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Spiffy’s franchise strategy accelerates city rollout and geographic coverage Media-approved car wash image 1 Media-approved car wash image 2 Research Triangle Park, NC, March 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Get Spiffy, Inc. (SpiffyⓇ), an on-demand car care, technology, and services company, today announced its first significant franchise expansion. The first batch of franchisees adds seven new cities to its growing operations throughout the United States, with openings in Delaware, Oh...

WellSpark Health in Farmington receives state incentives to add hundreds of workers Alexander Soule FacebookTwitterEmail Bert Wachtelhausen, president of WellSpark Health, in a YouTube clip posted by the University of Connecticut. (Screenshot via YouTube) WellSpark Health, an affiliate of ConnectiCare, will add nearly 290 jobs with state assistance, as it helps other businesses save more than $1,600 annually in health costs for each person they employ — by helping them stay on track with regi...

John G. Brokopp Casinos are always on the lookout for table game side bets to drive additional excitement into the games for players, but also to extract additional profits primarily because of the high house advantage the wagers traditionally carry. Blackjack and craps are the games that are the usual targets for side bets. Developers have responded to the wishes of casino operators by unleashing a plethora of ways to siphon a greater percentage of the player’s bankrolls. A ma...

Even if you’re an experienced parent, you’ll add to your child-rearing toolkit in a free series on Active Parenting classes coached by Tawnee Johnson, Rim Country’s youth and family educator with Arizona Youth Partnership’s Starting Out Right program. Due to COVID-19 social distancing and safety precautions, classes that met in-person a year ago moved online, and a new series begins Feb. 24. Participants earn more than parental coping skills, they also get free diapers and a...

Disney to shutter Greenwichs Blue Sky Studios, source of Ice Age and other animated hits Alexander Soule FacebookTwitterEmail 1of11 Blue Sky Studios animators at work in May 2017 in Greenwich, Conn.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of11 The One American Lane headquarters building for Blue Sky Studios in Greenwich, Conn., in February 2018.Alexander Soule / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 3of11 4of11 Lead sculptor Vicki Saulls looks at character designs on a ...

I want people to see that, hey, Im OK | A week after vaccination, one of DCs First Five reports no ill effects Lt. Keishea Jackson says she hopes others will follow her example and get the coronavirus vaccine once its available. Author: Jordan Fischer Updated: 5:11 PM EST December 24, 2020 WASHINGTON — “What was it like to finally get the shot?” Lt. Keishea Jackson said. “It was so many feelings. I was apprehensive. Not really scared. At the end of it wa...

Updated on December 16, 2020 at 7:07 pm NBC Universal, Inc. D.C. firefighters and first responders will be getting vaccinated Thursday as part of a citywide effort to boost confidence in the new COVID-19 vaccine.  The first emergency responders to receive the Pfizer vaccine, which arrived Wednesday, have been dubbed “The First Five.” They are D.C.’s Fire Chief John Donnelly, the department’s medical director Dr. Robert Holman, and three firefighters, Lieutenants Joseph Papariello and K...

COVID-19 vaccine begins arriving in the District Published  DC includes Fire & EMS in first round of vaccines Mayor Muriel Bowser announced today that D.C. Fire & EMS members will be among the first to receive the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine in the District. Five volunteers have been selected to be the first candidates on Thursday. WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - The first batch of the COVID-19 vaccine arrived in the United States overnight – and it has been sent to several locations in the ...

Reply NEW HAVEN, CT — Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca announced that it will acquire former Connecticut-based Alexion Pharmaceuticals. Alexion shareholders will receive $60 in cash per share plus the equivalent of about one AstraZeneca share — the deal works out to a total of $39 billion or around $175 per Alexion share. The boards of both companies have approved the acquisition and it is still subject to regulatory clearances and approval by shareholders of both companies. The deal is exp...