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Choyce Peterson Appointed Exclusive Leasing Agent for a Full Floor Office Space in Downtown Stamford by Overseas Development Corporation

eNewsChannels NEWS: -- Choyce Peterson, Inc., a commercial real estate brokerage firm, announced that Overseas Development Corporation has appointed Choyce Peterson, Inc. as the exclusive listing agent representing its building at 953 Washington Boulevard in Stamford, CT.
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Historical Artist Don Troiani Recreates The Momentous Boston Massacre with Stunning New Painting

eNewsChannels NEWS: (SOUTHBURY, Conn.) -- Nationally renowned Southbury Connecticut artist-historian Don Troiani has unveiled his painting of the momentous Boston Massacre. That encounter on a cold March night set forth a series of antagonistic events that climaxed in the start of the American Revolution 5 years later.

Premiere of The Online Film Show with Phil Hall on PPRN Radio Gives Movie Lovers a New Voice

NEWS: (NAUGATUCK, Conn.) PPRN Radio is pleased to announce the addition of a new program to its schedule: "The Online Movie Show with Phil Hall," a weekly celebration of films and filmmaking. The Online Movie Show will have its premiere on April 25, 2016 and will broadcast live on PPRN Radio on Monday nights at 7 p.m. ET.

50 Years of Vintage Car Restoration Honored: Frank Nicodemus Recognized for Historic Works

NEWS: Lime Rock Park presented one very special trophy as part of its 'Sunday in the Park' concours d'elegance over the Labor Day weekend, this one to Frank Nicodemus of Wappinger's Falls, N.Y. in honor of his fiftieth year in restoring vintage cars.

FlashCash is Contactless Smart Card Technology for Commercial Laundry Room Operators and Customers

CHESTER, Conn. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Greenwald Industries is the designer and developer of FlashCash(R), a laundry payment technology that is currently the leading contactless laundry payment technology in Europe. Installed in thousands of machines, FlashCash use is growing by leaps and bounds.

‘Relay For Life’ Motorcycle Ride and Block Party On May 2, 2015 hosted by New England Motorcycle Museum

ROCKVILLE, Conn. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Saturday, May 2, 2015, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., the non-profit New England Motorcycle Museum will host an American Cancer Society 'Relay for Life' Motorcycle Ride and Block Party at the 1814 Hockanum Mill complex being renovated at 200 West Main Street in the Rockville section of Vernon. Admission to the block party is free.

Marc W. Halpert Online Seminar Shows People, Businesses How to Use LinkedIn’s Hidden Features

FAIRFIELD, Conn. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: LinkedIn Evangelist Marc W. Halpert, managing director of Connect2Collaborate, has announced his newest seminar, 'Deep Dive Into LinkedIn,' is now available for purchase. Halpert said, 'Deep Dive into LinkedIn features 77 slides over about 90 minutes with dozens of pragmatic, tangible ideas to make your brand soar by showing you exactly how to use LinkedIn's latest 2015 enhancements.'

Endangered Baby Turtles Rescued by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Now Safe at SoundWaters

STAMFORD, Conn. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: As part of a global wildlife-trafficking issue that is growing exponentially, 22 tiny baby turtles - likely destined for soup pots in China - were recently rescued and brought to a nursery at the SoundWaters Coastal Education Center, where they are being coddled and cared for after a harrowing, near-smuggling experience.

Electric Compass Tracker is a new Enterprise Workforce GPS Tracking App for iPhone and iPad

DARIEN, Conn. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Electric Compass, a leader in mobile enterprise GPS solutions, today announced the availability of its GPS tracker app for iPhone and iPad (iOS). Electric Compass Tracker is different from the many consumer-grade iPhone location tracking apps currently available because it offers a powerful suite of enterprise workforce tracking features.

CPEP hosts the Engineering Brighter Futures Gala to Celebrate 25 Years of Serving Underserved Youth

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Catalysts Powering Educational Performance: For 25 years, the Connecticut Pre-Engineering Program (CPEP) has been serving as a catalyst to significantly change underrepresented and underserved students' knowledge, attitudes and behaviors toward the pursuit of education and careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

Catalysts Powering Educational Performance Wins National 2013 Excellence in Summer Learning Award

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: The Connecticut Pre-Engineering Program 'Summer Gaming Challenge' has been awarded the prestigious National Summer Learning Association's 2013 New York Life Excellence in Summer Learning Award. Non-profit Catalysts Powering Educational Performance (CPEP, Inc.) is honored to have its STEM program recognized for the award.

Bed Bug Finders LLC Celebrates Fifth Year and Hundreds of Inspections Performed

STRATFORD, Conn. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: In its fifth year of business and hundreds of bed bug inspections performed, Bed Bug Finders LLC announces a service option for eradication of bed bugs by means of a unique heat treatment process that works outside the home to keep from starting house fires.

Catalysts Powering Educational Performance earns Neotrope Non-Profit PR Grant Award for 2013

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. /eNewsChannels/ -- CPEP (Catalysts Powering Educational Performance) is pleased to announce it is a recipient of Neotrope's 2013 J.L. Simmons Non-Profit PR Grant award. With this commitment, Neotrope will provide public relations support to CPEP over the next year to raise awareness around its programs and accomplishments.

