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People on the Move Country Bank announced that Russ Fontaine has been promoted to senior vice president, Customer Experience. He is a seasoned banking professional with 30 years of experience in key management and leadership roles in consumer sales and service. Fontaine previously held the position of first vice president, Sales and Market Management with Country Bank, where he oversaw sales and service. One example of a new program introduced by the bank, as a result of Fontaine’s recommend...

by afampov · March 2, 2021 By Frederick A. Hurst Jynai McDonald is running for Springfield’s Ward 4 City Council seat placing her in position to join several other local African American women elected officials who have been playing a significant, if not dominant, political leadership role for the benefit of the African American community and Springfield in general. 32-year-old Jynai is the daughter of Lester McDonald III and Victoria Lewis. Her paternal grandpa...

A Friendly’s legacy Friendly’s founder always ‘had to be creating’ — and at 106, he had plans to talk with chain’s new CEO Updated on Feb 21, 2021; Published on Feb 21, 2021 Friendly Ice Cream co-founder S. Prestley Blake at the Boston Road restaurant in Springfield in September 2014, shortly before he turned 100. The Republican file Twitter Share In the final days of his long life, S. Prestley Blake wanted to talk business — and that business was Friendly’s. He had a telep...

A. Rima Dael, General Manager of WSHU George J. Lombardi, long-time general manager of WSHU Public Radio, based in Fairfield Connecticut and owned by Sacred Heart University, has retired, ending his 44-year tenure with the station. He has been succeeded by A. Rima Dael, a development and management executive with over 25 years of experience with nonprofit organizations in the public media, arts and education sectors. “The WSHU of today is the station that George built, and Sacred Heart Univer...

Retired educator models Jeff’s Granola business on Newman’s Own Updated Feb 17, 2021; Posted Feb 17, 2021 Jeff’s Granola founder Jeff Greim and his employee, Katherine Tapp, hold some of the granola that’s made with organic, all-natural ingredients in large batches at East Baking Co. in Holyoke. (JEFF’S GRANOLA PHOTO)Third Party submitted Facebook Share You’d have to be nuts to give away all the money you make as a small business owner. In fact, nuts are a key ingredient in the g...

S. Prestley Blake ‘a giant of a man’ remembered for drive, energy by wife, Helen Updated Feb 12, 2021; Posted Feb 12, 2021 Helen Davis Blake and S. Prestley Blake at the Springfield College Presidents Gala at MGM Springfield on Oct. 26, 2019. (Ed Cohen photo) Facebook Share The drive that made S. Prestley Blake — and the Friendly’s chain he founded with his brother, Curtis, in the depths of the Great Depression — a success didn’t waiver, even in Blake’s final weeks. “Pres was...

PROMOTIONS In a unanimous vote at United Insurance’s annual shareholder meeting in December, Zack Frechette was elected the next president and CEO of the company. Frechette will help ensure the company’s success as the region’s fastest-growing independent and privately owned insurance agency. A graduate of the University of Maine, Frechette has served as vice president […]

Javier Padilla Named Assistant Vice President for Human Resources at Bay Path University 208 LONGMEADOW — Javier Padilla, a human-resources and talent manager with almost 20 years of human-resources experience and more than 10 years in management and leadership roles, has been named assistant vice president and director of Human Resources at Bay Path University. Padilla, who most recently served as the chief Human Resources/Talent officer for Norwalk (Conn.) Public Schools, assumed his duti...

Bay Path awarded $50,000 for supporting students virtually during COVID pandemic Updated Jan 29, 2021; Posted Jan 29, 2021 Bay Path University in Longmeadow has been national recognized for its virtual student services during the coronvirus pandemic. (Don Treeger / The Republican) logo sign seal Facebook Share LONGMEADOW — Bay Path University has earned national recognition for its virtual support of students during the coronavirus pandemic. The Longmeadow institution will receive a $50,00...

Lesly Connolly Named Director of Sales & Marketing GAITHERSBURG, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Marshall Hotels & Resorts, a leading hotel management and services company that operates properties nationwide, today announced the completion of a full, multi-million-dollar renovation of the 298-room DoubleTree by Hilton Washington, D.C. North/Gaithersburg. Marshall also announced that Lesly Connolly has been named director of sales & marketing. In her new role, she will be responsible for reintroducing t...