Pentucket Bank Named to Top 100 Places to Work

Pentucket Bank has been named one of the Top Places to Work in Massachusetts. The Top Places to Work recognizes the most progressive companies in the state based on employee opinions about company leadership, compensation and training, diversity and inclusion, career development, family-friendly flexibility, and values and ethics.

Ken Smith, Pentucket Bank’s Chief Executive Officer said, “This is a tremendous honor for the Bank and we are humbled, proud and thankful to our dedicated staff”.

Scott Cote, Pentucket Bank’s President, stated “Our talented team of employees keeps us on track by consistently exceeding our customers’ expectations and we are thrilled to exceed the expectations of our employees”.

To qualify for the Globe’s 100 Top Places to Work, a company must have more than 100 employees in Massachusetts. Nearly 1,000 qualified companies accepted an invitation to participate. Rankings were composite scores calculated purely on the basis of employee responses.

Small World Wireless Opens 18th Store

Small World Wireless, headquartered in Hampstead NH and servicing all of New England, announced that it has opened its 18th AT&T Wireless store in West Lebanon, NH.  Citing great service and aggressive pricing for both businesses and consumers as the foundation for expansion, Small World Wireless is the largest AT&T wireless distributor in New England. The Greater Haverhill area stores are located in Plaistow, Salem and Amesbury.

Healthy Alternatives Now Offering Massage, Reiki & Reflexology

Jean MacDougall-Tattan, a licensed massage therapist in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine, offers massage, reiki and reflexology at Healthy Alternatives, The Center for Wellness at Merrimack Medical Center. The Center is housed within the physical therapy department of Merrimack Valley Hospital, Suite 402, in the medical office building attached to the hospital. Haverhill Acupuncturist Susan Kane, L.Ac, M.Ac also practices there. Jean and Susan offer a 10% discount to employees of both the hospital and the office building, as well as seniors. They are also offering a 10% discount to Chamber members through December. Gift certificates are available. For more information, please call Healthy Alternatives at (978) 521-8268. If you must leave a message, someone will return your call promptly.

Whittier Health Care Expands Pediatric Care

Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital welcomes Susan Luscomb as an Occupational Therapy Clinical Specialist and who will provide excellence in care for children and will also have a supervisory role in the outpatient occupational therapy department. She treats pediatric disorders including, but not limited to: ADD, Asperger Syndrome, Autism, Developmental Delays, Executive Dysfunction, Feeding Disorders, Fragile X, Motor Delays, Neurointegrative Disorders, Non-verbal Learning Disorders.

New Programs Offered at NECC

Northern Essex Community College now offers three new programs:

- EKG Certificate

- Applied Laboratory Science

-On Line Sleep Technology Program

The EKG Technician certificate program is designed to prepare individuals to perform electrocardiograms on patients to record and monitor their heart rate and rhythm.

EKGs are done routinely as a preventative measure, and are also used as a diagnostic tool. Most EKG technicians work in hospitals, but some also work in doctors’ offices and medical and diagnostic labs.

The new Applied Laboratory Science program will prepare student to work as laboratory technicians in one of three emerging fields: biotechnology, environmental sciences, and chemical analysis.

Students in the two-semester Sleep Technology program will have the option of taking all of their coursework online and attending class for clinical instruction one Saturday a month in the state-of-the-art sleep laboratory on Northern Essex’s Lawrence Campus. This new hybrid option is a collaboration between Northern Essex and Bunker Hill Community College.  Northern Essex will continue to offer the program in the traditional classroom as well.

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Rogers Sprill Hill Celebrates 20 Years in Business In April

Rogers Spring Hill Garden Center is celebrating 20 years of ownership by the Rogers family of Ward Hill.  Founded in 1902 the Garden Center has been serving the Merrimack Valley for over 100 years. In 1990 the Rogers family made the purchase as a natural expansion to the farm owned and operated for four generations on Neck Road.

Rogers Sprill Hill Garden Center has seven greenhouses and more than 90% of the annuals and 50% of the perennial stock is grown on site.  More than 20 experts staff the planting, growing, consulting and customer service departments.

Paper Potpourri Wins "Miss Dorothy Heart Award" 2009

Elaine Barker of Paper Potpourri has received the prestigious Association of Bridal Consultants Dorothy Penner award for 2009.  The award was givein at the recent Bridal Consultants' annual convention in Indianapolis, IN.

The award is bestowed on the individual who has the "highest professional standards and ethics" along with a "passion and heart" for the industry.

"Ah Ha Marketing™" Consultation

McDermott & Company Marketing of Haverhill MA and Marketing Matters of Windham, NH, leading independent marketing, advertising and PR firms have announced the availability of their 2010 "Ah Ha Marketing™" experience consultation schedule. Qualifying companies can participate in an interactive "Ah Ha" review of their marketing programs and their business impact. "Ah Ha Marketing" is both a synergistic and holistic approach to marketing that complements, refines, and challenges existing marketing iinitiatives. To learn more:

Kenoza Vending Launches New Division

In addition to its very successful KenozaCoffee.com division, Kenoza Vending of Merrimac MA is launching a new division that offers businesses and homeowners  the ultimate in filtered drinking water systems.

With 38 Milion large and small plastic bottles ending up in landfills, a home or office filtered drinking water system brings you bacteria free, ice cold, piping hot or sparkling water withouth expensive deliveries or trips to the grocery store.

NorthEast Computer Services Works With GHCC

NorthEast Computer Services is pleased to be working more closely with the Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce to address all of their IT needs. As the Chamber has grown it has required a higher level of managed services as well as remote and desktop services. Our "Hassle Free" IT approach will result in bullet proof systems and increased productivity of the Chamber staff.

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Merrimack Valley Hospital Expanding Services

Merrimack Valley Hospital continues to expand services to meet the health care needs of the communities it serves. Soon to open is the Wound Center, a state-of-the-art facility complete with two hyperbaric chambers. Walter Kwass, MD, a vascular surgeon, is the medical director. Also new is the Stereotactic Breast Biopsy, a minimally invasive breast biopsy done with a needle, and the Breast Navigator program, which personally guides women through the process when an abnormal reading on a mammogram indicates additional views, a biopsy or surgery are required. To meet increased demand the hospital has also expanded its Sleep Lab, Adult Behavioral Medicine Unit and Pain Center, and added vascular surgery.