MFX's Integrated Insurance Platform and Business Process Outsourcing to include Prevail Reinsurance System

NEW CANAAN, Conn. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS Apr 2, 2013: Prevail Consulting, Inc., a leading insurance technology and services provider, and MFX, a leading provider of hosted IT applications and outsourcing solutions for the Property and Casualty insurance industry, today announced an agreement whereby MFX will provide the Prevail Reinsurance System as a component of MFX's Integrated Insurance Platform.

Bed Bug Finders LLC Offers New Solution for Eradication of Bed Bugs by Means of a Unique Heat Treatment Process

STRATFORD, Conn. /eNewsChannels/ -- In its 4th year of business and hundreds of bed bug inspections performed, Bed Bug Finders LLC and Northeast Heat Treatment LLC of Stratford, Connecticut, announce a new service option for eradication of bed bugs by means of a unique heat treatment process. Combined with over 130 years of trade heating experience, the principals of Bed Bug Finders and its technical advisors have developed this new 'heareat' process that employs the latest industry equipment standards.

Facts of Lice: Head Lice Spread Fast, So Prevention is Key, says George Coleman, founder and president of Connecticut's Dermedics Laboratories

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. /eNewsChannels/ -- October is the month the kids begin to scratch, says George Coleman, founder and president of Connecticut's Dermedics Laboratories. That's because the start of a new school year has children literally putting their heads together - and that's how head lice infestations get started.

Dermedics Laboratories to re-launch new version of Dr. Seltzer's Hangover Helper

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. /eNewsChannels/ -- In the early 1980's George Coleman, head of Dermedics Laboratories in Bridgeport, Conn., teamed up with the former Keneric Industries to reformulate and market an over-the-counter pharmaceutical product designed to treat the symptoms of hangovers. The product, Dr. Seltzer's Hangover Helper, went on to become the best-selling hangover remedy in the U.S. It was eventually sold to a well-known manufacturer and, after almost 20 years on the market, was discontinued when that manufacturer was sold.

Loureiro Engineering Associates starts 2012 with in-house promotions for team leaders

PLAINVILLE, Conn. /eNewsChannels/ -- Loureiro Engineering Associates, Inc. announced this week several in-house promotions; it's all part of its long-term, strategic-growth plan.

Samuel W. Butcher joins Loureiro Engineering Associates, Inc. to manage new Rockford, Mass. facility

PLAINVILLE, Conn. /eNewsChannels/ -- Loureiro Engineering Associates, Inc. is carefully adhering to its strategic growth plan in the area of geographic expansion of services. This week it announced a new office location in Rockford, MA that will be managed by new hire, Samuel W. Butcher, LSP, LEP, PG, LEED-AP, vice president at Loureiro Engineering.

Turtle Conservation Project: Help Track Turtles With Your Cell Phone

OLD SAYBROOK, Conn. /eNewsChannels/ -- The Turtle Conservation Project (TCP) wants your turtle pictures. 'With so many people able to send an image right from their cell phone, we can quickly tell them which of Connecticut's nine turtle species they have encountered,' said TCP's Chuck Landrey.

Prevail Reinsurance System Hosted Solution Launched – Will Demo at 2011 IASA Conference in Nashville Booth 923

NEW CANAAN, Conn. /eNewsChannels/ -- Prevail Consulting, Inc., a leading software and technology services provider for the property and casualty insurance industry, today announced the launch of its Prevail Reinsurance System Hosted Solution. Companies will now have the ability to manage their reinsurance business in a secure and scalable environment, while reducing costs.

Northeast Heat Treatment LLC's New Mobile Heat Truck is the New Weapon Against Bed Bugs and Other Pests

STRATFORD, Conn. /eNewsChannels/ -- Northeast Heat Treatment LLC announced this week the launch of a new business serving Connecticut and Massachusetts and upper Middle Atlantic areas businesses, apartment buildings and homes.

Prevail Consulting, Inc. gains contract with Triple-S Propiedad, Inc. for Reinsurance System

NEW CANAAN, Conn. /eNewsChannels/ -- Prevail Consulting, Inc., a leading insurance industry consulting and technology services provider, today announced a contract with Triple-S Propiedad, Inc. to license the Prevail Reinsurance System to support all of Triple-S's reinsurance operations. Triple-S Propiedad has utilized a variety of Prevail's technology consulting services over the past 10 years.

Opinion: Desktop Guerrillas warns about the Not-So-Silver Lining of Cloud Computing

NORWALK, Conn. -- Things did not go as planned when Joe Presto of the Norwalk-based IT consulting firm Desktop Guerrillas tried to send out his monthly invoices last Tuesday night. After error messages kept popping up, Presto did a Google search and quickly determined that the issue was with Intuit's system, not his own. The next morning he learned the full scope of the outage: 300,000 of Intuit's clients had been affected.

Connecticut Bed Bugs Beware: There is a New Sheriff in Town

MADISON, Conn. -- CT Bed Bug Dogs (www.ctbedbugdogs.com) announces this week the launch of a new business serving Connecticut residents and businesses. It's important...