Giving
The North Shore United Way raised $1,232,000 in 2007, a 6 percent increase over 2006 and the most in its 65-year history.
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Deborah Coull Salon, in honor of Earth month, will donate proceeds from haircuts and facials on April 28 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. to Global Greengrants Fund and local partner Clean Ocean Action. The salon is at 116 Rantoul St., Beverly.
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Cakes for Occasions at 57 Maple St. in Danvers will donate a portion of all HAWC cupcake sales in April to HAWC to help fund domestic violence programs.
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North Shore Bank recently donated $1,000 to the Peabody Education Council to support their funding of teacher-initiated and -requested enrichment programs that fall outside of the school department's budget.
Milestones
John Drislane of Beverly, former Trustees Chair at Montserrat College of Art, was presented with the first H. Randolph Lewis Award, named in honor of a longtime Montserrat trustee. The honor acknowledged Drislane's years of service to the college as chairman of the Board of Trustees and chairman of the Finance Committee during a pivotal time in the history of the College.
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Cole Creative, owned by John Cole of Hamilton, won second place honors at the annual Telly Awards for two cause-related videos, "Samariteens for Hope" and "Save Our Sound."
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Mitch Levine of Sagan Realtors was recognized at a Realty Guild awards banquet for having completed the largest number of transactions in a one-year period in the northern district.
People
Raymond MacKay of Peabody recently won the Donald F. "Truly" Warner Award, the top award at GE Aviation, in Lynn's annual Engineering Recognition Day. The award recognized more than 35 years of contributions to the field of aeromechanics. Other locals, in a team that was recognized with the Dr. Sanford A. Moss Memorial Award, were Brad Denison of Beverly and Scott Pelletier of Swampscott, chosen for their performance on the YT706 engine official qualification LCF test for the U.S. Army.
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Susan Samperi of Beverly has been appointed senior vice president of philanthropy and president of Northeast Health Foundation, the nonprofit organization that works to build philanthropic support for Northeast Health System, the parent company of Beverly Hospital.
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Edward Spicer, vice president of Ocean States Investigative Group in Beverly, was recently elected president of the Maine Licensed Private Investigator's Association.
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Richard D'Autilio has been promoted to general manager of Bostik Inc. of Middleton's Construction and Distribution Division.
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Donna Lambert has joined the Keller Williams Realty Salem/Beverly Market Center.
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Tara Porter has been named rehabilitation director at Devereux House nursing facility in Marblehead.
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John Barnhill of Marblehead, the assistant vice president of Institutional Advancement at Salem State College, was recently appointed to the Marblehead-Swampscott YMCA board of directors.
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Tom Palladino has been named administrative director for North Shore Medical Center Emergency Services.
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Anthony Fusco of Hamilton has joined the legal firm of Glovsky and Glovsky in Beverly, where he concentrates on estate planning and administration, elder law planning and business and succession planning.
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Colleen Corning has joined the Richard E. Wylie Conference Center at Endicott College as the rooms manager of the Inn.
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Dick Delaney has joined the Danvers branch of Mortgage Network Inc. as a Senior Loan Officer.
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Dr. Randolph Powers of Danvers, who formerly worked in geriatrics at Pentucket Medical Associates in Haverhill; Linda Kasparian, A.P.R.N. M.H., a board-certified psychiatric clinical nurse specialist; and Susan Rouse A.P.R.N. – M.H., also a board-certified psychiatric clinical nurse specialist, have joined Brooksby Village Medical Center in Peabody.
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Fred Mills has been appointed office manager of the Vernon A. Martin Inc. residential real estate office in Peabody.
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Brenda Falls was appointed to the position of vice president, professional services, at Think First, a health care solutions provider in Topsfield.
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Richard A. D'Autilio has been promoted to general manager of Bostik Inc.'s Construction and Distribution Division in Middleton.
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Pam Cote of Re/Max Advantage Real Estate in Beverly has successfully completed the Loss Mitigation Certification Course of the Massachusetts Association of Realtors.
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Susan Berton has joined Keller Williams Realty in Beverly.
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Megan Mahoney has joined Allegiance Hospice as a licensed practicing nurse who will serve all of Allegiance's locations in Eastern Massachusetts. A resident of Peabody, she is an Army nurse who recently returned from a 16-month tour of duty in Iraq.
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Melissa Garvin of Peabody has been hired as a home health aid in Allegiance Hospice's Byfield office.
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Thomas R. Kelly, founder and former owner of NorthShore Kitchens Plus Inc. of Marblehead, has been named a certified master kitchen and bath designer by the National Kitchen and Bath Association.
