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NASHOBA FAMILY MEDICINE OPEN HOUSE
Open House
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
4:30 – 6:00 pm
788 Boston Road in Groton
Nashoba Family Medicine
and
Nashoba Sports &
Physical Therapy
invite you to our open house to tour our brand new, custom-built practice location in Groton!
All are invited!
Light refreshments will be served.
For more information
please call 978-449-0282
State-of-the Art Facility
Tour our brand new, modern gym equipped with a sports floor and the latest equipment including the Hydro-Worx 300 Pool with Treadmill for aquatic therapy. All services are provided by an expert team of sports and physical rehabilitation specialists.
NASHOBA FAMILY MEDICINE
Drs. Sanjay Basu, MD, Stephany Godfrey, DO,
Montu Patel, DO, and Tisha Dickey, DO, look forward to welcoming everyone to their beautiful new location.
TDO Aerial Videography Rebranding to TDO Video Productions
TDO Video Productions is going from solely aerial to a full video production company including; commercial advertising, promotional videos, sports coverage/ documentaries, interviews and documentaries, structure/ building inspection, real estate video tours, and event promotion and coverage.
This rebrand includes a new logo as well as a new website that is going to launch on Monday July 16th.
Fitchburg Public Library presents Historic New England Book Talk with Patricia Harris and David Lyons
Join us at the Fitchburg Public Library (610 Main St.) on July 25, at 6:30 PM. Ms Harris and Mr. Lyons will present their book Historic New England: a Tour of the Region’s Top 100 Landmarks. While New England boasts over 400 landmarks, “historic” does not always translate into “interesting”. Ms. Harris and Mr. Lyons have sought out those with the most interesting and rewarding histories. They recount not only houses and tall ships, but also weather stations, carousels, and even beaches. As the authors of over thirty books on travel, food, and art, they are well positioned to share with us their most memorable experiences so that we can visit them as well!
Light refreshments will be served. This is a free program. Free parking is available in the lot at the corner of Boulder Drive and Newton Place. F or information about this or other Library programs call 978-82-1780 or visit our website: www.FitchburgPublicLibrary.org.
Fitchburg Public Library presents Summer Reading Week 5 – Mystery
Calling all detectives! If you love a good mystery then the week of July 30-August 4 is the week for you! We’ll work with invisible ink and make detective boxes at Maker Monday, and Ms. June will show us how to create a secret code decoder at Crafternoon on Tuesday. Venture into the world of CSI with the Forensic Science Roadshow on Wednesday evening. The Museum of Science will help us to outwit nature so that we can continue to look for clues at their Thursday program: Blizzards: Outwit the Elements. You can go undercover with disguises at our photo booth all week! Please check our calendar listing for more information. All are free programs. Free parking is available in the lot at the corner of Boulder Drive and Newton Place. F or information about this or other Library programs call 978-829-1780 or visit our website: www.FitchburgPublicLibrary.org.
Fitchburg Public Library presents Summer Reading Week 4 – Adventure
Since the library is chock full of Adventures – this will be our theme for the week of July 23-28. Listen to an adventure story at lunch time on Wednesday, and travel with Bastion to Fantasia for our Friday Film Fest. The Wingmasters will take us on an extra special adventure into the avian world in their program Music to Our Ears, How Birds of Prey Communicate on Thursday evening. Please check our calendar listing for more information. All are free programs. Free parking is available in the lot at the corner of Boulder Drive and Newton Place. F or information about this or other Library programs call 978-829-1780 or visit our website: www.FitchburgPublicLibrary.org.
bankHometown hires new Branch Manager for Putnam Location
Matthew McAvoy-LaFlamme accepted the position as Branch Manager of the bankHometown Putnam, Connecticut location on June 4th, 2018. Prior to accepting this position, Matthew was the Branch Manager of the Killingly location, and prior to that role, he was the Branch Supervisor of the Woodstock location.
Currently, Matthew serves as the treasurer for the Killingly Business Association and is a member of the Killingly Business Association Membership Committee. He is an active volunteer in the Killingly community, having participated Town of Killingly Safety Day, Financial Fair at Crabtree & Evelyn, Thompson Community Day, and several other events.
Matthew attended Quinebaug Valley Community College and is currently working toward his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration at Eastern Connecticut State University. He enjoys music, hiking, and spending time with his friends and family.
bankHometown has served its communities since 1889 with offices in Massachusetts (Athol, Auburn, Leominster, Oxford, Lancaster, Sturbridge and Webster) and Connecticut (Putnam, Brooklyn, Killingly, Thompson and Woodstock). Depositors of bankHometown have their deposits insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for amounts up to $250,000 with amounts in excess of $250,000 insured in full by the Share Insurance Fund, a private excess insurer.
Running Out of Time and Energy
Here in North Central Massachusetts, local businesses are the lifeblood of our economy. These companies make quality products, provide good jobs, and pay above average wages. In so many ways, we want to support them, because they support our communities.
