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Words to Live by at the Gift Show

Should you be at the Gift Show at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston this weekend, look for the company called Words to Live By. Started by busy mom of two, Erin Coleman, the business offers inspirational messages tied to lovely scenes. Their tagline is Wisdom For a New Generation and the two year old business includes uplifting expressions that are aimed at healing the soul. As one customer said, “I could not find the inspirational items I was looking for until I found this company. I had searched in brick-and mortar stores around me and looked on line. Such sophisticated and inspired messages are a tonic for the soul. I have given each of the texts to family members.”

Enjoy the message and the products from this busy mom.

Two Inducted into Marblehead Rotary Club

The Marblehead Rotary Club has welcomed two new members, Kristine Fisher and David Deutsch. They were inducted into the club on Thursday, March 12 at the weekly meeting held at the Boston Yacht Club.

Fisher has served on the boards of the Rockport Art Association and The Society for the Encouragement of the Arts (seARTS). She has been involved in the arts and in fundraising and event planning. She has corporate business experience including years with Fortune 1000 global design leader Herman Miller.

Deutsch has over 25 years of experience with advertising, design and design management. He has had great success as the Associate Creative Director for Staples, Inc., as Worldwide Creative Services Manager for GN Netcom/Jabra in Nashua, N.H., and as Global Creative Services Manager for 3Com, Inc. in Marlborough. He served on the board of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) as Sponsorship Chair.

Rumson’s Rum: A New Local Business

It’s always nice when new businesses in the area start out well. Eric Glass and Steve Orne started a rum business together on December 5th. Called Rumson’s Rum, they already have products on the shelves at 65 different locations. The pair are second cousins and best friends and describe that so far they have “had a really enthusiastic reception.”

Both men are Marblehead natives and have a simple philosophy: “life lived, life enjoyed.” In their free time, they both like to ski, surf and boat and they want their rum to relfect their lifestyles.

Learn more about them and support local businesses.

Movie about Dyslexia

If your child struggles with dyslexia or if you just want more information about this issue, come to the Marblehead Veteran School Performing Arts Center at 217 Pleasant Street for a film about this topic. The movie is called “Dislecksia: The Movie” and will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by the film’s director, Harvey Hubbell.

Panelists will include Nina Cullen-Hamzeh, Marblehead Community Charter Public School head of school; Robert Olivardia, Harvard Medical School clinical instructor in the department of psychiatry; and Nancy Duggan, co-founder of Decoding Dyslexia MA and a trained reading therapist and licensed counselor.

Learn more about the event at http://www.dyslexiamoviescreening.com.

Patch Is the Perfect Spot for Job Seekers

If you don’t already know about this resource, it’s worth a look. Patch.com has a section for jobs near Marblehead. And if you go to Patch, select “Fortune Most Admired Companies” from the “More Filter” menu, you’ll come up with a lot of great options. There are at least 25 jobs here at companies that have been recognized as “most admired” by Fortune magazine. And they are all right nearby.

Here are just a few of the job listings up there:
* Executive Banquet Cook at The Westin Boston (a Starwood Hotels and Resorts property)
* Account Executive at Arrow Electronics (Peabody)
* Director of Sales and Marketing at Marriott Boston-Peabody

Many Millionaires in Marblehead…and Counting

Apparently, you’ll get rich if you move to Marblehead. Or apparently those who already live in Marblehead are doing some great business for themselves. These are two conclusions that could be drawn from the Boston Business Journal’s 2015 Millionaire Report.

They use numbers each year from the Department of Revenue to compile their list. So what were the results?

Wellesley has the most millionaires per square mile coming in at 75.3. Boston, however, came out on top for total millionaire filiers and Newton came in second. Now, Marblehead had 137 millionaires and came in eight in the state in the number of millionaires per square mile. The average income for the Marblehead millionaires was $3 million.

Read all about this report and where other cities fall on the list.

North Shore Teen Initiative Taking Initiative

The North Shore Teen Initiative (NSTI) recently hosted the first event in a series that will connect current NSTI participants and alumni who are now in college. The NSTI Alumni College Panel told stories and offered advice to the dozen high school juniors and seniors who were in attendance.

As NSTI alumni Rachel Grosz from Marblehead explained, “It was a great experience helping those who needed advice on stressful college decisions.I hope my stories and answers to their questions make their college process a little bit easier.”

NSTI Director Adam Smith said, “Our alums have worked hard to find colleges and programs that fit their needs. They were more than happy to share their experiences with current NSTI kids in casual and honest conversations. We’re excited to expand on these conversations in our next alumni event later this spring.”

Missing Dogs Massachusetts: A Great Service

If you are a dog owner in the Marblehead area, then you should know about Missing Dogs Massachusetts. The site started to operate on January 1 and it can help people to find their missing animal. They have a Facebook page where they will publicize your loss, they can create a missing flyer for you and they can offer other helpful tips.

In the first week or their operation, Missing Dogs Massachusetts reunited 16 lost dogs with their families. The group came about from a larger site called Granite State Dog Recovery, that posts about lost and found dogs throughout New England.

Both board members and volunteers from Granite State Dog Recovery started to think they needed a smaller radius for another site after seeing “literally thousands of dogs missing” in Massachusetts said Beth Corr, president of Missing Gods Massachusett’s Board.

There are eight volunteers who make up the Missing Dog Massachusetts’ board at the moment. They include a retired state police member, an animal control officer and a former animal rescue group president. Corr runs a kennel service and a homemade dog biscuit line in Newton that is called Wag Tail Farms. They use primarily social media channels to try to reunite missing dogs with their owners. In the first week of their business, they got 6,900 Facebook followers.

Supreme Pizza Gets Supreme New Site

If you’re looking for some great pizza. Supreme Pizza is the place to be. But now, they will be at their new space at 585 Washington Street, next door to their previous location. As George Vasvatekis, the son of the owner Nick, said “We’ve been growing over the years.”

The restaurant will soon celebrate 25 years. It started in 1990 with five tables. In 1995, Nick expanded into an adjacent storefront that offered 50 seats and 2500 square feet of space. Now, they’ll have 3500 square feet of space with an open floor plan.

The new space is cozy and well decorated. And, of course, has their signature pizza waiting for customers to try.

Direct Primary Care Opening in Marblehead

Everyone in Marblehead should be paying attention as doctor Jeffrey Gold becomes the first physician in Massachusetts to open a Direct Primary Care practice. This is a model where patients pay the doctor a flat-rate either monthly or annually for a range of services. Dr. Gold’s patients will be paying a monthly, age-based fee that ranges from $30 to $125. This includes an annual physical.

For those interested, Dr. Gold’s practice will open on February 1 in Marblehead at 123 Pleasant Street, Suite 105. On his website, Dr. Gold said, “Over the course of the past couple of years, due to many factors, it became very clear to me that my vision for how I wanted to practice medicine was not coming to fruition; at least not in the dysfunction of the current healthcare system.”

He explained to the AAFP, “I want to be a doctor again. I want to do what I went to school for; I don’t want to be a bean counter. It’s my job to judge the quantity of patients I see.”