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Papadakos Named Vice President at Dime Bank

Dime Bank--a mutual, full-service, community bank--is pleased to announce that Diane G. Papadakos assumed the role of vice president, director of marketing and sales on January 3. Papadakos is responsible for Dime Bank’s...(read more)

Chelsea Groton Bank Promotes Eight

Chelsea Groton Bank is pleased to announce the following promotions: Pawcatuck Branch Manager Regan Nichols to Assistant Secretary; Training Specialist Sonya Mis to Assistant Secretary; Kate Alves to Credit Department...(read more)

Chelsea Groton Bank’s Todd and Masse Named Rising Stars

Chelsea Groton Bank is proud to announce that the Connecticut Banker’s Association has named Jessica Todd, AVP, Comptroller and Alex Masse, VP, Assistant Director of Retail Banking, to the prestigious list of “New Leaders in...(read more)

Paul Pescatello Returns to CorePlus Federal Credit Union

Paul Pescatello has rejoined the team at CorePlus Federal Credit Union (www.coreplus.org) as Branch Development and Special Projects Coordinator. Pescatello is a New London native, and attended Mohegan Community College ...(read more)

CorePlus welcomes Susan M. Dombrowski

Susan M. Dombrowski has joined Norwich based CorePlus Federal Credit Union (www.coreplus.org) as Director of Marketing and Public Relations. Dombrowski is a 1985 alumna of Norwich Regional Vocational Technical School...(read more)

Sailor Honored as Service Person of the Month

Yeoman Second Class Brian Babb, from Commander Submarine Squadron Four was recognized as Service Person of the Month (SPOM) for November by the Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Nov. 3 at the New...(read more)

Jeffrey Schoolcraft Promoted to General Manager of the Springhill Suites Marriott in Waterford

Jeffrey Schoolcraft was recently promoted to the position of General Manager at the SpringHill Suites by Marriott in Waterford, CT. The 80-room property is professionally managed by Waterford Hotel Group, Inc., a national hotel and...(read more)

Lisbon Resident Promoted to Supervisor at Charter Oak FCU

Charter Oak Federal Credit Union recently promoted Kimberly Bryant of Lisbon, Connecticut to the position of Human Resources Supervisor. An active volunteer for the United Way and March of Dimes, Bryant has worked at the ...(read more)

Thora Cowperthwaite Joins Rockville Bank

William (Bill) H. W. Crawford, IV, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Rockville Bank and Rockville Financial, Inc. (RCKB) has announced the hiring of Thora Cowperthwaite from New Alliance Bank (now First Niagara)....(read more)

Westerly Resident Promoted to Supervisor at Charter Oak FCU

Charter Oak Federal Credit Union Names Silvana Seltzer Branch Supervisor. Groton, CT-September 26, 2011 –Charter Oak Federal Credit Union recently promoted Silvana Seltzer of Westerly, Rhode Island to the position of Branch...(read more)

Waterford Hotel Group Appoints Wendy Russell

Waterford Hotel Group has named Wendy Russell as Regional Task Force Sales Manager at its corporate offices in Waterford, CT. As Regional Task Force Sales Manager, Russell will provide sales & marketing support for hotel in the...(read more)

WHG Promotes Chuck Moran to Regional Hotel Director

Waterford Hotel Group has announced the promotion of Chuck Moran to Regional Hotel Director. Waterford Hotel Group, a national hotel and convention center management firm with offices in Waterford, CT, professionally manages 27...(read more)

Kara Spinnato Appointed as Director of Sales

Kara Spinnato has been named Director of Sales for two Southeastern Connecticut hotels - the Courtyard by Marriott in Norwich and SpringHill Suites by Marriott in Waterford. Both properties are professionally managed by Waterford...(read more)

A Familiar Face Joins SAVA Insurance Group

SAVA Insurance Group announces the addition of Patricia Russell, a familiar face in the eastern CT region for over 20 years working in the insurance industry. Patty joins SAVA after serving customers for 22 years at another local...(read more)

Kimballi Andreozzi-Startz elected president of Audibel NLC

The NLC concept has been around since Audibel's inception. Its initial reason for existence was to give the network members a voice in the direction of the company in its early years. The idea came from some past Beltone relationships...(read more)

New SE CT Women’s NETWORK President and Awards of Recognition

Denise M. Nott was recently selected as the new President of the SE CT Women’s NETWORK . Denise has been an active NETWORK member for five years, and strongly believes in the purpose of the organization, to...(read more)

Turner Joins Chelsea Groton as Specialist

Chelsea Groton Bank is pleased to announce that Rick Turner has joined their lending team as Mortgage Loan Specialist. Mr. Turner has over twenty-five years of lending experience, holding a variety of loan officer...(read more)

