has grown from 7,049 to 8,500 members to date, an increase of about 20 percent.

The Works provides many services including summer camps for kids, a nursery, adult and kids' fitness center, Racquetball, an Olympic-sized lap pool, Family Aquatic Center and Family Outdoor Aquatic Center, swim lessons, group exercise programs, 3 Group Exercise Studios hosting yoga, Pilates, kick boxing, senior programs and more. Please visit theworkshealthclub.com to learn more.

Rumbletree has been providing media planning, buying and analysis for print and broadcast, communications, creative and strategic planning, and interactive services since 1990. For more information on how Rumbletree can whip your business into shape, please visit rumbletree.com.

JIM HOLMES, city of Portsmouth Public Works, has been named a "Roads Scholar" in a program for municipal road officials at the University of New Hampshire's Technology Transfer Center.

The Roads Scholar Program establishes educational requirements for municipal highway officials, offers courses on subjects essential to effective road management, and recognizes participation and achievement.

Jim received the Master Roads scholar award, the last of four levels of achievement, for completing 100 hours of instruction in the program, and meeting specific subject area coverage as required by Roads Scholar level 2.

"It is a credit to the City of Portsmouth to have an employee who has achieved this level of professional development," says Kathy DesRoches, technology transfer center director of Educational Programs.

Located in the Civil Engineering Department at the University of New Hampshire, the Technology Transfer Center is one of 57 centers established by Congress to assist public works departments and other municipal offices concerned with maintenance of local roads. In addition to training offered for municipal highway officials, the UNH T2 Center publishes a quarterly newsletter, provides technical assistance, maintains a video and publications library and mailing list, hosts a Web site, www.t2.unh.edu, and several listservs, for public works affiliates, and supports the NH Mutual Aid Program.

SAMANTHA J. CONNORS of REALTY EXECUTIVES OF THE SEACOAST in Dover has been selected as the Realtor of the Year for the Strafford County Board of Realtors, Ann Kelley announced at the June membership meeting at Flag Hill Winery in Lee.

Connors has served as chairperson of the Communications Committee and on the board of directors for the Strafford County Board. She has been actively involved in many community service projects including the NH Marines Toys for Tots Program and the American Cancer Society Relay for Life.

She is also a third-year member of the New Hampshire Association of Realtors Honor Society. Connors, who lives in Rochester, has been a Realtor for five years and has been a part of Team Kelley of Realty Executives of the Seacoast in Dover for 8 years.

After making the announcement, Ann Kelley explained that the board's judges made their selection after considering the records of several contenders for the honor. The basis of judgment, she said, was the contribution Connors made to her association, the community, her volunteer work and conduct of business reflecting the code of ethics of the association.

Connors can be reached at 603-749-0033 or teamk@conversent.net

MIKE RUDOLPH, a Portsmouth Realtor has been awarded the prestigious Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) Designation by the Council of Residential Specialists, the largest nonprofit affiliate of the National Association of Realtors.

Realtors who receive the CRS designation have completed advanced courses and have demonstrated professional expertise in the field of residential real estate. Fewer than 38,000 Realtors nationwide have earned the credential.

Home buyers and sellers can be assured that CRS designees subscribe to a strict code of ethics, have access to the latest technology and are specialists in helping clients maximize profits and minimize costs when buying or selling a home.

Mike Rudolph is a sales associate with RE/MAX Coast to Coast Properties in Portsmouth.

BOTTOMLINE TECHNOLOGIES (NASDAQ: EPAY), a leading provider of collaborative payment and invoice automation solutions, announced that Ryan Companies US, Inc., a national commercial real estate firm, has optimized its Oracle JD Edwards implementation with advanced capabilities from Bottomline for automating components of its payment, invoice and purchase order processes.

Bottomline's award-winning platform allows organizations to automate and manage business processes that rely heavily on transactional documents. Through the electronic composition, routing, delivery and storage of transactional documents, organizations can operate and interact with customers and suppliers more efficiently and cost-effectively. Integrating with industry-leading Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, organizations such as Ryan Companies US, Inc. can leverage the platform to quickly create and deliver these electronic documents across multiple communication channels such as fax, email, print or the Web. For more information, visit www.bottomline.com.

DONALD HATT, Federal Savings Bank president and chief executive officer is pleased to announce the appointment of DAVID H. MCARDLE to the position of senior vice president and senior commercial lending officer.

McArdle began his banking career in 1980, focusing primarily on commercial lending. Over the past two decades, he has successfully managed lending teams in the Seacoast area by emphasizing the importance of relationship management and community involvement.

A resident of New Castle, McArdle currently volunteers for the Greater Seacoast of the United Way, where he serves on the finance committee. He is also an active Portsmouth Rotarian. He will be located in the bank's main office in Dover and can be reached at 742-4680 or dmcardle@fsbdover.com. For more information, call toll free at 1-800-462-2265 or visit www.fsbdover.com.

