“Team Jaxon” profiles the parents of 5- year-old Jaxon Davis, who tell the impassioned story of the brain cancer victim. The Emmy was awarded November 9 by the National Academy of Television Arts and Science’ s Lone Star Chapter. Previously, the patient story“ The Taylor Collins Project” won an Emmy from the Rocky Mountain Chapter.
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Five was the magic number for the 2013 SBDC Business Pitch Competition at Bucknell University. On Nov. 18, five Bucknell alumni judges evaluated five-minute pitches from five team finalists. Quinn McCarthy’ 14, Don Lioi’ 14, Galen Spencer-Linzie’ 15 and Matthew Monahon’ 14 took second place with 6th Sense Technologies, sensors and software that monitors exercise…
Matlock, United Kingdom 22 November 2013. With internal auditing seen as an increasingly vital strand in the wider GRC market, this new acquisition sees Ideagen and Pentana offer a comprehensive product offering to organisations operating in highly regulated markets. Ken Ebbage, Managing Director of Pentana, comments,“ We are delighted that we have found a…
As a native of the Monroe County area, Jackson looks forward to increasing awareness in the community of the services offered by CGTC and developing lasting relationships and solid partnerships. Jackson has strong community ties in Monroe County having served as the chairperson for the Forsyth- Monroe County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and a…
Nov. 22– SAN ANTONIO– A San Antonio man pleaded guilty Thursday to what officials have described as the largest fraud case ever filed here– a tax and insurance swindle with losses of more than $133 million. The charges stemmed from his role in duping mom-and-pop businesses and taxpayers between 2002 and 2008. It is considered the largest actual monetary-loss…
Illinois Department of Insurance Director Andrew Boron today announced an agreement with Aviva Life& Annuity Company and Aviva Life& Annuity Company of New York as part of a multi-million dollar settlement with several states regarding its use of the Social Security Administration’s Death Master File. The principal lead state in this investigation was…
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: Due to recent storms that moved across various portions of Illinois, some unharvested crops, particularly corn, have become damaged and blown to the ground. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters that these fields may be hunted in this condition; however, if…
Nov. 22– DANBURY– The band played, cheerleaders flipped– literally– and students roared at a celebration that was rambunctious and joyful at Danbury High School on Thursday. The school had learned at 9:45 a.m. that it won $100,000 in a national challenge by State Farm Insurance to get people to pledge to drive safely. A group of Danbury High senior student leaders,…
Nov. 22– The Board of Education has unanimously approved a new three-year contract with a major employee union, a deal that includes modest wage increases and higher health insurance deductibles. Running retroactively from July 1 to June 30, 2016, the contract covers approximately 190 para-professionals and security assistants who belong to Laborers…
Hartline Dacus Barger Dreyer LLP is pleased to announce the addition of two new associate attorneys in the firm’ s Dallas office, Perrin Fourmy and Holly Naehritz. Perrin Fourmy joined the firm after earning his law degree from Wake Forest University School of Law. While attending law school, Holly interned for Justice Don Willett in the Texas Supreme Court and…
Nov. 22– NEW LONDON– Scott Beeney: Whaler. But to reiterate: Scott Beeney, Whaler. Almost as much as New London High loves his contribution.
Nov. 21– It was early afternoon on the Friday before Thanksgiving 50 years ago today, and all seemed normal. Children were winding down another week in school, and folks like Gloucester resident Bob McGillivray, now 83, were carrying on their routine tasks. A trucker, he was delivering fresh meat from the Midwest to Gloucester’s old Quincy Market at Rowe Square, then…
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D- Calif., issued the following news release:. The Leader was joined by Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn, House Democratic Caucus Chairman Xavier Becerra, House Democratic Vice Chairman Joe Crowley, Congressman Steve Israel, and Congressman Chris Van Hollen. And because of the press of…
Engineered Corrosion Solutions, LLC reveals successful history of the first large scale deployment of their Wet Pipe Nitrogen Inerting technology, a highly effective corrosion control program for wet pipe fire sprinkler systems that eliminates the primary cause of corrosion. The current industry approach of repairing leaks and replacing fire…
Duffy will be focused primarily on expanding the firm in New England. Duffy joins Capacity with more than 20 years of experience in financial services and insurance. Most recently, Duffy worked as Director of Institutional Mutual Fund Sales for a large asset management firm.
Strategic Insurance Software has more than doubled the number of carriers that integrate with its Partner XE agency management system in the past year. “SIS is continually working to certify downloads from carriers in response to the needs of our customers,” said Tami Scott, Director of Client Services.“ As we expand our reach and add new agencies from different…
About 1.17 million North Carolinians are expected to drive for Thanksgiving this year, for an increase of about 3 percent, according to a news release from AAA Carolinas, an affiliate of the American Automobile Association, a not-for-profit that provides with travel, automobile and insurance services. The number has increased steadily each year since…
Nov. 22– FEDERAL WAY– In his darkest moments, he reaches for the envelope tucked behind his bed. It says so much about Christie Thomas and her love for family, and it is always what 17- year-old Blue Thomas needs to hear. Thomas and his Eastlake High School football team face their biggest challenge of the season Saturday at home against top-ranked, unbeaten Camas in a…
And now Leigh Shockey has something else: The 2014 chairmanship of the Greater Memphis Chamber. The chairman and CEO of Drexel Chemical Co. will succeed Memphis International Airport president Larry Cox as chairman. “Leigh is one of those people who always brings an absolutely pleasant attitude, a can-do spirit to anything,” said insurance executive Calvin…