Yet even as we celebrate all that our business community contributes to the region, we can see a cloud on the horizon. Energy costs are rising quickly at a time when we are already among the five most expensive states to do business in.
Why does New England pay such high energy costs? In part, it’s supply and demand – we have a lot of the latter and too little of the former. Most of our electricity is generated by natural gas-powered facilities, which are cleaner than the oil and coal plants that have closed in recent years. Those retirements are actually the single most significant reason we’ve been able to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 63% since 1990, even as our electricity usage has gone up. But every year we pay an additional $1 billion because we lack access to enough natural gas – particularly when temperatures drop in the winter.
This past winter, we saw the consequence of inaction. The region’s independent, non-profit grid operator, ISO-New England, had already reported that the looming retirements of older power plants meant the state could soon face rolling blackouts. When temperatures dropped to historic lows the day after Christmas, we turned to burning oil for as much as a third of our electricity and it almost happened. We were just two to three days away from running out of oil as well.
To say that this all has severe economic implications would be a massive understatement. A recent report published by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce estimates that, absent upgraded energy infrastructure, New England would lose almost 23,000 jobs and $2 billion in state GDP, including a loss of 8,700 jobs and $792 million in state GDP in Massachusetts alone, over a four-year period.
There’s also something fundamentally wrong about a state as forward-looking and proud of its environmental heritage as Massachusetts still using oil and coal to fill its energy gap. In fact, according to a recent study by the Mass Coalition for Sustainable Energy, we used so much oil in just 13 days during the December/January cold snap—2 million barrels in all—it was as if we added 6.4 million cars to the road or shut down 75% of solar panels in the Commonwealth.
That’s unacceptable. As we move boldly to a renewable energy future, building the wind, solar and hydropower infrastructure we need to power our economy, we should be doing everything in our power to utilize the cleanest possible alternatives.
We’ve already seen some companies leave the state due to the high cost of energy. North Central Massachusetts’ communities are already doing everything they can to attract and keep businesses. They simply can’t stand by as reliability concerns, costs and threats to our environment increase.
The time has come to act. Our families, businesses and communities depend on it.
North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce urges U.S. Senate to reauthorize the Perkins Career and Technical Education Act.
The North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce signed an open letter in conjunction with the National Association of Manufacturers last week, urging the US Senate to approve the Perkins Career and Technical Education Act. This legislation, first approved under the Regan administration and reauthorized with bipartisan support twice since then, provides vocational education funding and works to ensure that such training aligns with workforce demands. Unfortunately, the program lapsed in 2016. The House approved its reauthorization last summer but the bill has languished in the Senate since then, stalled in the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pension Care.
“The need for career and technical education has never been higher” stated Roy Nascimento, President & CEO of the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce. “As demand for high skilled labor increases, ensuring our students are able to acquire the skills that they will need to be successful in the workforce must be a priority.”
The National Association of Manufacturers’ letter, signed by over four hundred stakeholders, is addressed to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee’s ranking members. It encourages reauthorization and modernization of the Perkins CTE Act, with a focus on aligning the program with employer needs. “As competition for high-skilled labor increases and as the US economy reaches full employment,” it reads “every effort must be made to close the skills gaps that many industries across all sectors face.”
A complete copy of the letter, including a list of signatories, can be found on the Chamber’s website by following this link.
NORTH CENTRAL CAREER CENTER ANNOUNCES 8TH ANNUAL SUMMER JOB FAIR
Whether you’re looking for a fresh start, a better job or a new career direction, job seekers will find a wealth of exciting opportunities at the North Central Career Center’s 8th Annual summer job fair. A variety of employers from both the public and private sectors will be eager to interview for immediate openings in a wide range of fields.
This year’s event will bring together nearly 70 employers with several hundred job seekers and take place at Great Wolf Lodge in Fitchburg on July 19th, 9AM to Noon.
Job Fairs help local businesses find qualified job seekers within the community, creating opportunities for local residents to work close to home. This not only supports our economy,
it also reduces the need for residents to commute long distances and work outside of their community.
For more information and to see the complete employer list, visit www.ccncm.com or make an appointment to meet with a Career Counselor at 100 Erdman Way, Leominster, MA. The Career Center can be reached at 978-534-1481 or www.ccncm.com
The North Central Career Center provides free services, resources, and tools to assist both job seekers and employers with their job search process, hiring and employment needs.
Devens Eco-Efficiency Center will host a Great Exchange Furniture Event
Need furniture? The non-profit Devens Eco-Efficiency Center will host a Great Exchange Furniture Event at the Bob Eisengrein Community Center, 100 Sherman Ave, Devens, from 9 a.m. – noon and again from 2 – 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 12. Desks, chairs, bookcases, cabinets, tables, shelves, bulletin boards, whiteboards, artwork and more will be offered for less than half their value! See photos of some of the available items at www.tinyurl.com/TGEFurniture. Large items may need to be picked up at a different location. RSVP for this unique savings opportunity at www.tinyurl.com/TGERSVP.
