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Richard Baker Harrison (RBH), supplier of speciality functional materials, additives and chemicals to the polymer and related industry, has announced the acquisition of privately owned Dunwood Polymers creating a new independent company, Dunwood Specialities Limited (DSL).

After a school year marked by fewer school traditions, periodic transitions to remote learning, adapting to new safety procedures and a penchant for normal school life, the Ketchikan High School

The aftermath of the Minneapolis police murder of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, on May 25, 2020, brought pledges from Central Massachusetts business leaders to work to address institutional racism in society, as well as examine their own cultures relative to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

The Worcester Business Journal will hold its annual Manufacturing Summit & Excellence Awards on May 19. The topic for the summit, which will be held remotely this year on Zoom, is “Manufacturing Beyond COVID-19” and will cover the lessons learned and challenges that lie ahead for manufacturing in Massachusetts. Registration is free and available online. Image WBJ Publisher Peter Stanton speaks at last years Manufacturing Summit. Manufacturers embraced new tools and strategies helping them t...

By Peter Stanton, Publisher & CEO, New England Business Media This marks our first month post-Donna. That’s longtime Mainebiz publisher Donna Brassard — who first took the reigns in 1999 when our company purchased Mainebiz from its founder Jonathan Whitney.  Image Peter Stanton, Publisher & CEO For the next 22 years her steady hand guided Mainebiz as it grew, expanded its statewide presence and garnered a slew of national editorial and design awards along the way. Donna’s ...

Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Washington Trust Bank Makes Two New Appointments to Board of Directors April 27, 2021 GMT SPOKANE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 27, 2021-- Washington Trust Bank is adding two new members to its board of directors. Craig Dawson and Jinyoung Englund were elected at the Holding Company board meeting held on April 26, 2021. “We are honored to welcome Craig and Jinyoung to our board of directors,” said P...

The Great Barrington Board of Health has struggled since 2017 to force the owner of apartments in this Stockbridge Road building â€” shown here in 2017 â€” to bring the property up to safety code. The board is discussing further legal strategy.  EAGLE FILE PHOTO GREAT BARRINGTON â€” Town officials might, again, take the owner of roach-infested, ramshackle apartments to court in their long effort to make the units safe. And they might condemn some...

KETCHIKAN (KDN) — Ketchikan High School’s academic decathlon team will (virtually) face off with other Alaska AcDc teams at the state tournament on Thursday and Friday. “We have a full team of 12 students competing in the tournament, (three students in each of the required grade categories, and three alternates), thanks to a few last-minute new recruits who volunteered to fill our roster,” wrote Kayhi team coach and teacher Peter Stanton in a Monday email to the Daily News. ...

Indie Advisors Banking on Credit, Cash Management Independent advisors are gaining ground on their bank-based peers when it comes to loans and cash management tools, improving the client relationship—and keeping those assets closer to home. Last month, Orion and Focus Financial Partners announced that they will be providing independent financial advisors with access to a comprehensive suite of banking services, facilitated by a network of 15 financial institutions. A few weeks later, ...

By Donna Brassard On January 1, 1999 I became the publisher of Mainebiz. I was so excited that WPL had purchased it from Jonathan Whitney, that I was going to be the new publisher, and my family was moving to Maine! And what has transpired over the last 22 years? Two recessions, five websites, two changes in company ownership, a growing number of employees that had us moving to five different locations, the start and end of the Momentum Convention, the transition online to digital...