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Got your back during Covid-19. Chiropractic Society of Rhode Island offers help finding care during the pandemic.

In deference to patients suffering from pain and severe discomfort, Chiropractic Society of Rhode Island, representing over 60 chiropractic doctor offices throughout the Ocean State, underscore that many offices are open by appointment or via Tele-Health during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic.

“Many of our chiropractic physicians are available to patients for emergency treatment,” noted Michael Zola, President of the Chiropractic Society of Rhode Island.  He added, “Many offices remain open for several reasons. One, as chiropractors we want to reduce unnecessary emergency room visits that may expose our patients to Covid-19.  Two, our colleagues are uniquely trained and qualified to provide the spinal manipulation that can help reduce pain and expand range of motion.  Three, the health of our patients  is our first priority.”

Chiropractic Society of Rhode Island encourage all chiropractors to follow the strictest guidelines of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Rhode Island Department of Health (RI DOH).

Many insurance providers cover video/telemedicine at this time. Consumers should double check with their provider regarding coverage.

To talk with a chiropractic physician regarding your health concerns, please contact your chiropractic physician or  the Chiropractic Society of Rhode Island main number – (401) 207-0700. 

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Lawn Dilemma: To seed or not to seed.

Contrary to conventional thought, spring lawn seeding is NOT recommended.  That’s right, Lawn Doctor experts encourage you to wait on seeding.

There are three reasons why you shouldn’t see in the Spring.

First, seed is very slow to germinate in the spring due to cooler soil temperatures according to Tom Norton, owner of Lawn Doctor.  “Even fast- growing perennial ryegrass will take 3-4 weeks when planted in April.” Secondly, Spring is the biological time for turf to reproduce and therefore expends its energy on the production of seed and top growth and not root development. “Turfgrass knows that spring is time to reproduce. It focuses all of its resources on growing tall, green shoots and seed heads instead of a root system. All the water in the world will not be enough to protect your grass from summer stress if it doesn’t have a developed root system.”

Third reason?

Weeds, weeds, weeds! The most important, time-sensitive thing you can do for you lawn is apply a weed and crabgrass preventative, AKA preemergent. If you seed, you cannot apply pre-emergent, and if your grass can’t make it through the summer, it’ll be overtaken by crabgrass. You’ll end up seeding in the fall again anyway. Even if you watered and fertilized faithfully, odds are, you’ll still end up with patchy, bare areas after the crabgrass recedes in the fall. 

Lawn Doctor is a local, family owned and operated business. Over 50 years of serving their neighbors has provided their team with invaluable insight as how best maintain your home’s greenest asset.

Whether you’re looking to fine-tune your lawncare routine or create one from scratch, the experts at Lawn Doctor can get you on track. For more information about Lawn Doctor, visit http://www.lawndoctor.com/or call 800-831-1319.

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Girlfriend, can we talk? Is selling a dirty word? Woman to woman. Our Sales Coach now offering Sales Training and Coaching specifically for women.

Is the sales environment different for women?  Of course it is.  From expectations to safety.

Thus, led by Christine McIntyre, Our Sales Coach, a Braintree, MA-based firm is offering a new service for women by women.  The initial live virtual training series begins this Spring and runs for 16 weeks.

“Women can approach sales in different ways than their male counterparts. That’s why we are offering a sales training and coaching program exclusively for women,” outlined Christine McIntyre. She continued, “We believe an environment with just women will help them build confidence, develop better skills, adopt an empowering attitude and change their behaviors in ways that will produce faster results.”

Sales is a great career path for women and there are many who have become top producers.  Some become executives, CEOs or successful entrepreneurs.  A sales career offers flexibility and  opportunities for unlimited growth.  Regardless of one’s role in business, sales skills are necessary for advancement.  The success of any business resides in the ability to continuously increase sales production.

