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Bobby Newcomb Joins Rodman & Rodman, P.C.

Rodman & Rodman P.C., a firm of Certified Public Accountants and business strategists catering to clients throughout New England, recently appointed Bobby Newcomb, a native and resident of Quincy, as Staff Accountant.

Mr. Newcomb will work out of Rodman & Rodman’s Newton office and provide accounting and tax services to corporate and individual clients. Prior to joining the Rodman & Rodman team, Mr. Newcomb served as a Financial Analyst in Accounts Payable at Boston Scientific Corporation.

Mr. Newcomb holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Johnson & Wales University in Providence, RI and is a member of the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants (MSCPA). He will take the CPA exam later this year.

In his spare time, Mr. Newcomb is the assistant coach of Johnson & Wales golf team and is very active in the university’s community.

For more information about Rodman & Rodman, visit rodmancpa.com.

Rodman & Rodman, P.C.

Founded in 1961, Rodman & Rodman, P.C. provides accounting, tax and business services to small and medium-sized companies throughout New England. With a focus on strategic planning, Rodman & Rodman goes beyond traditional accounting services and takes a proactive approach when serving clients to increase, preserve and sustain clients’ financial net worth. The company has been named one of the “Best Accounting Firms to Work For” in Accounting Today and is listed in the Boston Business Journal’s “Top 50 Firms”.

From business valuations, taxation, audits, fraud detection and prevention services and succession planning to a variety of accounting IT services including software selection, implementation and training, the team at Rodman & Rodman serves as comprehensive advisors to clients. For individual clients, the company offers personal advisory services such as planning for real estate transactions, obtaining financing, estate planning and retirement planning as well as planning for college education. Rodman & Rodman, P.C. are located at 3 Newton Executive Park in Newton and 25 Braintree Hill Office Park in Braintree, MA. For more information, visit their website at www.rodmancpa.com or contact (617) 965-5959.

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Old Colony Elder Services Names Zirka Ferreira Depina as Supportive Housing Specialist

Old Colony Elder Services, one of 27 private, non-profit Aging Services Access Points (ASAPs) serving elders, their families and caregivers in 23 towns in Southeastern Massachusetts, has recently named Zirka Ferreira Depina as Supportive Housing Specialist for the Healthy Living at Home Supportive Housing Program.

In her new position as Supportive Housing Specialist, Ms. Depina will assess and review the needs of elderly and disabled residents at Campello High Rise and refer them to appropriate community programs and services. She will plan and coordinate care conferences as well as structured social, educational and recreational programs for residents. Ms. Depina will also serve as a liaison between the Brockton Housing Authority and Old Colony Elder Services.

For three years previous to Old Colony Elder Services, Ms. Depina was a social worker at Brockton Adult Day Health Center where among her many responsibilities, she assessed client needs though intakes, individual and group counseling and provided referrals to available community services. Prior to that, Ms. Depina was a Housing Specialist at ABCD Programs, which is a homeless shelter, in Boston.

Ms. Depina holds a Bachelor of Science in Social Work from Bridgewater State College. She is a resident of Brockton, MA and a native of Praia, Cape Verde.

“Zirka is knowledgeable and experienced and we’re delighted to have her on our talented team,” said Diana DiGiorgi, Executive Director of Old Colony Elder Services.

About Old Colony Elder Services
Incorporated in 1974, Old Colony Elder Services is one of 27 private, non-profit corporations designated as Aging Services Access Points (ASAPs) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Old Colony Elder Services offers a number of programs for seniors, individuals with disabilities, their families and caregivers such as Family Caregiver Support; Adult Family Care; Supportive Housing; Nutrition; Money Management; Protective Services and Home Care.

OCES serves elders, their families and caregivers in 23 towns in Southeastern Massachusetts: Abington, Avon, Bridgewater, Brockton, Carver, Duxbury, East Bridgewater, Easton, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Kingston, Lakeville, Marshfield, Middleboro, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rockland, Stoughton, Wareham, West Bridgewater and Whitman.

