Business

Business briefcase


Published: October 27, 2009

People

Aviva Chomsky, professor of history at Salem State College, was awarded the Best Book 2009 award from the New England Council of Latin American Studies for her most recent book, "Linked Labor Histories: New England, Colombia, and the Making of a Global Working Class."

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James Williams recently joined Eastern Bank as a vice president and financial consultant, and will work out of the Salem office at 125 Washington St.

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Monica Cost, a commercial real estate broker at Cushman and Wakefield Inc. and founder of Evidently Assured, and James S. Ansara, chairman and founder of Shawmut Design and Construction, were recently appointed to the Salem State College Board of Trustees by Gov. Deval Patrick.

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John Donovan Jr. of Beverly, a principal with Donovan, Slone and Guthrie, a fundraising consulting firm, recently joined the board of directors of North Shore United Way.

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Amanda Greaves has been named director of a new residential interior design team at Olson Lewis Dioli and Doktor Architects in Manchester.

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Chris Shimkin of Beverly, president of Uniworld Business Publications, recently joined the board of directors of the North Shore United Way.

Giving

New England Homes for the Deaf in Danvers recently received a grant from the Verizon Foundation for $10,000, which will help provide Certified American Sign Language interpreters.

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CinemaSalem's monthly grant of $1,000 has been awarded to the Salem Theatre Company this month, and it will be used to fund July 2010 "Moments of Play" festival of original theater.

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Health and Education Services Inc., the behavioral health affiliate of Northeast Health System, recently received a $167,000 grant over three years from The Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation, for training clinicians in the collaborative problem solving approach to understanding and helping kids with behavioral problems.

Milestones

Chulamama Maternity and Baby of Salem recently opened a second store at 85 Andover St., Route 114, in Danvers.

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Cala Renee Salon, at 309 Rantoul St. in Beverly, will celebrate 20 years in business on Nov. 17.

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North Shore InnoVentures of Beverly recently opened Cleantech InnoVenture Center in Lynn, which specializes in catering to the needs of clean energy and clean technology businesses.

New businesses

MaidPro, a residential cleaning company, recently held a grand opening celebration at its local office, 542 Loring Ave. in Salem.

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Eyephoria Optical, owned and operated by optician Laird Duncan of Salem, recently opened at 950 Cummings Center, Suite 97-X, Beverly.