There are many coaching, leadership, management training programs for women.  Sales training opportunities for women are typically two hour workshops, one day boot camps or just coaching programs. They offer worthwhile advice and mentorship, but aren’t the type of programs that will produce transformative results.  This is a comprehensive training and coaching program with real solutions for women responsible for revenue growth in their firms.

The series begins with lead generation:

  • Develop a focused market strategy
  • Know how to get the attention of your ideal target
  • How to differentiate
  • Know when to reach out
  • What prospecting channels will work for you
  • Get clarity on your formula for success
  • Develop a system to keep yourself accountable
  • Know what and how to track

Next segment addresses the sales process

  • Building trust
  • Controlling the sales process
  • Finding the compelling reasons to do business
  • Getting commitment
  • Managing the decision process
  • Getting to decision makers
  • Uncovering the budget
  • Successful presentations
  • Handling objections
  • Negotiating
  • Time management

Participants will receive training and one-on-one coaching on each of these things on a weekly basis so they have the time and ability to apply what they have learned. The goal is to change your behavior and teach you the skills to overcome barriers and self-limiting beliefs.

Our Sales Coach helps very capable professionals exceed their business development goals and reduce stress. Clients include service providers, business owners and select salespeople. Sales goals are guaranteed.  Our Sales coach develops a sales strategy and execute a sales process that makes sense for your business and provide coaching and training that ensures success.

For more information about Sales Training and Coaching specifically for women or other programs, visit OurSalesCoach.com or call (781) 930-3220.

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Braintree-based Harbor Mortgage Announces Jumbo Reverse Mortgage Loans Now Available

The Division of Banks (DOB) in Massachusetts and the Executive Office of Elder Affairs (EOEA) recently announced approval of new Proprietary (Jumbo) reverse mortgage programs in addition to the HUD FHA-insured Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) reverse mortgage.  

With these new programs, Braintree-based Harbor Mortgage is approved to offer home and condominium owners Jumbo (Proprietary) reverse mortgages. These Proprietary programs are non-insured reverse mortgage programs offered by private lenders and generally provide funding amounts greater than HECM limits.

Harbor Mortgage is licensed and approved to offer the Proprietary program in Massachusetts.

George Downey, CRMP,
founder of Harbor Mortgage 

“The introduction of these programs provides Massachusetts home and condominium owners access to greater funding amounts, more choices, and fewer eligibility limitations,” explained George Downey, CRMP, founder of Harbor Mortgage and a 40-year veteran in the Massachusetts real estate and residential mortgage business.

Dedicated to serving the unique home financing and often complex needs of senior home and condominium owners, Harbor Mortgage focuses on providing seniors looking to age-in-place or transitioning to retirement living, with a better understanding about housing wealth, HECM and Jumbo reverse mortgage programs.

The team’s specialty is consulting to professional advisers and homeowners on the various methods housing wealth can be utilized and coordinated with financial management to achieve greater results and extend retirement security.

Downey continued, “Home equity, referred to as ‘housing wealth’, has become an important and valuable resource to improve financial planning and extend retirement security. If, how, and when to use it is a key question. Every situation is different and the options are increasing as new programs emerge to meet the changing times.”

Home and condominium owners interested in learning more about their options may contact Harbor Mortgage at 781-843-5553, or visit HarborMortgage.com.

About Harbor Mortgage

Harbor Mortgage Solutions, Inc. is a family-owned, residential mortgage company serving Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Recognized as a leading housing wealth management authority, Harbor Mortgage is dedicated to serving the unique home financing and often complex needs of senior homeowners, while also promoting those needs among consumers, professional advisors, state legislators and industry regulators. 

Harbor Mortgage (NMLS #2846, MA-MB2846, and RI 20041821LB) is located in Braintree, MA. For more information, contact 781-843-5553 or visit HarborMortgage.com.

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Simple steps towards spirituality. New book streamlines the works of Rudolf Steiner.

Are you drawn to your better angels?  Overwhelmed by the language of the literature associated with spiritualism?

