Shopping for a bike leaves some spinning their wheels
For the second year in a row, retailers are struggling to keep up with demand
By Andy Rosen Globe Staff,Updated May 2, 2021, 1 hour ago
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Charles James, co-owner of CrimsonBikes in Cambridge, trains sales runner Solomon Sakakeeny-Smith. Bike shops have been dealing with shortages during the pandemic.Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
With the weather warming, outdoor mask restrictions loosened, and the fog of a year spent mostly indoors finally lifting, itâs an ideal time to take up bike riding. If you can find one to buy, that is.
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Springfield College announced that
Beth Zapatka has been hired as the new vice president for Institutional Advancement, following a national and competitive search. Zapatka comes to Springfield College from Yale University, where she served as associate dean for Development and Alumni Affairs for the Yale School of Nursing. She will join the President’s Leadership Team on July 1 and oversee all institutional-advancement efforts, including the departments of Advancement Services, Alumni Relations, and Development. In a nine-year career at Yale, Zapatka held numerous roles that created a well-rounded set of experiences in institutional advancement that are directly transferable to Springfield College. In her most recent role in the School of Nursing, her accomplishments include securing significant new resources nearly tripling contributions to the school overseeing a rebranding campaign, building university-wide collaborations, broadening the use of social-
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Christopher M. Pellitteri is taking a job the next town over.
Pellitteri, who was the Holbrook DPW superintendent the last three years, now will head the DPW in Randolph. The town council approved Town Manager Brian Howard s choice earlier this month. This was a decision that is the best for myself and my family, Pellitteri said. I enjoyed working for the residents of Holbrook and look forward to doing the same for the residents of Randolph. I see this position in Randolph as a new challenge for me.”
He will start his official duties for the vacant position May 4, although Howard said he expects he will try to stop in to get up to speed before that date.
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LEXINGTON, Mass., April 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ From a major Boston research university to a community college on Cape Cod, Christie Campus Health, the Lexington based student mental health services company, is partnering with a diverse group of Massachusetts schools to deliver a platform of services that helps them better support their students mental health. Christie s services include 24/7/365 access to a clinician support line and telehealth services as well as mental health navigators and therapy visits in the community.
While the company serves dozens of schools throughout the country, including the entire state university system in Georgia, its early customers have all been from Massachusetts. Currently, Christie is operating at Northeastern University, Merrimack College, Emmanuel College, Wentworth Institute of Technology, New England College of Optometry, Cape Cod Community College, with Babson College and other schools curren
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