UPPER DUBLINÂ â For Peter Liu, a junior at Upper Dublin High School, a trip to the dentist during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic gave an idea for a business venture.
âThere was something really off-putting about sitting in a dental seat with my mouth open while a bunch of dentists worked on me,â Liu said. âI was a bit concerned about the overall health and safety of the entire situation.â
Liu said he initially did some research last spring, and consulted with a local dentist about the dilemma.
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âI looked into the current solutions that are on the market, and I realized that thereâs not really a cheap and effective solution for dentists and dental offices right now,â he said.
Siciliano had just been brought on as CEO for his reputation as a turnaround artist, having previously brought back three failing community banks from the brink of failure. So he knew he needed to start out building or rebuilding relationships with depositors who knew all too well the cold shoulders of a banking system that seemed at odds with their own personal values around people and planet.
“I was just dealing with this issue of how [to] communicate to people that when they choose a bank, they’re choosing more than a financial institution, they’re choosing to support its values and practices,” says Siciliano.
Reece Cottonâs online comedy festival celebrates âLove for Humansâ
By Nick A. Zaino III Globe correspondent,Updated May 3, 2021, 4:52 p.m.
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Reece Cotton
Reece Cotton likes a good theme show. Both in person (in pre-pandemic days) and online, she has produced shows under the banners of queer comedy, Black women in comedy, and Black men in comedy. But she would say there has been a common denominator with all of them, and thatâs âLove for Humans,â which also happens to be the name she has attached to the inaugural Comics Rising Comedy Festival, a four-night virtual stand-up show that kicks off Wednesday.