There is a new alternative. The newly released book, “THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN – Revisiting the Vision of Rudolf Steiner for the 21st Century: Our Participation in Earth’s Evolution as the Planet of Love” is direct, concise and transformative.  Cape Cod author Eliza Joslin Kendall walks you through the journey in her “Simply Steiner” series.

Steiner stated: The Gospel of St. John is not a book of instruction, but a force that can become active within our souls.  Heralded and much respected, Rudolf Steiner was a brilliant late- 19th-century Austrian visionary whose astonishing spiritual perceptivity brought about the Waldorf Schools, architectural developments, biodynamic agriculture, and much more. But because the books and lectures based on his profoundly forward thinking were written down by others in German, and then translated into English, even dedicated Steinerians have often found his books difficult to understand.

Raised with Steiner’s ideas from a young age, Kendall is drawn to revealing his insights. “When I read Steiner,” she writes, “I just knew that I knew all that he was talking about, as if I had read it before. His writings resonated so deeply within me that I immediately felt called to take Steiner and his philosophy to the public in a way that can be taken in by the soul, not just the mind. I continue to feel that this is greatly needed. Especially in today’s world.”

Whatever your religious beliefs or background, Steiner’s Gospel of St. John via Eliza Joslin Kendall can help shift your perspective of yourself, the human community, and the planet.

Eliza Joslin Kendall is a Certified Transformational Life Coach and Medium.  She is also accredited in Energy Healing,  as well as Mediation and Conflict Resolution. Eliza helps clients to overcome self-destructive routines and make positive life choices. 

An entrepreneur, wife, mother and grandmother, Kendall leverages her expansive human experience to help translate spiritualism into ways readers can take in and make practical use of.

For additional information about THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN – Revisiting the Vision of Rudolf Steiner for the 21st Century: Our Participation in Earth’s Evolution as the Planet of Love,” visit https://capecodspiritualcoach.com/books/

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Old Colony Elder Services’ Nutrition Program is Still Running & Accepting Referrals

Old Colony Elder Services (OCES), the nonprofit agency proudly serving older adults and individuals with disabilities throughout Plymouth County and surrounding towns, is operating during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and continues to address the needs of their consumers and the local community.

In particular, OCES’ Nutrition Program and the Meals On Wheels daily home delivery of meals continues to run and is still accepting referrals.

Supporting OCES and Consumers

OCES delivers approximately 1,700 nutritious meals a day to older adults and individuals with disabilities living within 23 communities in greater Plymouth County. Due to COVID-19, the need for meals is dramatically increasing. All meals continue to be planned by a nutritionist, and with the help of volunteers, are delivered to individual homes.

Due to the increase demand for home delivered meals, OCES’ Nutrition program is currently recruiting volunteer drivers.

Another way to support OCES and their consumers at this time is by making a donation to their Emergency Fund or their Nutrition Department so they can continue to support consumers.

“We continue to provide services, including home delivery of meals, to older adults and individuals with disabilities to keep them safe and independent at home,” said Nicole Long, CEO. 

OCES’ number one priority is the wellbeing and health of their staff, consumers, volunteers and community. They are in close contact with the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs, and the Department of Public Health, and are following their guidance as well as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended best practices. In addition, OCES is in close communication with their extensive network of in-home service providers, councils on aging, health care partners, and community partners to deliver services in a safe and effective manner.

All of OCES’ programs – from Nutrition and Home Care to Protective Services – remain in place and are operating. For new referrals, OCES’ nurses are conducting telehealth assessments. For more information or services from OCES, contact their Information and Referral Department at 508-584-1561. 

For all non-emergency COVID-19 pandemic related information, OCES directs community members to contact 211 or visit www.mass.gov.