Chelsea Groton promotes Stearns & DeCristofaro

Chelsea Groton Bank is pleased to announce that Karen Stearns and Dawn DeCristofaro have been promoted to Assistant Vice Presidents. Stearns was also recently appointed Reverse Mortgage Specialist. In this position,...(read more)

Timothy Santos Promoted to General Manager

Waterford Hotel Group has announced the promotion of Timothy Santos to General Manager of the Courtyard by Marriott in Norwich, CT. The 120-room property is professionally managed by Waterford Hotel Group, Inc., a...(read more)

Ben Benoit Joins Board of Chelsea Groton Bank

Chelsea Groton Bank is pleased to announce that Ben Benoit has joined its Board of Directors. Currently, Mr. Benoit serves as President of the PCW Management Center, a family office, providing financial, investment, tax, and estate...(read more)

Lehman to Receive America and the Sea Award

Former Secretary of the Navy, historian, and author John F. Lehman has been named the recipient of the America and the Sea Award for 2011 by Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc. The award honors and celebrates those who embrace the...(read more)

Stonecroft Country Inn Names Executive Chef

Owner Jason Crandall of Stonecroft Country Inn, located minutes from Mystic Seaport and both Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun casinos, has named Trevor Douglas as the new Executive Chef. Douglas was trained in the United...(read more)

Charter Oak FCU Promotes Four

Charter Oak Federal Credit Union recently promoted four employees, including Jeannettia Hunt of Groton, Yvonne Walsh of Ledyard, Deborah Berardi of Griswold and Sundae Franklin of Quaker Hill. Jeannettia Hunt, who has worked at...(read more)

Chelsea Groton Bank Elects New Corporators

Chelsea Groton Bank is pleased to announce the election of five new corporators: Louise Summa, Margarett Jones, Abby Dolliver, Elizabeth Conway, and Louis Allen, Jr. These corporators were voted in during the bank’s Annual Meeting...(read more)

Charter Oak FCU Board Appoints new Chairman and Vice-Chairman

Charter Oak Federal Credit Union has announced that Board Chairman of 17 years Pierre Brochu, has decided to begin a transition of leadership for the Board of Directors of the credit union. Following the Credit Union’s Annual Meeting, the...(read more)

Charter Oak FCU’s Chief Lending Officer Named to CT Credit Union League Board

Charter Oak Federal Credit Union has announced the election of John Dolan, the Credit Union’s Chief Lending Officer, to the Credit Union League of Connecticut’s Board of Directors. Dolan was appointed to a new post at the Credit Union...(read more)

William H. W. “Bill” Crawford, IV Officially Becomes President & CEO

William H. W. “Bill Crawford”, IV, officially became President & Chief Executive Officer of Rockville Financial, Inc. and Rockville Bank at the Company’s Annual Shareholders Meeting on April 26, 2011. He succeeds William J. McGurk,...(read more)

Charter Oak FCU Names New Supervisory Board Member

Charter Oak Federal Credit Union has announced that it has appointed Credit Union member Colin Osborne of New London, CT to its Supervisory Board. Expanded to better serve the Credit Union’s growing membership, the...(read more)

Crispim Promoted to Assistant Branch Manager of Chelsea Groton in New London

Chelsea Groton Bank has appointed Mandy Crispim as Assistant Branch Manager of the New London office, located at One Montauk Avenue. Crispim has ten years of banking experience and numerous certifications from the...(read more)

Families United Appoints New Executive Leadership

Families United announced today the induction of a new Executive Board of Directors. The Executive Board of Directors is comprised of Officers with diverse professional backgrounds and personal experience. They represent the...(read more)

Dime Bank Announces Two New Corporators

Dime Bank elected two new corporators, Lee-Ann Gomes, of Norwich, and Catherine M. Foley, of New London, at its recent annual meeting. Gomes, is a University of Connecticut graduate with a BA in psychology and has done Masters...(read more)

Dufficy Appointed Director of Business Development

Chelsea Groton Bank is pleased to announce that Lori Dufficy has been appointed Senior Vice President, Director of Business Development. Dufficy will coordinate and support the bank’s sales teams....(read more)

Dime Investment Services Welcomes James V. Burns

James “Jim” V. Burns, ChFC, CLU, who resides with his family in Westerly, RI has joined Dime Investment Services as a Financial Advisor providing Insurance, Investment, and Financial Planning Services to the Westerly, RI and...(read more)

Attorney Raymond Baribeault is Appointed to the Eastern Connecticut Association of Realtors Commercial Committee