The organization’s mission is to provide services that support the dignity and independence of elders by helping them maximize their quality of life; live safely and in good health; and, prevent unnecessary or premature institutionalization.

The agency has 140 employees. For more information call (508) 584-1561 or visit the website at www.oldcolonyelderservices.org

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Boston’s Action Bearing Announces Dedicated Power Generation Division

Action Bearing, a Boston-based bearing company catering to OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturers) and MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Operations) markets throughout New England, has announced a Power Generation Division dedicated to accommodating the unique bearing and related product needs of utilities.

Action Bearing’s Power Generation clients include Coal and Gas fired Electric utilities. Rick Piracini, Marketing Specialist and industry expert at Action Bearing, oversees this new division and assists clients in determining which bearing technologies would be most suitable by taking into consideration the specifications, recommendations, maintenance strategies, fatigue life and wear resistance of the bearing in relation to the application.

Power generation requires uninterrupted bearing service. Action’s 24/7 service and inventory are critical to the operations of utility clients. The ball and roller bearings for the pumps, compressors, electric motors and drives must meet critical internal clearances, cage designs and Abec precision class. Action’s inventory includes Split Bearing Pillow Blocks, Cylindrical Roller Bearings, Ball Bearings, Type E Pillow Blocks, M2000 Pillow Blocks, Oil Seals and Isolator Seals, Spherical Roller Bearings, Cylindrical Roller Bearings and Spherical Bushings.

Pillow Block bearings have to be a design that allows for easy and prompt replacement. The company offers a special solution to utilities – the Craft Split Roller block which allows for rapid replacement, and ultimately saves on downtime and costs. Action Bearing also recommends high end lubricants such as Kluber or Lubriplate for critical locations to better match lubricant service life to bearing B 10 life ratings. Both Inch and Metric shaft variations are available for next day delivery.

Failure Analysis

As part of their customer care, Action Bearing’s industry experts provide clients with the unique service of “Bearing Failure Analysis” which helps them determine the cause of bearing failure so that they may prevent future failure and predict reliability. Or, if clients desire to do so, they can utilize the Bearing Failure Analysis program within the Technical Toolbox on the Action Bearing website.

To contact Rick Piracini in the Power Generation division directly, call 1-866-995-8765 or email rickp@Actionbearing.com.

The Action Bearing Difference

In a proud tradition, the same families that started the company in 1957 keep Action Bearing rolling by specializing in bearings for OEM and MRO markets across the country. Action Bearing has a staff of 22 and a 23,000 square foot facility to provide bearings ranging in size from 3mm to tunnel-boring 15-foot-diameter giants.

Action Bearing offers customers a one-stop shopping experience. With an online product catalog with over 3 million bearings; a vast inventory of bearings; worldwide sourcing; a fixed price program; a knowledgeable staff dedicated to delivering; same day shipping and 24/7 service, Action Bearing has become the leading provider of bearings to OEM and MRO markets in the U.S. Action Bearing maintains headquarters at 201 Brighton Ave. Boston, MA. For more information, contact 617-782-1400 or toll free, 800-225-4587, email info@Actionbearing.com or visit www.Actionbearing.com.

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Traditional Dating Service, eLove Matchmaking, Shines in Background Checks & Profile Authentication

Recently, Match.com announced they are going to start screening new members against the national sex offender registry in response to a lawsuit brought by a woman who says she was attacked by a man who had been charged with sex crimes.

Paul A. Falzone, CEO of eLove Matchmaking, one of the world’s largest matchmaking services weighs in, “Most people who elect to use online dating services do understand that there is inherent risk to it. Screening new members against the national sex offender registry may give a false sense of security.”

