MANCHESTER—St. Mary’s Bank has been selected as a winner in New Hampshire Business Review’s 2009 BOB Awards, which honor the “Best of Business” in New Hampshire in over 80 categories. St. Mary’s was honored in a statewide readership survey in the Best Credit Union category.

All of the winners were honored at a celebration held from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, at the Grappone Conference Center in Concord.

“St. Mary’s Bank is honored to win the BOB Award for best credit union,” said president and CEO Ronald Covey.

The Best of Business Awards are presented by New Hampshire Business Review and are sponsored by Anthem, Surplus Office Equipment, Southwest Airlines, Griffin York & Krause, the New Hampshire Business Resource Center, the Alexander Technology Group, Charter Trust, Goodwin’s Office Furniture & Supply, KBW Financial Staffing & Recruiting, The Nagler Group and RAM Companies.

“With over double the number of ballots cast for 2009, the BOB Awards have really become a standard of excellence in the business community,” said Jeff Feingold, editor of New Hampshire Business Review. “If other business owners have named your business a BOB business, that really says something about the high caliber of the company you’re running.”

New Hampshire Business Review is the state’s only business newspaper, reaching over 50,000 subscribers every other week. It is part of McLean Communications of Manchester, a publishing company that also includes New Hampshire Magazine, ParentingNH, New Hampshire Home Magazine, NH.com, the Telegraph and The Cabinet Press.