About OCES

Founded in 1974, OCES proudly serves greater Plymouth County and surrounding communities. OCES is a private, non-profit organization headquartered in Brockton with a second office in Plymouth. OCES is designated as one of 25 Aging Services Access Points (ASAPs) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. OCES’ mission is to support the independence and dignity of older adults and individuals with disabilities by providing essential information and services that promote healthy and safe living. The agency offers a number of programs to serve older adults, individuals with disabilities, their families and caregivers. For more information call 508-584-1561 or visit www.ocesma.org

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Holistic Health Group offers update on medical marijuana dispensary

photo of medical marijuana dispensary being built in Middleborough, Massachusetts
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MIDDLEBOROUGH, MA

Holistic Health Group, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation organized for the purpose of cultivating, processing and dispensing medical marijuana, recently provided a construction update for its medical marijuana dispensary at 477 Wareham Street in Middleborough, Massachusetts. The 31,000 square-foot facility is currently nearing completion. James Crowley, of Frankie Investments, LLC, is the general contractor.

To date, Holistic Health Group has constructed the shell of building on the site, which will house the medical/recreational center for cannabis cultivation, manufacturing and sales. The medical marijuana dispensary facility is located adjacent to Ryco Excavating and Interstate 495, just a half mile off Exit 3. 

“We’re making progress on the dispensary and looking good for an open date this fall, maybe even sooner should we get the appropriate permitting to grow outdoors this summer,” said Tim McNamara, principal of Holistic Health Group, Inc. “If we’re able to take advantage of the Massachusetts agricultural growing season this summer it may mean up to $10 million in sales this year, which would translate to $300,000-plus in tax revenues for the town of Middleborough under our adult use host agreement.”

Holistic Health Group will hire eight to 10 local employees as soon as this summer if the outdoor plans can proceed – the group plans to employ an all organic, living soil grow protocol – but the COVID-19 virus might delay the necessary approvals beyond the growing season, depending on how things play out statewide. That number is expected to grow to 35 or 40 with approval for the current outdoor growing season and expansion into the recreational marijuana business.

“The news nationally and locally has obviously been bleak. Besides loss of life, the economic impact of this crisis has also hurt a lot of people,” said McNamara. “We’re hoping, with some positive feedback from the town, Holistic Health Group can be part of the local recovery effort by providing much needed jobs for local residents and revenue for the town at a crucial time.”

Holistic Health Group, Inc. will tentatively appear before the Middleborough Planning Board in May – once social distancing restrictions are lifted. In the meantime, the group intends to have a follow-up “virtual job fair” via Zoom, for Middleborough residents only on Thursday, April 30 at 5:30PM.

For information on Holistic Health Group, you can visit http://www.holistichealthgroup.org/. For questions and those interested in the employment and job fair, send an to the company’s general email address at info@holistichealthgroup.org with “Employment” in the subject line and somebody will respond to your inquiry.

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Fall River, MA Safety Company Expands Line of Disinfection Products

At a time of scarcity of product, Apollo Safety of Fall River, MA has expanded their product line to help meet the sanitizing needs of organizations and consumers during the Coronovirus (COVID-19) crisis. 

Apollo Safety,  gas detection experts and the leading safety and technical services equipment provider in New England, has been protecting the public from invisible, airborne threats for 25 years. Apollo is a distributor of Prefense hand sanitizer and has just expanded their disinfection product line.

Prefense is a new generation of hand sanitizer that acts as a “barrier” to germs and offers lasting protection with just one application per day. Prefense foam hand sanitizer is a patented, alcohol-free formula that soothes and moisturizes hands while providing up to 24-hour protection. The active ingredient in Prefense safely bonds with skin to provide antimicrobial protection all day long, or through 10 hand washings. Safe for the whole family, Prefense is a colorless foam that applies easily and dries quickly. Prefense does not contain alcohol, triclosan, hydrogen peroxide, sodium lauryl/laureth sulfate, parabens or harsh chemicals. It is made from a patented, silica based formula that moisturizes skin.

Apollo Safety now offers the full Prefense line: Foam Hand Sanitizer in 1.5 and 8 oz. bottles as well as Prefense Scented Alcohol-free Hand Sanitizer by the half gallon; Prefense Automatic Dispenser; Prefense Manual Dispenser; and Prefense Hand Sanitizer Dispenser Refill Pouch.