Attorney Raymond Baribeault was recently appointed to the Eastern Connecticut Association of Realtors Commercial Committee. The Commercial Committee serves to educate the community on commercial real estate matters...(read more)

2010 University of Connecticut School of Law Graduate, Erin O’leary, Joins Suisman Shapiro as Its Newest Attorney

Erin O’Leary recently joined Suisman Shapiro as an associate, and will begin her practice in the area of personal injury law. Erin received her B.S., magna cum laude, in Business Administration from the University of...(read more)

Oceanographer Sylvia A. Earle to Receive Mystic Seaport America and the Sea Award

World-renowned oceanographer, marine biologist, deep sea explorer and author Sylvia A. Earle will be honored with Mystic Seaport’s America and the Sea Award at a gala held in her honor at the St. Regis Hotel in New York...(read more)

Joe Thomas

As of September 1, 2010, Joe Thomas has been promoted to general manager at Hoffman Audi of New London. Thomas has been with Hoffman for three years, most recently as a sales manager for Hoffman Audi of...(read more)

Welcome John P. Kearney, CPA

Please welcome John P. Kearney, CPA, as the newest member of the Connecticut Development Authority Lending Group. As Vice President, Commercial Lending, John brings to the CDA more than 25 years of local, regional and...(read more)

U.S. Coast Guardsman Chosen Serviceperson of the Month For August

Food Service Specialist First Class Brandon Ingram was selected as Serviceperson of the Month for August. The New London Kiwanis honored Ingram on August 25 during a luncheon at Mitchell College Clark Center, New London...(read more)

Flanagan's is proud to introduce our new award winning Chef Michael Pratt

Multiple award winning chef Michael Pratt has been cooking great food in the restaurant business for over 15 years. Flanagan's is proud to have him on board and we're excited about the great feedback we've already...(read more)

Beth Czeremcha promoted to Rockville Bank Assistant Vice President/Training Officer

Beth Czeremcha has been promoted to Assistant Vice President/Training Officer at Rockville Bank (Conn.). The announcement was made at the Annual Meeting by William J. McGurk, Rockville Bank President and Chief Executive...(read more)

CHARTER OAK FCU EXPANDS BOARD, NAMES TWO NEW DIRECTORS

Charter Oak Federal Credit Union’s Board of Directors expanded its board by announcing the appointment of long-time Charter Oak members Bradford Heil of Pawcatuck and Paul F. McGlinchey of Oakdale to the Credit Union board....(read more)

10 Killingly Students Begin Training to Work as Tellers in Charter Oak’s New High School Branch

Groton, CT-August 19, 2010 –Ten Killingly High School students are already getting ready to go back to school. That’s because they are currently training for their new jobs at Charter Oak’s second high school branch, which is...(read more)

Brunski Promoted To Art Director

Chelsea Groton Bank has promoted Teri Brunski to Art Director. Since 2006, Brunski has served as the Senior Graphic Designer for the bank. Teri has twenty-seven years of experience in the creative industry. Specializing...(read more)

Korsu named 2011 Five-Star Mortgage Professional

Barbara Korsu, senior mortgage loan officer, assistant vice president, Liberty Bank, has been named a 2011 five-star mortgage professional by Connecticut magazine. Selection is based on a satisfaction survey of Connecticut...(read more)

CHARTER OAK NAMES NEW CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Groton, CT-July 9, 2010 – Jeanne M. Mikula of Griswold, CT, has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Charter Oak Federal Credit Union. With over 32 years of experience in the financial service industry, Mikula...(read more)

Ledge Light Federal Credit Union Welcomes New Director of Marketing

Connecticut, USA, June 21,2010 - Ledge Light Federal Credit Union, a leading financial institution servicing the pharmaceutical industry, appoints industry veteran, Kim Demers, to the position of Marketing Director. Demers, who...(read more)

Mystic Marriott Honors Lisa Dawson and Edita Demeterova as Associates of the Month for April

The Mystic Marriott Hotel & Spa has named Lisa Dawson and Edita Demeterova as Associates of the Month for April in honor of their outstanding service. Waterford Hotel Group, which manages to 285-room hotel, recognizes the...(read more)

New Expressive Arts Coordinator for Hospice Southeastern Connecticut

Hospice Southeastern Connecticut announces that it has hired a new Expressive Arts Coordinator, Linda Bradley, MFA, ATR. Bradley, a registered art therapist, is an adjunct Fine Arts instructor at Manchester Community...(read more)

Mystic Seaport Names East Lyme High School Teacher Winner of Orion Award

Jason Hine, a Social Studies teacher at East Lyme High School in East Lyme, CT, has been awarded the Mystic Seaport Orion Award for Excellence in Experiential Education. He was honored at an awards dinner May 21...(read more)