WELLNESS STRATEGIES launched a series of breakfast meetings this week designed to expand its team of associates.

Wellness Strategies LLC is a New Hampshire-based consulting, coaching and training organization that helps businesses build sustainable employee wellness programs. By expanding their team of associates they are able to offer a wider variety of wellness programs from "lunch and learn" sessions to full-fledged wellness fairs and seminars that include topics ranging from weight loss to smoking cessation, stress reduction to financial fitness, communications strategies and team-building.

Wellness Strategies Associates include licensed Reiki practitioners, massage therapists, yoga instructors, certified business and life coaches, nutritionists, organizational development consultants and others whose educational and service offerings are directed to improving employee well-being and creating healthy workplaces.

For more information about Wellness Strategies programs or to inquire about joining as an associate, contact Donna Wood, founding partner, at (603) 427-0292. Information is also available on line at www.wellnessstrategies.net.

LINK MARKETING LLC of Eliot, has landed a grassroots marketing contract with TOYOTA MOTOR SALES, U.S.A. INC.'s New England regional office.

Link has been hired to identify, develop and activate an integrated grassroots-marketing program that will target the core truck enthusiasts throughout the New England region. The focus of the program is the all-new full sized 2007 Tundra.

In an effort to lure domestic full-size truck owners to see the all-new Tundra, Toyota has taken a grassroots approach by participating in local fishing, moto-cross, snowmobiling and other outdoor events.

"We had great success in working with the Link team in the past with our Scion launch and they clearly understood the goals our truck grassroots campaign," said Pete Lebish, Toyota regional truck manager.

Link Marketing specializes in grassroots, action sports and event marketing. For more information you can contact skipwinter@comcast.net.

MAD*POW has announced three strategic additions to its senior staff.

BRAD HONEYMAN, business strategist for Mad*Pow, will help guide the company through its current growth stage and provide strategic services to Map*Pow's client base; MICHAEL HAWLEY has been brought on as user experience director and MICHAEL WOODARD has joined Mad*Pow as a production designer/developer helping the company with development prototyping and design needs. All three will support Mad*Pow's growing customer base of Fortune 500 brands such as Monster.com, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, and Timberland.

Prior to his position with Mad*Pow, Honeyman served as vice president of marketing and business development with Exavera Technologies in Portsmouth, and prior to that vice president and strategic director with MicroArts in Greenland. With more than 15 years experience in strategic vision, Honeyman will use his skills in marketing and business strategy to set Mad*Pow in motion for its next stage of growth.

Hawley served as usability project manager for Staples, Inc. in Framingham, Mass. He led the projects for customer-facing materials including e-commerce and Web sites, marketing communications, and print materials. He received a master's in Human Factors in Information Design from Bentley College McCallum Graduate School of Business in Waltham, Mass. and has more than 13 years of usability experience. Hawley will bring deep expertise in user experience research and usability design to Mad*Pow that will provide tremendous customer value.

Woodard joined Mad*Pow from Newpoint Technologies in Salem, N.H. serving as the company's Webmaster and marketing administrator. As a jack of all trades, Woodard will aid Mad*Pow in understanding the user experience vision and creative direction of a client's project and extending that vision across multiple screens and deliverables whether in vector, Flash, or HTML format.

Mad*Pow is a design firm based in Portsmouth. Mad*Pow was born out of the passion to deliver smart, highly intuitive, and visually stunning user experiences that are both applicable to the client's target audience and effectively meets the client's business goals.

The company employs its proprietary user-centered and business-aligned methodology to deliver positive customer experiences for software, hardware, rich internet applications, Web sites, internal systems, and interactive and printed marketing materials.

For more information, please contact Josh Corringham at 603.387.8307 or solutions@madpow.net.

JOE DATTILO, co-founder and director of treatment at STRATHAM PHYSICAL THERAPY, and DAVE MACDONALD, the practice's chief executive officer, announced recently that their Epping location has opened its doors and is now accepting new patients.

Stratham Physical Therapy's Epping location is a 2,000-square-foot facility that is a satellite location for Stratham Physical Therapy. Located at 96 Calef Highway, Route 125, the Epping location is the second location for the growing physical therapy practice.

Dattilo noted that the practice has recently been named official physical therapy provider to Seacoast United Athletic Programs, and that the two regional organizations have partnered to offer a Summer Strength and Conditioning Camp for athletes.

Stratham Physical Therapy is a physical therapist owned private practice that specializes in orthopedics, spine, and sports medicine. Stratham PT has locations in Stratham and Epping and is affiliated with another clinic in Woburn, Mass.

All major insurances are accepted and late evening and early morning appointments are available. Call 603-772-8222 or visit www.strathampt.com for more information.