He continued, “Profile authentication is a challenge for internet dating sites as there is no way to confirm that a person is who he/she claims to be and that they do not have a criminal record. Positive identification and full criminal background checks – as opposed to the one element of a simple screening against the national sex offender registry – are most effectively utilized by traditional ‘brick and mortar’ dating services such as eLove Matchmaking where our matchmakers meet every new member in person. The human element is necessary for member authentication.”

eLove Matchmaking is the fastest growing matchmaking firm in the country with over 50 matchmaking offices nationwide and home offices in Norwell, MA and Los Angeles, CA. eLove Matchmaking goes beyond simple screening for sex offenders. The company has been conducting mandatory criminal background checks for over a decade and, because they meet each and every member, require positive identification and get to know their members, they are better able to authenticate member profiles. Those who don’t pass the checks aren’t granted membership.

Falzone continued, “Conducting screenings of new members against the national sex offender registry could actually create a false sense of security for online dating site members as a criminal may easily use a false name or identity to circumvent the system. Technically, the information on the sexual offender registry is public and anyone can visit the sex offender registry website in any state and cross reference it themselves.

Sex offenders are only part of the criminal population. To weed out assault and battery offenders, thieves and others, a criminal background check is necessary.”

eLove Matchmaking’s professional matchmakers meet one-on-one with every potential member and conduct a thorough background check, which includes screening against the national sexual offender registry as well as screening to determine if they have committed other crimes or are claiming to be single when they are indeed married. They also require positive I.D.

“It’s important to note that no system is 100 percent foolproof, mainly because there are sex offenders and other criminals out there who haven’t been caught and therefore don’t have a record. Even with systems in place, there is still a risk and people should take safety precautions. That being said, traditional matchmaking services such as eLove Matchmaking, offer the highest level of profile authentication available,” noted Falzone.

Benefits of eLove Matchmaking

eLove Matchmaking was developed and designed by industry professionals with decades of combined experience in making happy successful couples. With 52 matchmaking offices in 23 states, eLove is everything that singles have been wishing for when seeking a serious, committed relationship.

Additional benefits of eLove Matchmaking include:

Private Profile – Not everyone is comfortable with putting their photo online and revealing their intimate details on the internet for the world to see. Through eLove Matchmaking, member profiles are not made public to the Internet. Privacy is of the utmost importance and enforced with a confidentiality agreement.

Safety – All eLove Matchmaking members are pre-screened and must undergo a mandatory criminal background and I.D. check. eLove Matchmaking reserves the right to terminate a membership for behavior unbecoming of a lady or a gentleman.

Personalization – eLove matchmakers get to know their members. Member information is not simply run through a computer system and matched up by demographic data, but through a combination of science, intuition, experience and insight. A matchmaker selects matches that offer the maximum chance of success. No matter how good a technology is, quality matchmaking is and always will be a subjective matter.

eLove’s Matchmaking Service offices are located in: Arkansas (Bentonville, Fort Smith, Little Rock); California (Los Angeles, Palo Alto, Sacramento, Walnut Creek, San Diego, Santa Rosa, Westlake); Connecticut (Glastonbury, Stamford); Illinois (Chicago, Downers Grove, Normal, Schaumburg, Rockford); Indiana (Carmel, Ft. Wayne); Kansas (Overland Park, Wichita); Maryland (Columbia, Frederick); Massachusetts (Newton, Norwell, Shrewsbury, Woburn); Michigan (Bingham Farms);Minnesota (Edina); Missouri (Springfield, St. Louis); Nebraska (Lincoln, Omaha); New Jersey (Iselin, Saddle Brook); Nevada (Las Vegas); Ohio (Cincinnati); Oklahoma (Oklahoma City, Tulsa); Pennsylvania (Mechanicsburg, Philadelphia); Rhode Island (Warwick); South Carolina (Greenville); Tennessee (Memphis, Franklin); Texas (Austin, San Antonio); Virginia (Falls Church, Richmond); Wisconsin (Appleton, Elm Grove, Madison).

For more information visit elovesuccess.com.

