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UMass Memorial – HealthAlliance Hospital to create a Community Room on the Burbank Campus
UMass Memorial – HealthAlliance Hospital to create a Community Room on the Burbank Campus
Leominster, MA – The Bullock Building, originally constructed in 1953 and named after Richard Bullock, Directing Trustee, has been a vibrant part of the UMass Memorial – HealthAlliance Hospital Burbank Campus in Fitchburg over the years. Recently, it has been under demolition due to concerns over structural safety and the high cost of maintenance. The recently dormant building had been out of circulation for the past several years. “Our Burbank campus will continue to meet the needs of our patients and provide high quality care to our community. Services in the Simmons Building, the building adjacent to the Bullock Building include; Burbank Urgent Care, Lab, Radiology, and Physical Therapy Plus including sports medicine. The regional flagship in cancer care is located at the Simonds-Sinon Regional Cancer Center as well as the Simonds-Hurd Complementary Care Center. HealthAlliance Fitchburg Family Practice is also located on our Burbank Campus,” stated Deborah Weymouth, President & CEO UMass Memorial – HealthAlliance Hospital. The short term plans moving forward with the new vacant space on campus include a relaxation garden and to build a community space to be utilized for educational and training programs focused on the health and wellness needs of the community. “We look forward to the opportunity to continue collaborating with our community partners with projects regarding improving the health status of our region in the newly constructed community room,” said Deborah.
UMass Memorial – HealthAlliance Hospital, also recently announced that Northeast Remediation, LLC, a company that has been involved in the demolition, discovered a time capsule in a capstone that had been placed in the building by Curtin & Riley Architects in 1953. An unveiling of the time capsule and its contents will occur later this spring.
For more information on UMass Memorial – HealthAlliance Hospital, please visit www.healthalliance.com .
UMass Memorial – HealthAlliance Hospital
UMass Memorial HealthAlliance Hospital is a not-for-profit, full service, acute care hospital that serves the communities of North Central Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire. As a member of UMass Memorial Health Care, HealthAlliance Hospital offers direct access to the advanced medical technology and specialty services that are part of the region’s academic medical center. The HealthAlliance system includes hospital campuses in Leominster and Fitchburg, a regional cancer center, complementary care center, outpatient physical therapy centers, a home health and hospice agency, urgent care centers and several physician practices. Visit www.healthalliance.com. General information: Leominster Campus, 978-466-2000 or Burbank Campus 978-343-5000
To find a physician in your community, please call 855-UMASS-MD (1-855-862-7763).
CUTIQUES TO HOST “SPRING CLEANING & ORGANIZATION” PRESENTATION SERIES
CUTIQUES TO HOST “SPRING CLEANING & ORGANIZATION” PRESENTATION SERIES
Local experts will present ways to organize your life and home throughout February and March.
Leominster, MA – February 1, 2016 – On Wednesday, February 10th, at noon, Cutiques Home Décor & Furniture Consignment Store will kick off month-long presentation series designed to help people get their lives and homes organized so they can make the most out of the new year. The “Spring Cleaning & Organization” presentation series will feature 6 different presentations all aimed to help people get organized.
“The New Year is naturally a time where people want to get their lives and homes organized. However, this can be an overwhelming task.” said Cassandra Abramson, owner of Cutiques Home Décor & Furniture Consignment Store. “The Spring Cleaning & Organization” series will bring in local organizing experts, each offering a different perspective to make the process easier and more fun. There are many different topics, with something for everyone!”
The series will kick off on Wednesday, February 10th, at noon, with Felicia Reynolds, owner of Spotted Salamander Organizing & Design. Felicia has presented at Cutiques before and received rave reviews. Her knowledge and expertise combined with her sense of humor make her presentation “Spring Cleaning….Why bother?” a must-see! Other topics include organizing & decluttering your space, maximizing buyer appeal when selling your home, decorating on any budget, organizing all of your paperwork, and so much more.
The presentation schedule is as follows:
Wednesday, February 10, 12:00PM
“Spring Cleaning: Why Bother?” …And other pieces of wisdom from a Professional Organizer.
Felicia Reynolds, Spotted Salamander Organizing & Design
Saturday, February 13, 10:00AM
Extreme Home Makeover: Whether staying or selling…It’s time to give your home a face lift!
Julie Millar, ASP, IAHSP, Home Staging by Julie
Julie Paradise, Bin There Dump That
Yasmin Loft, Realtor, Paula K Aberman Associates, Inc.
Saturday, February 20, 10:00AM
Affordable Decorating: Create a million dollar look on any budget!
