March 3, 2008 - Worcester Business Journal

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SERVICING THE COMMUNITY

Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters in Hartford presented Community Service Awards at its annual meeting. Recipients were...

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Sold On Government Work

Private industry often scoffs that government institutions are too bureaucratic and move too slowly – but Howard...

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Heywood Hospital Plans New Wound Care Center

Net revenue expected to start at $200KFaced with rising costs, competition from big teaching hospitals and the...

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More States Consolidate On 529 Plans | No plans to curtail Connecticut’s college savings plan, which boasts additional tax breaks and lower fees

As families strive to save money for college, several small states are dumping their 529 college-savings plans...

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Smart Art

Impressionistic, neoclassical, modern. If you love art, a museum is the place to be. Susan Lubowsky Talbott...

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BioTech Buzz: The Problem With Peptides

When people think about biotechnology, they most likely think of highly technical research or pharmaceuticals. But there...

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Opinion: Widening The Pipeline For STEM Workers

By Kevin ThurstonSpecial to the Worcester Business Journal A grave shortage of workers in science, technology, engineering,...

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Remembering George And Abe

When I was a student at the University of Minnesota, I carried around a 3 by 5-inch...

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Developer Brings Luck Of Irish To Southbridge

Memorial Hall will get green feelColm Cryan, the globetrotting Irishman renovating the long-vacant Memorial Hall building on...

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Pharmaceuticals Tailor-Made For You

Firm hopes targeted plan will cut development costsBy Ken AlltuckerThe Arizona Republic Systems Medicine Inc. has staked...

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Nap Mats To Join Gym Mats At Clark YMCA

Winchendon facility branches outThe venerable Winchendon gym and community center known as The Clark, which became a...

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In Brief

Mortgage Applications Drop 22 PercentAccording to the Washington, D.C.-based Mortgage Bankers Association, mortgage application volume fell 22.6...

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RECOGNITION FOR REGAN

George K. Regan Jr., president of Regan Communications Group in Hartford, was presented with the Rose Pessin...

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Know How: Where The Dollars Are

How to expand and save money at the same timeBy Lynn TokarczykSpecial to the Worcester Business Journal ...

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Networking

Monday, March 310th Anniversary / Annual MeetingTime: 6 to 9 p.m.Place: Asa Waters Mansion, 123 Elm St.,...

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Lieberman’s Legacy

It is hard to imagine Sen. Joseph Lieberman running for re-election when his current term expires. For...

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Growing A Regional Firm

A local services firm, which does about $4 million per year in revenue, wanted to grow into...

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Labor Pool: Foreigners Wanted

Two new studies say immigrants can boost the economyOver the past month, two new reports have called...

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Escalating Energy Costs Crimp Profits For Landlords

Debra Di Leo, manager of 63 apartments in Worcester.Some opt to keep units off the market to...

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Worcester Firm Heads For Westborough

Stowe & Degon buys Route 9 building for $2MEnding months of speculation, a principal with Stowe &...

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Year Of The Rat Brings Opportunities

“Gung hay fat choy.” That’s happy New Year in Chinese — or close. If you own a...

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Sex And Stuff

As you may have heard, amid the din of wailing and despair about the “death of newspapers”...

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How To Survive As A Manufacturer

Venture forum to host panel discussionBy Clyde L. StancilSpecial To The Worcester Business Journal Jack HealyDespite the...

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Framingham’s Well Won’t Run Dry

Genzyme is optimistic about $260 million expansion plansGenzyme Corp.'s current facility in Framingham.The inclusion of $12.9 million...

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Solid Year For Valassis | Since buying Advo, sales and profits up sharply

In the first year since buying Windsor-based Advo, Michigan-based Valassis Communications had its sales and profits rise...

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101 Investing

To prosper in today's economy, get âreal'By David N. GrenierSpecial to the Worcester Business JournalIf the stock...

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Easy Street Goes Begging | Nearly 20 new vans sit idle, waiting for more commuters

Although gas prices are at an eight-month high, about 40 Easy Street vans sit idle in a...

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Maynard Complex Bets On Tenant’s Technology

Clock Tower Place could be powered by hydrogenJohn Guerra, founder of NanoptekAbout three or four years ago,...

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Opinion: Think Local First

By Bill CavanaghSpecial to the Worcester Business Journal Worcester Local First is a campaign that several local,...

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HE’S THEIR IDOL

Attendees at the annual conference of the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association heard from Jason Horn, a funeral...

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Galvin Seeks Info. On Bond Auctions

Massachusetts' top securities regulator asked nine financial services firms for information Wednesday about the recent trouble finding...

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Striking A Balance

Janet Hirsch, UMass Medical School's new work-life manager.UMass Medical School hires work-life manager to take the hurriedness...

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A Solid Year For Commercial Real Estate

John McKinley, president of Worcester commercial real estate broker Kelleher & Sadowsky Associates.The housing market might have...

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EMC To Acquire Seattle’s Pi Corp.

Hopkinton giant hopes to get into ‘cloud computing’Data storage vendor EMC Corp. has agreed to acquire Pi...

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America’s Forgotten Manufacturing Sector

The Hartford Business Journal Jan. 28 article, “Questioning China’s Steel Industry,” highlights the challenges facing U.S. manufacturers,...

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If The Shoe Fits

Owner of Franklin New Balance facility doesn't see redevelopment opportunitySporting goods manufacturer Brine Inc. will vacate 125,000...

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Million-Dollar Real Estate In Central Massachusetts

List of priciest sales shows the well-heeled aren’t immune from foreclosure Even with the housing market crashing...

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Industrial Strength: Industrial Parks Make Strange Bedfellows

In many industrial parks around the state, you'll find groups of businesses that have a little something...

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Editorial: Time Has Come For State’s Life Sciences Investment

It’s welcome news that the latest version of Gov. Deval Patrick’s life sciences bill — crafted by...

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Central Mass In Review

ActonPsychmedics Sees Record Revenues, Profit DropPsychmedics Corp. of Acton saw record revenues in 2007, but net income...

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Rebuilding At Rutland Heights Gains Traction

17 years later, can the old hospital site thrive again?After 14 years of waiting and planning, and...

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AFTER SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford received a check for $32,100 from the JCPenney Afterschool Fund...

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Marlborough Hospital Preps For Expansion

Updates on the way for aging facilityBy MacKenzie C. Kimball Special to the Worcester Business Journal The local...

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Bernanke Hints At More Rate Reductions

BY Sue KirchhoffUSA Today Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke signaled that the central bank is ready cut...

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Shop Talk

Like A Rollstone?After 162 years in business, Fitchburg Savings Bank has changed its name to Rollstone Bank...

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March 3, 2008 — Movers & Shakers

Turner Investment Management in Hartford named Carola K. Frantzen executive assistant in the core/value equity investing team....

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Movers & Shakers

DEBORAH PENTA, CEO of PENTA Communications Inc. in West-borough, was recently appointed to the position of vice...

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O’Brien: City Needs Single Tax Rate

Michael O'Brien, Worcester City Manager.It’s time for a single tax rate in the city of Worcester, according...

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Incorporations

These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State’s Office primarily between December...

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