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HR Experts to Speak at XPX-Boston Breakfast at Babson College

Jeff Garr, CEO and Ken Bettenhauser, President of Brokerage Services at HR Knowledge, Inc., a leading Business Process Outsourcer (BPO) serving emerging to mid-sized companies throughout the Northeast with offices in Mansfield and Waltham, will speak at Exit Planning Exchange (XPX) Boston’s Breakfast Meeting on Wednesday, May 18, 2011, from 7:15 AM to 9:00 AM at Babson College in the Needham Wellesley Room, Wellesley, MA.

Garr and Bettenhauser will be speaking on the topic of “An Owner’s Perspective: When is an Exit not an Exit” and share their thought process around why they decided a merger was the answer to growth; how they developed their business plan; mitigated risk; dealt with challenges and leveraged their most trusted relationships.

A hot breakfast will be served. Advanced registration is recommended. Admission is $50 for Members; $70 for Non-Members. (Registrations at the door are an additional $10.) Parking is available in the lot next to Knight Auditorium.

To register for the event, visit xpxboston.com.

Garr and Bettenhauser are available for speaking engagements. Dedicated to helping businesses and individuals achieve their short and long term goals, they can share their knowledge on a variety of HR topics ranging from payroll processing, HR management, group benefits, financial services, recruiting and hiring.

Garr’s expertise has been honed from more than two decades in Sales, Management and HR in the distribution, manufacturing and business to business sectors. He has won countless sales awards and led dozens of seminars and training sessions over the years. Garr helped launch his first HR outsourcing company, HR Logic, in 1998, which was a Fidelity Investments Company. He went on to found AdminaService in 2001 and subsequently partnered with the HR Knowledge Team in 2005. Garr is the president of Network 128, an esteemed Boston based networking group and the past president and current auction chairman of The Mansfield Rotary. For the past eight years, he has been involved with MIT’s CFO Summit and he will be a speaker for Yankee Dental Congress 2012.

Bettenhauser is the co-founder of HR Knowledge. He works directly with clients to analyze and make recommendations to reduce their largest corporate expenditures surrounding payroll and employee benefit costs. Bettenhauser has more than 15 years experience in the Benefit, Payroll and HR Technology fields which he gained while serving as Director of Sales for ADP’s Emerging Business Division in New England and as Application Sales Manager at Oracle Corporation. He co-founded HR Knowledge in 2001. Over the last eight years, Bettenhauser has been involved with MIT’s CFO Summit and has served as a guest speaker regarding the Rising costs of healthcare. He is a member of Massachusetts Health Underwriters Association and is a licensed group benefit broker in over 15 states.

To arrange a speaking engagement with Jeff Garr or Ken Bettenhauser, contact Jenn Penfield at (508) 339-1300.

About Exit Planning Exchange (XPX) Boston

XPX was founded by a small group of New England business colleagues that currently serve as the organization’s national executive board known as XPX Global. For more information about XPS Boston, visit the website at www.xpxboston.com.

About HR Knowledge, Inc.

HR Knowledge, Inc. is a leading Business Process Outsourcer (BPO) serving emerging to mid-sized companies throughout the Northeast. HR Knowledge has the experience and technology to efficiently provide best-in-class integrated HR services at an affordable cost to clients.

HR Knowledge’s leaders have more than 100 years of combined experience and provide expert guidance in Human Resource management, Group Benefits Brokerage, Payroll Processing & Managed Services, Financial Services and Recruiting and Hiring Process Management (HPM).

Through their comprehensive Human Resource Services, HR Knowledge helps organizations minimize operational risks, reduce administrative costs and better serve their people.

HR Knowledge is headquartered at 905B South Main Street, Suite 203 in Mansfield and their second office is located at 890 Winter Street, Suite 208 in Waltham, MA. For more information, contact (508) 339-1300 or visit their website at hrknowledge.com.