New disinfection products offered include Monk Disinfectant Wipes, which are EPA registered to kill 45 bacteria, viruses and fungi. These lemon-scented wipes kill 99.9 percent of bacteria in 15 seconds. Made from extra strong material for heavy duty cleaning, Monk Disinfectant Wipes are ideal for use as a cleaner, disinfectant, sanitizer or deodorizer in athletic and health facilities, nursing homes, clinics, veterinary clinics, animal kennels, beauty salons, schools, grocery stores, cafeterias and other environments. It is safe on most surfaces including finished floors.

Monk Disinfecting Wipes are available by the canister, the case, or in a bucket of 800.

“We’ve expanded our comprehensive line of protective products to include a greater selection of sanitizing products to help meet the needs of companies and consumers during this crisis,” said John V. Carvalho III, founder and president of Apollo Safety, Inc.

To view Apollo Safety’s disinfecting and sanitizing product line and place an order, visit their website at ApolloSafety.com

About Apollo Safety

As experts in disaster prevention, Apollo Safety, Inc. has grown to become the leading safety and technical services equipment provider in New England. Providing comprehensive gas/toxic leak prevention and detection products and services, Apollo Safety services include installation, regular maintenance and monitoring of the systems to ensure all systems are continually in optimal working order.

Apollo Safety provides portable, stationary and wireless gas detection systems; Man Down/Lone Worker detection systems; sales and support for most major brands of gas detection device manufacturers; as well as service in their state of the art in-house service center. The company also provides on-site support with factory-trained technicians for both portable and stationary gas detection systems. 

Apollo Safety is a member of the National Safety Council, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Rhode Island Fire Chiefs Association (RIAFC) and the Fire Chiefs Association of Massachusetts (FCAM). A Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) and Veteran-Owned Businesses Enterprise (VBE), Apollo Safety has locations in Boston and Fall River, Massachusetts as well as in Connecticut. For more information, call 800-813-5408 or visit http://www.ApolloSafety.com.

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Measures taken. Social Distancing accounted for. New England Burials at Sea add sea scattering upgrades to assist families with planning.

MARSHFIELD, MA  –   Captain Brad White, founder of New England Burials at Sea LLC (NEBAS) headquartered in Marshfield, MA announced that the company has designed a no charge upgrade program for the increased demand of COVID-19 related family scattering requests in 2020.

White shared that during this devastating public health crisis his company is upgrading many 1-6 passenger attended by family events from the standard 30’-50’ vessels to larger 65’ – 110’ vessels at no additional charge, enabling for safe at sea 6’+ social distancing for up to 10 passengers aboard at the same time while following published CDC safety requirements.

Capt. White expects full body sea burials at sea are on hold at this time until after the pandemic subsides but in the meantime is offering this no charge scattering upgrade program so families can get the healing and closure they need without feeling compelled to make immediate or uncertain final plans helping families to cope with the unexpected loss of their loved one.

About NEBAS: New England Burials at Sea® (NEBAS) is the largest USCG licensed provider for customized ash scatterings at sea serving families from all cultures and creeds, civilian and military, on both coasts of the USA for groups up to 400 people since 2006. Based in Marshfield, MA, the company operates year-round from Maine to Miami and from San Diego to Seattle, departing from over 73 ports with 86 different vessels that are clean and current with the latest safety gear with personalized and affordable services. They are recognized by the EPA, US Navy, U.S.C.G. and over 2,500 funeral homes and crematories across America who have taken advantage of their Sea Burial Certified™ training program. The company also created, designed and manufactures the ocean friendly Atlantic and Pacific Sea Burial Shroud™ for full body burials at sea.

For more information visit http://www.newenglandburialsatsea.com, call New England Burials At Sea, Capt. Brad White direct (781) 834-7500, email OceanBurial@aol.com.

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