Waterford Hotel Group Appoints Guernier as Executive Vice President, Development

Waterford Hotel Group announces the appointment of Brian Guernier as Executive Vice President, Development for the national hotel management firm. Waterford Hotel Group professionally manages 26 properties...(read more)

Chelsea Groton Appoints Wilkinson as Human Resources Director

Chelsea Groton Bank is pleased to announce that Anne Wilkinson of Noank has joined their team as Senior Vice President, Human Resources Director. In this position, Wilkinson will be responsible for all aspects of human...(read more)

Hoffman Auto Group Names New Director of Marketing and Communications

Hoffman Auto Group is pleased to announce that Al Simon has been named the Director of Marketing and Communications for the company. He will now oversee the public relations and marketing departments, as well as the...(read more)

Diana Edmond Recognized as Leader of the Year by Marriott International

Diana Edmond, Senior Events Manager at the Mystic Marriott Hotel & Spa in Groton, CT was recently honored by Marriott International with the North America 2009 Leader of the Year Award. Edmond had previously been...(read more)

Around-the-World Sail Racer Rich Wilson to Speak at Mystic Seaport Adventure Series

Rich Wilson, the sole American to race in the 2008 Vendée Globe, will speak at the final program of this year’s Mystic Seaport Adventure Series Thursday, April 15. Presentations will be given at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. at...(read more)

Jodi Guenther At Curtin Insurance Agency Earns WorkComp Advisor Certification

Jodi J. Guenther, Account Executive for Curtin Insurance Agency in Uncasville, CT recently earned the prestigious Certified WorkComp Advisor designation, conferred by the Institute of WorkComp Professionals. The Asheville...(read more)

Shipman & Goodwin Attorney Ross Garber to Deliver Edwin L. Crawford Memorial Lecture at Albany Law School

Shipman & Goodwin Partner Ross Garber, a Glastonbury resident, has been chosen to deliver the 2010 Edwin L. Crawford Memorial Lecture at Albany Law School in Albany New York on April 15th. The subject of the...(read more)

Matt Ranelli

Matt Ranelli, a Shipman & Goodwin Attorney, has been elected Secretary of the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund. The Fund was established by Public Act 98-28 and is intended to promote growth and development of renewable clean...(read more)

Joseph P. Williams Appointed to Board of Directors of the Glastonbury Education Foundation

Shipman & Goodwin attorney Joseph P. Williams, a resident of Glastonbury, was recently appointed to the Board of Directors of the Glastonbury Education Foundation. The mission of the Glastonbury Education Foundation is to...(read more)

Susan S. Murphy Selected to Chair ABA IP Litigation Subcommittee

Shipman & Goodwin attorney Susan S. Murphy was recently selected to Chair the Secondary Liability on the Internet Subcommittee of the Federal Trademark Legislation Committee in the American Bar Association IP...(read more)

Norwich Arts Council Presents a Celebration with Peter Spink

The Norwich Arts Council presents Grammy-nominated artist Peter Spink on Friday, February 5, 2010 as the next event in the First Friday Live Sounds series, at the Donald L. Oat Theatre at 8:00pm. Spink’s music blends the simple intimacy...(read more)

Kristi Herr Appointed as Director of Sales

Kristi Herr has been named Director of Sales for both the Courtyard by Marriott in Norwich and SpringHill Suites by Marriott in Waterford. Both properties are professionally managed by Waterford Hotel Group, which operates 25...(read more)

Shipman & Goodwin Partner Tom Flynn Elected to Board of Directors of The Connecticut Technology Council

Shipman & Goodwin Partner, Tom Flynn was recently elected to the Board of Directors of The Connecticut Technology Council (CTC) at their Annual Meeting. The CTC is Connecticut's industry association for the...(read more)

Shipman & Goodwin Attorney Matt Ranelli Becomes LEED Accredited

Shipman & Goodwin Attorney Matt Ranelli, a resident of New Haven, has passed the LEED Professional Accreditation exam, and is now a LEED Accredited Professional, or "LEED AP." The Leadership in Energy...(read more)

Popular Children’s Author and Dog to Visit Mystic Seaport

Children, adults and dogs, too, are invited to meet Mabel, the canine subject of the new children’s book Mabel Takes a Paddle by Emily Chetkowski at Mystic Seaport Saturday, July 18, from 1 - 3 p.m. New England author Chetkowski will tell...(read more)

Shipman & Goodwin Partner Gary Starr Elected President of West Hartford's Beth El Temple

