It’s every child’s dream to be able to build something and then tear it apart, and for 25-year owner of Costello Dismantling Co. Inc., he’s just fine with the second half of that. The Middleboro-based company has worked on thousands of dismantling and demolition projects from all across the eastern seaboard, many of which have been played out before the [...]
Caring Senior Service, a San Antonio, Texas in-home care provider for seniors, announced that it will sell its Middleboro corporate location to John Gingrich. Gingrich will begin operating the office as a franchise in January 2010. According to the company, the conversion will bring the current number of Caring Senior Service franchise locations to 10. Caring Senior Service purchased Peace [...]
What do former U.S. President William Henry Harrison and Nicholas Longworth have in common besides being early local settlers and politicians? They were involved in an estate settlement here in 1815. The proof of that is one of more than 1 million Hamilton County documents – some dating to 1791 – now available online from the Probate Court that will [...]
The National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) recently announced that after many years of scanning and indexing, it has added to its Web site a wealth of information in its Genealogical Research System. The DAR has been collecting materials since it was organized in the late 19th century. To find this information, go to www.dar.org. You can search [...]
The town hopes to save $1 million by switching its health care coverage to the Massachusetts Interlocal Insurance Association next July. Selectmen Chairman Patrick Rogers said the potential savings of $1 million will help offset the $3 million budget deficit projected for next year. MIIA was formed in 1992 to provide insurance coverage to municipalities and other government units, said [...]
Looking for a new job next year? If you’re updating your paper resume, you might like the graphical resumes presented at Fast Company this week. Even if they’re not for you, the question sparked by these graphical resumes is: What are our options for resume-building in the twenty-tens? We all know a resume is supposed to show off our skills [...]
In spite of a growing interest in social networking, online transacting and using a Web page to promote their operations, the majority of small business owners still don’t consider use of the Internet as mandatory in running a small business in America today, according to research from Discover. Discover has been tracking the business concerns and economic confidence of America’s [...]
Selectmen on Monday voted to spend $27,665 of the casino preplanning funds on the Thompson Street Agricultural Heritage Corridor Study, Oliver Estate land appraisal and the rotary ring road geometry layout. The bulk of the money, $16,655, will go toward the Thompson Street study. Planning Director Ruth McCawley Geoffroy said Thompson Street, known for its agricultural landscape, is “a stones [...]
The International Society for Sephardic Progress (ISFSP) has announced that one of the largest and most important collections of Jewish genealogical records, one that includes an extensive amount of Sephardic data, has been made available for public research. The material covers the period from 1870 to the present. The new online-accessible collection includes over 50,000 records, including more than 35 [...]
More and more employers are jumping on the social media bandwagon to savvily communicate with their employees, but are they risking a flat tire when they attempt to convey complex messaging about business strategy and benefits? Adam Wootton of Watson Wyatt doesn’t think so, provided employers intelligently consider what material they should be covering in this format and go about [...]
