September 1, 2008

Photo Finish | Photos from the Sept. 1, 2008 issue of the Worcester Business Journal

The Worcester Regional Transit Authority held a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new NorthWest FLEX Route recently. Pictured, from left to right, are: WRTA Administrator Stephen O'Neil, Assistant City Manager Julie Jacobson, State Rep. James O'Day, State Sen. Harriette Chandler, Mayor Konstantina Lukes and City Councilor Gary Rosen.

Local teenagers got summer jobs cleaning up brush and clearing trails on the Newton Hill section of Elm Park in Worcester thanks to the support of local organizations that paid their wages and Wal-Mart, which paid for tools to do the work. Pleasant Street Network Center's Around the Corner Program, Worcester Common Ground, Chandler Street Revitalization Association, Friends of Newton Hill and Park Spirit helped make the program a reality.

Southbridge Credit Union recently contributed $1,000 to support Capen Hill Nature Sanctuary Summer Camp in Charlton. Four-to 12-year-old campers get hands-on lessons in pond life, fossils, plants, wildlife and other environmental topics. Shown is camp director Barbara H. Frederick (third row, second from right) accepting a check from Thomas J. Smalarz, SCU president and CEO.

The Webster Five Foundation, the charitable arm of Webster Five Cents Savings Bank, recently donated $5,000 to Worcester East Side Community Development Corp. The money will support affordable housing and business development, commercial corridor faÃ§ade renovations, homebuyer education and after-school art and dance programs. Pictured, from left to right, are: Richard T. Leahy, president and CEO of Webster Five; Dominick Marcigliano, executive director of the Worcester East Side CDC and Karen Kempskie-Aquino, vice president of Webster Five.

Rollstone Bank & Trust of Fitchburg recently donated $2,500 to the Boys & Girls Club of Central Massachusetts, which offers a variety of programs for local children. Pictured are: Haywood Hunter, area director of the Boys & Girls Club; Martin Connors, president and CEO of Rollstone Bank & Trust and Daniel Flynn, resource development director of the Boys & Girls Club.