Susan Campbell, Abracadabra Home Staging & MBA Interiors
Saturday, February 27, 10:00AM
“The 5 Step Process to Organizing Your Important Household Papers”
Judith Guertin, CPES, All Ways Organized, LLC
Saturday, March 5, 10:00AM
Take Back Your Closets!
Cassandra Abramson, President & Founder ECiStores
Wednesday, March 9, 12:00PM
Style Matters: Organizing Solutions that Look Good Too!
Cara Cross, Thirty-One Gifts
All are welcome to attend these presentations. Refreshments will be provided by Sweet Creations by Gloria, located in Downtown Leominster.
For more information, call 978-534-6604 or visit www.facebook.com/cutiques.
About Everything Cutie, Inc. Consignment Stores (ECI)
Cassandra and Neil Abramson opened their first consignment store, Cutie Patuties Children’s Store in 1998 to serve the community with a family friendly shopping experience. Today ECI Stores has four thriving upscale consignment stores in Leominster, MA offering quality, gentle used products. Cutie Patuties (http://www.cutiepatuties.com) specializes in children’s clothing and supplies; Q-Teen (http://shopqteens.com) specializes in teen clothing; CP & Company (http://www.shopcpandcompany.com) specializes in misses, petites and plus sizes for ladies clothing and accessories; and Cutiques ETC (http://www.cutiquesetc.com) offers household merchandise and consignment furniture. To learn more, visit http://www.ecistores.com.
MOBILeREGISTRATION – Racer’s Expo January 2016
pss and Racer’s Expo January 29th & 30th, 2016. A true Win Win!
pss provided MOBIleREGISTRATION for the event: tracking attendees, providing the discount, and raffle infrastructure.
pss took booth space at the event, launching NightOwl as the sponsor of Black Swann Racing / Team Animal Farms Snow Leopard SRF for the 2016 season.
A Primer on Proposal Writing: Designing a Great Project and Proposal
Monday, February 22, 2016
6:30 – 8:30pm
Snow date February 29th
Leominster Public Library | 30 West Street | Leominster, MA
Presented by Sarah Sutton, Sustainable Museums
Space is limited for this free workshop. Register online by going to the Calendar of Events at www.leominsterlibrary.org,
or by calling the library at 978-534-7522 ext 3.
Let’s talk about what funders want, and break down the application process into simple steps. We will then use simple budgets and simpler logic models to practice designing a strong proposal for a strong project. There will be time for questions and shared thinking.
Consultant Sarah Sutton has nearly 30 years of proposal-writing experience in educational, cultural, and natural resource nonprofits around the country. She writes grant proposals to private and public agencies ranging from family foundations and local arts councils to the National Science Foundation. She loves the strategy and the wordsmithing that goes into this work, but most of all she loves the people and the projects at the organizations she encounters.
A Primer on Proposal Writing is organized by Freedom’s Way Heritage Association in partnership with the National Park Service and the Leominster Public Library.
The Leominster Public Library is a member of the Foundation Center’s
Funding Information Network.
Leominster Public Library
30 West Street
Leominster, Massachusetts 01453
978-534-7522
www.leominsterlibrary.org
Hometown Bank Named SBA Lender of the Quarter
The Small Business Administration (SBA) District Director, Robert H. Nelson, presented Hometown Bank with the SBA Lender of the Quarter Award for the first quarter of 2016’s fiscal year after the Bank generated ten SBA loan approvals between October 1, 2015 and December 31, 2015. The Bank currently ranks twelfth out of Massachusetts’ eighty-nine most active lenders since doubling its loan approval for the entire 2015 fiscal year total in just one quarter. This distinction recognizes the merit of the Bank’s lending performance during this time.
“We are honored to receive the designation of Lender of the Quarter. It is a direct reflection of the effort that the Hometown Bank team puts forth to support local businesses,” said Michael Hewitt, Hometown Bank’s President and CEO. “We value our vibrant small business community and recognize the importance of providing these businesses with the capital needed to grow and create jobs. Through participating in SBA’s lending programs we have new opportunities to promote success stories.”
Hometown Community Bancorp, Inc., is the holding company for Hometown Bank, a Massachusetts mutual cooperative bank headquartered in Oxford, MA. Hometown has about $412 million in assets and operates eight full-service banking offices throughout central MA.
Photo Caption: Left to Right – Michael P. Mahlert, EVP; Anne Hunt, SBA Deputy District Director; Robert H. Nelson, SBA District Director; Michael D. Hewitt, President & CEO; Deanna Mills, VP.