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Green on the go. Maine-based Haley’s Tire shreds used tires and goes green to keep Mainers rolling.

BIDDEFORD, BANGOR, AUGUSTA AND FALMOUTH, ME…

Besides showers, taxes and the start of another baseball season, April means celebrating Earth Day. With the celebration of Earth Day, many people make a more concerted effort to try to be more environmentally friendly and start recycling more. For Haley’s Tire and Service Centers, a third-generation tire retailer and service center, recycling is a 365/24/7 activity.

At each of its four locations—Biddeford, Bangor, Augusta and Falmouth—Haley’s Tire engages in a broad range of recycling activities, most notably tire recycling. Old tires from Haley’s are shredded and then mixed with asphalt to create a rubberized asphalt product. This not only helps reduce the cost and environmental impact of disposing of these tires, but offsets the cost in creating asphalt for roadway projects and repairs.

“There’s no denying the impact cars have on the environment. It’s not that people want to harm the environment but they also have to get to work, school, stores and other places,” said Tim Haley, owner of Haley’s Tire. “As people who earn our living servicing automobiles, it is incumbent on us to do everything we can to mitigate the impact cars and trucks have.”

Some of the other recycling efforts that Haley’s participates in include:

  • Recycling anti-freeze – Haley’s takes the anti-freeze taken from vehicles through service repairs and, after the antifreeze has been processed on-site, reuses.
  • Re- using motor oil – All four Haley’s Tire locations are heated via waste oil furnaces. This enables Haley’s to heat their shops with the oil emptied during oil changes. That removes the costs and environmental impacts of disposing of used oil.
  • Battery exchange – Haley’s also participates in a battery exchange program. Old batteries are not disposed of at a landfill, but properly recycled.

“We sell national tire products like Goodyear, Kelly Tires and others, but when you get right down to it, we’re a Maine company. My family has been here for years, as have families of many of our staff members,” said Haley. “The bottom line is that we care very much about the environmental health of the communities that we serve. That’s why we take on these recycling initiatives year round and we’ll continue to look for more ways to operate in a more environmentally friendly manner.”

For more information about Haley’s Tire, including store locations and directions, please visit www.haleystire.com .

About Haley’s Tire

Founded in 1970 by Frederick Haley and Frederick J. Haley, Jr., Haley Tire is a third-generation tire retailer and service center with locations in Augusta, Bangor, Biddeford and Falmouth. Haley Tire is an authorized Goodyear, Dunlop and Kelly Tires dealer. Haley Tire’s repair offerings include oil changes, alignments, brakes service (including free brake inspections), transmission maintenance, computerized engine analysis and much more.

For more information on Haley’s Tire, including store hours, locations and directions, please visit www.haleystire.com or call 207-781-3136.

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“Mayors for Meals Day” a Success

Each year, Old Colony Elder Services, an elder services agency providing supportive resources to seniors living in greater Plymouth county and the Brockton area, participates in the National March for Meals Campaign, sponsored by the Meals on Wheels Association of America (MOWAA) through a special component known as “Mayors for Meals Day”.

This year, Mathew J. Muratore, Selectman in Plymouth, Constance DiLego, Plymouth Council on Aging Director and Tim Valentine, Assistant Executive Director of Old Colony Elder Services delivered noontime meals for the nutrition site at the Plymouth Council on Aging.

This campaign is designed to increase public awareness of the Meals on Wheels program, recruit new volunteers and encourage local fundraising by involving local mayors and other public officials.

“We have many seniors who are unable to get to the grocery store or to one of our congregate meal sites. The Meals On Wheels program is absolutely essential to them as they would otherwise not get a nutritious daily meal,” noted OCES Executive Director Diana DiGiorgi.

The Meals On Wheels program serves residents age 60 and over, as well as disabled residents under 60. Both the Meals On Wheels program and the congregate meal sites rely on help from volunteers.

For more information contact Shawn Smith, Nutrition Program Director at Old Colony Elder Services (508) 584-1561.

