Business

Business Briefcase


Published: July 15, 2008

New Businesses

Dragon Within Mixed Marital Arts recently opened at 26 Howley St. in Peabody, where they offer instruction in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, mixed martial arts, boxing, kickboxing and street-oriented self-defense.

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Green Delicious Cooking Company Personal Chef Service was recently launched by Alexandra Ricciuti of Beverly. The service allows households to outsource their cooking to a personal chef.

Milestones

Latitude Sports Clubs, a health and wellness facility at 190-194 Newbury St. in Peabody, was recently welcomed as a new member of the Peabody Chamber of Commerce.

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Carol Kent Yacht Charters was recently welcomed as a new member of the Marblehead Chamber of Commerce.

People

Jon Bercume of Marblehead, former general manager at Newport Hotel Group's Hyannis Harbor Hotel and Inn on the Square, has been hired as general manger of the Salem Waterfront Hotel & Suites.

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Phillip Prodger has been appointed the first full-time curator of photography a the Peabody Essex Museum.

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Megan Shea of Peabody was named the business development and sales manager in the TD Banknorth branch at 79 Lynnfield St. in Peabody.

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Dr. Gregory An of Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates in Peabody, was recently recognized by the Journal of the Massachusetts Dental Society as one of the 10 most promising dentists in Massachusetts who have been in practice less than 10 years.

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Christine Mahoney of Peabody recently became an independent consultant with Tastefully Simple Inc., a national direct-sales company featuring easy-to-prepare gourmet products.

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Salem State College recently presented Outstanding Educator Awards for 2008 to the following local residents:

r Linda Hatch of Danvers, who taught public school in the Lincoln-Thomson Elementary School in Lynn for 35 years, where she is involved with the Parent Teacher Association and the school's library committee.

r Pharnal Longus, posthumously, a former Salem resident and professor of social work at Salem State who continued to teach part time after his retirement in 2002. Longus also developed programs in the community including the Institute on UnDoing Racism.

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Paul Rollins was recently named project executive at William A. Berry and Son of Danvers, a New England construction management company.

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Dr. Sarah Gates of the Peabody internal medicine practice at Harvard Vanguard, was awarded a certificate of excellence from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts as part of their Primary Care Physician Incentive Program.

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Yvonne Vissing, a professor at Salem State College, was presented with the Sociologist of the Year Award at the recent spring conference of the New England Sociological Association. At Salem State College, Vissing developed the Center for Child Studies, heads the department's research program and is currently developing a graduate program in social policy and public sociology.

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Thomson Communications of Middleton received three Bell Ringer Awards, the highest honor, and two Merit Awards for public relations initiatives at the 2008 Bell Ringer Awards Ceremony sponsored by the Publicity Club of New England.

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The Peabody Chamber of Commerce recently welcomed Minuteman Press, located at 70 Main St. in Peabody, as a new member.

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Cynthia Merkle of Swampscott was recently promoted to executive vice president for customer service, including the corporate call center and the compliance and operational risk department, at Eastern Bank.

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Joseph Riley of Peabody was recently promoted to executive vice president for retail banking, overseeing all aspects of sales, service and branch operations, at Eastern Bank.

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Beth Zschau of Manchester, a horticulturist, has accepted the position of horticultural educator for the Trustees of Reservations' northeast region.

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Donald Bowen Jr. of Meridian Associates in Beverly, Anthony Fusco of Glovsky and Glovsky in Beverly, and Brenda Smith of Brenda J. Smith Consulting in Marblehead, were recently elected as new corporators at Beverly Cooperative Bank.

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Mary Lou Crane was recently appointed elder care advisor at SeniorCare, Inc., a social service agency serving the communities of Beverly, Essex, Gloucester, Hamilton, Ipswich, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Topsfield, Rockport and Wenham.