Shipman & Goodwin Partner Gary Starr was recently elected President of Beth El Temple of West Hartford. It is the largest Conservative synagogue in Connecticut, with almost 1000 families. Attorney Starr has over 25 years of...(read more)

Congressman Courtney, SBA, seCTer and others Planning Small Business Financing Program

The office of Congressman Joseph Courtney will be hosting a half-day seminar to explain several new, or changed, programs of the Small Business Administration (SBA) that provide financing assistance to the small...(read more)

Shipman & Goodwin Partner Joe Williams Elected President of Bushnell Park Foundation

Shipman & Goodwin Partner Joe Williams was recently elected President of the Bushnell Park Foundation. The mission of the Bushnell Park Foundation is to preserve and protect Hartford's Bushnell Park for the enjoyment of...(read more)

Backus physician lands national radio show

Dr. Anthony Alessi, Chief of Neurology at Backus, is the host of a new national satellite radio series, "NeuroFrontiers." The series explores the latest clinical issues, trends and technologies in neurology, covering...(read more)

Outstanding Leadership Awards Reception

Alexis Ann is the recipient of the 2009 Outstanding Leadership Award. The award is presented annually to publicly acknowledge the accomplishments of an outstanding community leader; a person who lives by the Scout Oath and...(read more)

Shipman & Goodwin Attorney David Mack Selected as Member of Legal Focus Group

Shipman & Goodwin attorney David Mack was recently selected as a member of a legal focus group to assist in the development of a statewide strategic plan for implementing health information technology (HIT) and an electronic health...(read more)

Pine Point School Teacher Named Orion Award Winner at Mystic Seaport

Gay Long, a fifth grade teacher at Pine Point School in Stonington, CT, has been awarded the Mystic Seaport Orion Award for Excellence in Experiential Education. Each year, Mystic Seaport presents the award to a...(read more)

New Agent Joins Sava Insurance

Sava Insurance would like to welcome Marianne Thielbar to their Professional Team. Marianne resides in Waterford and has been in the insurance industry for 25 years handling all aspects of Personal Lines Insurance. Marianne maintains the...(read more)

Sonia Pedraza

Sonia received the award for her work over the past two years with the Pro Se Security Deposit Clinic, where her legal counseling, bilingual skills, patience and compassion are highly valued. The monthly clinic is sponsored jointly by...(read more)

2009 Class of DNA EpiCenter Scholars

Please join us for cocktails and hors d'oeuvres on Thursday evening, June 11, 2009, 6:00pm at the DNA EpiCenter as we celebrate the great accomplishments of our honorees. Honorees are Dr. Frank Maletz, Congressman Joe Courtney...(read more)

Peter Bilfield

Shipman & Goodwin is pleased to announce that Peter Bilfield, of Weston, CT, has joined Shipman & Goodwin's Stamford office as a partner in the Business and Finance Practice Group. Peter is a corporate and securities lawyer...(read more)

Eli Strassfeld

Congratulations to Eli Strassfeld, who has passed the LEED Professional Accreditation exam, and is now a LEED Accredited Professional, or "LEED AP." The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building...(read more)

Leander Dolphin

Leander Dolphin has rejoined the law firm of Shipman & Goodwin as an Associate in the Litigation and Labor and Employment practice areas. She focuses her practice in all areas of civil litigation before state and federal courts and...(read more)

Dave Whitehead is named next Backus President and CEO

David A. Whitehead has been named Backus Hospital’s next President and Chief Executive Officer, and he will formally assume the duties of that office on July 1. Peter V. Disch, Chairman of the Board and head of the...(read more)

Shipman & Goodwin Attorney David Mack Reappointed as Adjunct Professor

Shipman & Goodwin attorney David Mack was recently reappointed as Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Medicine and Health Care, University of Connecticut School of Medicine. His term is...(read more)

WOMEN’S CENTER OF SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT APPOINTS EMMA PALZERE-RAE AS DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

The Women’s Center of Southeastern Connecticut is pleased to announce the appointment of Emma Palzere-Rae as its new Director of Development....(read more)

Hospice Southeastern Connecticut Welcomes New Medical Director, Dr. Joseph Alessandro

Hospice Southeastern Connecticut recently welcomed Joseph Alessandro, D.O. as its newest medical director. Dr. Alessandro is board certified by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM), and has been a...(read more)

CMSECT's Executive Director Presents Program in Belize

Children’s Museum of Southeastern Connecticut Executive Director Christy Hammond recently returned from Belize where she presented the museum’s popular water pollution program, “Fred the Fish.” Hammond presented the program to...(read more)

Shipman & Goodwin Attorney Maurice Headley Elected Treasurer of George W. Crawford Black Bar Association