About OCES
Incorporated in 1974, Old Colony Elder Services is one of 27 private, non-profit corporations designated as Aging Services Access Points (ASAPs) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. OCES offers a number of programs to seniors, individuals with disabilities, their families and caregivers such as Family Caregiver Support; Adult Family Care; Supportive Housing; Nutrition; Money Management; Protective Services and Home Care.

OCES serves elders, their families and caregivers in 23 towns in Southeastern Massachusetts:
Abington, Avon, Bridgewater, Brockton, Carver, Duxbury, East Bridgewater, Easton, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Kingston, Lakeville, Marshfield, Middleboro, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rockland, Stoughton, Wareham, West Bridgewater and Whitman.

The organization’s mission is to provide services that support the dignity and independence of elders by helping them maximize their quality of life; live safely and in good health; and, prevent unnecessary or premature institutionalization. In 2009, OCES was honored with the Metro-South Chamber of Commerce’s “Economic Impact Award”. The agency has 140 employees. For more information call (508) 584-1561 or visit the website at www.oldcolonyelderservices.org

The agency has 140 employees and operates more than 12 programs serving elders, their families and caregivers. For more information call (508) 584-1561 or visit the website at http://www.oldcolonyelderservices.org.

(L to R) Meals on Wheels driver Rick Caproni; Mathew J. Muratore, Selectman in Plymouth; resident Dorothy Halunen and Plymouth Council on Aging Director Constance DiLego on “Mayors for Meals Day”

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New England Burials at Sea LLC Announces New Concierge Hospitality and Travel Services

To meet the needs of many new clients visiting Boston for memorial burial at sea services, New England Burials At Sea, (NEBAS) has recently expanded their range of hospitality and travel related services.

In April, company founder Captain Brad White launched the new Concierge program which includes priority hotel and restaurant reservations, meeting reception space, flowers, airport water taxi service and city trolley transportation.

Capt. White has added these new programs in 2011 to meet additional demand for traveling families to the Boston area.

As part of the Concierge Program, NEBAS partnered with the pet friendly Fairmont Battery Wharf Hotel as its preferred accommodation choice in Boston. The hotel is located directly on the Harbor and features contemporary accommodations and state of the art event space as well as a new restaurant with a seasonal outdoor dockside terrace.

The Rowe’s Wharf Water Transport Company provides on demand water taxi pick up service with direct routing from the airport across the harbor to the hotel dock aboard an efficient, convenient and comfortable green electric boat water taxi which is the regions only zero emissions boat.

In addition, NEBAS has selected Winston Flowers, Boston’s premier florist to work with sea burial clients while visiting Boston because of their top quality of service and fresh ocean friendly florals . According to White, “Winston’s entire staff is compassionate and knowledgeable as they truly understand the sensitive nature of our business while also being familiar with our vessels. They have fresh immediate access to quality flowers that will memorialize with dignity and respect our client’s loved one.”

NEBAS also affiliated with the CityView Trolley company of Boston to provide group downtown city transportation with historic city tours also available for families.

“Our new concierge service allows our guests to be as comfortable as possible during their time of grief & mourning with one simple phone call that handles it all and we are proud to be affiliated with these four new Boston area partners to our company,” said White.

About NEBAS

New England Burials At Sea LLC, (NEBAS) offers burial at sea scatterings and eco-friendly full body sea burials, serving families from Maine to Miami for groups up to 400 people since 2006 and is recognized by the EPA, US Navy, U.S.C.G. and many area funeral homes and crematories. The company also designed and manufactures the Atlantic Sea burial Shroud®.

For more information or images, visit www.NewEnglandBurialsAtSea.com call toll free New England Burials At Sea, Capt Brad White at 877-897-7700 or (781) 834-7500, email OceanBurial@aol.com.

2005-2011 New England Burials at Sea LLC, All rights reserved. Patents pending.

Capt. Brad White

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