Advocates of 'Stay Work Play' program recognized

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - Representatives of businesses, academia, nonprofits and the public sector are being honored for their efforts to keep young workers and recent college graduates to stay in New Hampshire.

They are being recognized Monday night by Gov. Maggie Hassan at the Stay Work Play Rising Stars Awards in Manchester.

Stay Work Play was established in 2009 to further the University System of New Hampshire’s 55 percent initiative to keep more than half of their graduates in state.