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Framingham Start-up Recognized

WBJournal.com (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009

The Framingham-based Boston Heart Lab has been named the "most promising early stage company" by an angel investment organization.

Man to be arraigned in nonprofit fraud

bizjournals (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

A Framingham man has been indicted by a Middlesex County grand jury on charges that the allegedly stole close to $780,000 from a religious nonprofit organization, according to the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office.

PeopleCube Launches Workspace Utilization Analysis Services To Help Organizations Maximize Real-Estate Utilization

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PeopleCube, provider of intelligent workplace, resource, and energy management technology, today announced Workplace Utilization Analysis Services, a new consulting service designed

Local UFO research group looks into the unexplained

Webeufobelievers (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

FRAMINGHAM — For Greg Berghorn and Joe Cambria, "The truth is out there."And they have spent decades analyzing claims of UFO sightings, poring over radar tapes and "official" reports, and interviewing people who saw things that can't be explained."When people ask me if I believe in UFOs, I tell them 'no.' That's for the shock value," said Berghorn, a mechanical...

Amy’s Convenience Store

This Is Framingham (Free subscription) | yesterday

It’s not often I have a reason to travel “up north” to Saxonville, but when I do I always make a point to stop at Amy’s convenience store (68 Water St.) just for the fact that they it’s the only store in Framingham (or anywhere in the area) I know of that sells Hershey ice [...]

New Study Reveals the Vitamin You Can't Ignore

Pampered Pregger & Beyond Blog (Free subscription) | 07/04/2009

A recent study from US Framingham indicated that one in every four adults in the US is deficient in Vitamin B12, which is known as the energy vitamin. Vitamin B12 can help with energy production, formation of blood, myelin formation and DNA synthesis. You can get vitamin B12 from animal sources, such as beef, lamb, snapper, venison, salmon, poultry, eggs and scallops. A strict vegetarian diet...

Driver, 83, crashes into liquor store

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 07/04/2009

... injuries and released.“I’m just so lucky that I’m alive,’’ Blenkhorn said yesterday evening at her Framingham home. “It wasn’t my day to go.’’The driver, Jacqueline Sorensen, escaped largely unscathed. The state Registry of Motor Vehicles suspended Sorensen’s license indefinitely, according to a spokeswoman for the agency.She will be issued a summons out of Natick District Court for driving...

Mass. RMV to close 11 branches, add 5 new offices

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009

BOSTON—The state Registry of Motor Vehicles is closing 11 branches statewide and opening five new branches in a move it says will save $1.7 million annually.The branch closings will begin this month in Lowell and end in December in Boston.Branches are also closing in North Attleboro, Cambridge, New Bedford, Springfield, Southbridge, Framingham, Falmouth, Eastham and Beverly.The new branches...

Big Papi's Restaurant

Fenway West (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009

David Ortiz became a partner in the Metro 9 Steakhouse in Framingham. Ortiz and co-owner Peter Sarmanian plan to change the name to Big Papi's Restaurant. Papi is a good baseball name - I'm not so sure about a restaurant name. Everytime I think of it that scene from Poppie's Restaurant in Seinfeld comes to mind: (Jerry and Poppie in the bathroom. Jerry washes his hands while Poppie flushes and...

Survey: Over Half of Venture Capitalists Say Industry "Broken"

Digital Media Wire (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009

Framingham, Mass. - More than half (52.9%) of venture capitalists consider their industry "broken," according to a new survey conducted by Massachusetts-based Polachi. read more

• Polachi Survey Reveals More Than Half of Venture Capital Execs Consider the Industry to Be "Broken" - Business Wire

PeopleCube Offers Three Webinars on Real-Estate Measurement, Management, Forecasting, and Cost Savings

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PeopleCube, provider of intelligent workplace, resource, and energy management technology, today announced that it is extending its ongoing webinar series with the addition of three

Independent Developer Pavilion Launches at Macworld 2010

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Independent Developer Pavilion, a show floor area dedicated exclusively to independent Mac software developers, is launching at Macworld 2010, IDG World Expo announced today.

doctor says.... part one

Fabric Dragon (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009

ok, whouseknecht got through to witchwestphalia aka Dr Betsy on her pager and she just called me.... taking time out of her VERY busy workload to do a completely non paying phone consult, Bless her. (if you live anywhere near Mass. she is in a practice up near Framingham, and currently accepting patients.) so i have a list of tests to ask my doctor to run. Kidney Function for salt retention...

Therapy, Consulting Group Opens Littleton Office

WBJournal.com (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009

Therapy, Consulting Group Opens Littleton Office has opened a new office at Littleton Commons on King Street in Littleton.The family therapy, educational consulting and diagnostics practice has about 20 employees and also has an office in Framingham.The group is run by its founder Barbara S. Natoli.In addition to its therapy and treatment work, the firm offers professional development training...

Iomega eGo 320GB pocket external hard drive

TechChuck (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009

... two years after TJX Companies Inc. acknowledged that it was hit with a massive data breach, the Framingham, Mass.-based retailer agreed to boost its security... Review There's plenty to commend LG's XD4 external hard drive for: it looks good, it's reasonably quiet and it comes with some handy extras. It's not without its quirks... Kaspersky beats Zango in malware classification case Unisys...