Ensemble Rock Band Classes Begin February 24th in Needham
Plugged In Band Program offers beginner, intermediate and advanced band classes for ages 8-18.Students are grouped in bands based on age, skill level and preferred musical style. Band classes last 90 minutes, meet once per week for 14 weeks and are offered seven days per week. Private lesson registration is ongoing. or more information and/or to register online for all programs, please visit www.pluggedinband.org.
Farm Grill & Rotisserie and Bird’s Hill Compounding Pharmacy join forces for healthy Mediterranean eating
Learn, Sample and Enjoy Saturday, February 29 From 1-3 pm at 40 Needham StreetGreek restaurant Farm Grill & Rotisserie, Newton, and Bird’s Hill Compounding Pharmacy, Needham, are joining forces to educate patrons on how to incorporate the Mediterranean Diet into a healthy lifestyle. On Saturday, February 29 from 1-3 pm, Functional and Integrative Dietitian Tamara Luck, RDN, LDN (pictured) of Bird’s Hill Compounding Pharmacy will be at Farm Grill, 40 Needham Street, Newton--sharing fun facts, answering
LINX Dance Studio earns Diva Dance’s overall highest scoring routine of the competition
WELLESLEY, MA - February 4 - LINX Dance Studio students of Wellesley claimed the overall highest scoring routine of the competition with a routine titled "Long Way Down". Additionally the studio earned 14 title placements, and 3 special judges’ awards at the Diva Dance Competition on February 1st and 2nd, 2020 at the Lowell High School in Lowell MA. This was the third year that the LINX Dance participated in this live judging competition and half of the competitive dancers in the studio’s Petite, Junior,
Kaplansky Insurance acquires Pike Insurance in Orleans, Massachusetts
Kaplansky Insurance, one of the largest independent locally owned agencies today, announced the acquisition of Pike Insurance in Orleans, MA. Pike Insurance Agency was founded and incorporated by Harry L. Pike in 1978. For more than 35 years, the Pike Agency has been serving the needs of clients both on and off Cape Cod. Commenting on the acquisition, Ely Kaplansky, President and CEO of Kaplansky Insurance, said: “Our acquisition of Pike expands our footprint in Massachusetts and particularly in
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The Village Bank makes $35K contribution to Family Access of Newton
A Newton institution since 1907, formerly known as Newton Community Center, Family Access is a non-profit organization that has helped strengthen the City of Newton and surrounding communities through a variety of child development programs. The programs include quality education and childcare for children, counseling and support to families, literacy services to families impacted by poverty, and school workshops to reduce child vulnerability to violence. “Family Access has been instrumental in helping
Jake Filoon of Needham, MA joins The Bulfinch Group as a Financial Representative
The Bulfinch Group is pleased to announce that Jake Filoon has become affiliated with the firm. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Needham, MA with offices throughout New England, The Bulfinch Group is a wealth management firm headquartered at 160 Gould Street in Needham, MA. “We are pleased to have Jake join our organization,” explains Bulfinch Group President Seth Medalie, CLU® ChFC®. “Jake brings a wealth of knowledge regarding the complexities of business development and wealth protection to his new
Seventeen associates of The Bulfinch Group named Five Star Wealth Managers; three named as Five Star Investment Professionals
Photo, left to right: Back row: Two-time Five Star Investment Professional award winner Peter Klay; Four-year Five Star Investment Professional award winner Lee Adelson, LUTCF®, CLTC; Nine-year winner Gary Peters, CLU®, ChFC®; Two-time Five Star winner Bob Furlong; Seven-year winner John Balzer, JD., CLTC; Nine-year winner Gracio Garcia, AIF®; 2020 Five Star Wealth Management Professional award winner Jake Akoury, CFP®,MBA, CLTC, AAMS; Two-time winner Mark Poitras; Two-time winner Martin Lowenthal, AEP®,
Visiting Angels Newton/Cantonr receives Home Care Re-Accreditation
NEWTON, MA (January 30, 2020) – VISITING ANGELS NEWTON/CANTON, a private-pay home care agency based in Newton, has reaffirmed its commitment to quality care and ethical business practices by earning re-Accreditation from the Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts. The alliance, which represents 175 home health and elder care agencies across Massachusetts, created an accreditation protocol to promote quality services, ethical business standards, and superior employment practices in an industry that lacks
Visiting Angels Newton/Canton receives 2020 Best of Home Care® – Leader in Excellence Award
NEWTON (January 28, 2020) – VISITING ANGELS NEWTON/CANTON announced today that it received the distinguished 2020 Best of Home Care –Leader in Excellence Award from Home Care Pulse, the leading firm in quality assurance for home care. The Leader in Excellence Award is the highest recognition awarded by Home Care Pulse and is given to select home care businesses that consistently rank among the very highest in 10 or more quality metrics. As a Leader in Excellence, Visiting Angels Newton/Canton is now
Join us at United Way's STEM Leadership Reception on March 26th
Join us at United Way’s STEM Leadership Reception on March 26th 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. at the Revere Hotel in Boston. Each year, the event welcomes leaders from tech, life sciences, and engineering to network in support of building the future pipeline of STEM leaders. Last year, over 300 STEM industry leaders raised over $200,000 from sponsors including IBM, Rapid7, Partners Healthcare, and Coverys. We have an exciting program featuring a hands-on experiment, as well as words from some of the industry's leading
Popp & Associates offers free college counseling clinics in February
Popp & Associates is excited to offer FREE college counseling clinics in February on Saturdays and during school vacation week.Families will enjoy a personalized 45-minute advising session when questions regarding course selection, identifying extracurricular and summer opportunities that are a good fit, applying to college, and more will be addressed. While we offer free Meet and Greet sessions for prospective clients year-round, the college counseling clinics will enable families to access guidance
Empow Studios releases Fall Schedule for Clubs and Classes
LEXINGTON AND NEWTON STUDIOS EXPAND THEIR TECH CURRICULUM AS SUMMER COMES TO A CLOSE Time to start gearing up for fall! At Empow Studios, that means getting our gear ready for a whole slate of awesome after school and weekend STEM and tech clubs/classes, at both our Lexington and Newton, MA, studios. If your child attended any of our recent summer camps—and maybe still buzzing from all the cool tech stuff they learned and created—or if your child has never been in an Empow program, the fall offers
