One of the nation’s largest records-management and storage solutions companies was created today, as National Office Systems (NOS) www.nosinc.com announces a strategic partnership with Systematics, Inc., www.systematicsinc.com based in Westborough, MA.

Northeastern University College of Business Administration is pleased to announce that the 4th annual Massachusetts Family Business of the Year Awards program will be held on June 9, 2010.

The awards program, created four years ago in a partnership between Northeastern University's Center for Family Business and The Family Firm Institute New England Chapter, promotes and recognizes some of the great achievements of Massachusetts-based, family-owned businesses and entrepreneurs.

TigerTurf -- world leading synthetic turf manufacturer with customers and operations in five continents – proudly announces 360 Sports Systems, LLC, has joined its ranks as a TigerTurf Authorized Representative.

360 Sports Systems (www.360sportssystems.com), based in New England, designs, constructs, installs and maintains all levels of sport fields, from professional to municipal systems, as well as commercial and residential landscape and sport court products.

FISC Solutions, a Maine-based back office service provider for over 30 years, announces the successful implementation of its remote deposit capture product, FISCorporate(TM), in over one hundred and seventy five merchant locations.

FISC first offered remote deposit capture to its clients, primarily New England-based financial institutions, in 2007. FISCorporate(TM) has since expanded to locations outside of the Northeast and beyond, including merchant locations on the west coast.

On February 2 the Institution Recycling Network (IRN) shipped its first container of relief supplies to Haiti. The 15,000 pound load included 120 mattresses from Brown University, medical supplies from New England Baptist Hospital, and more than 2,500 liters of bottled water from Max’s Blues Café in Brockton, MA. The supplies were shipped from IRN’s Everett, MA warehouse through the Port of Newark, NJ, and will arrive in Haiti by February 12.

Wilson Kelsey Design www.wilsonkelseydesign.com recently partnered with Audio Video Design www.avdesigns.com in presenting a seminar on Home Theater Design at Audio Video Design’s Showroom in Newton, Massachusetts. Presented were the steps necessary to plan and design a home theater - from programming and design through construction. Audio Visual Design discussed room types and sizes, audio/video equipment, types of projections systems and TV screens, speaker systems, their location and configuration.

Wilson Kelsey Design www.wilsonkelseydesign.com recently partnered with Audio Video Design www.avdesigns.com in presenting a seminar on Home Theater Design at Audio Video Design’s Showroom in Newton, Massachusetts. Presented were the steps necessary to plan and design a home theater - from programming and design through construction. Audio Visual Design discussed room types and sizes, audio/video equipment, types of projections systems and TV screens, speaker systems, their location and configuration.

Art Show at Book Lover’s Gallery in Gainesville, Florida for the month of Feb. 2010. Open reception will be held on Feb. 19th, 2010 from 6pm to 8pm The exhibition features a unique blend of paintings, fine art photography and fused glass. All the artists are recognized for their styles ranging from the architectural, figurative, stylized landscape, abstract, pastel, ceramic and wildlife.

Artists exhibited | Kat Harris, Marianne Gamble, Jerry Patterson, Karrie Lyons-Munkittrick and Alana Kolifrath

Boston Cedar Introduces Exclusive Northeast Distribution of Abaco Tropical Hardwood Decking and Railing

Boston Cedar proudly introduces the launch of Abaco™ tropical hardwood decking and railing to be exclusively distributed throughout New England, NewYork and Northern New Jersey.

Boston Cedar Introduces Exclusive Northeast Distribution of Abaco Tropical Hardwood Decking and Railing

Boston Cedar proudly introduces the launch of Abaco™ tropical hardwood decking and railing to be exclusively distributed throughout New England, NewYork and Northern New Jersey.

What: Babes and Ballers in conjunction with Virtual Golf Girl, PSN of Dallas, Killerspin, Gibson Guitars, Kenichi Dallas, Nike Golf and Bailey Street Holdings will host all-star caliber athletes, entertainers and influencers at a once-in-a-lifetime event dubbed "Everything’s Bigger in Texas" Celebrity All Star Party to benefit Laptops for the Wounded.

The Comicbook Artists Guild is excited to announce the very first CAG Gallery Showing featuring a Tribute to Rusty Haller, hosted by the Green Street Arts Center in Middletown CT. Commencing with an opening celebration on Friday, January 22nd, the gallery showing will feature work from some of the hottest up and coming artists in the comic book industry. The show will also feature a retrospective of work from acclaimed comic book artist Rusty Haller, who worked on a wide range of comics including The Flintstones, Looney Tunes, Alf, and his own creation, Ace and Queenie.

Boston’s favorite comic returns to the Orpheum Theatre Foxboro on Friday, January 8th at 8:00pm.

Steve Sweeney is a well rounded performer, not only entertaining us on stage but also on his morning radio show The Steve Sweeney Morning Show on 100.7 FM WZLX, in movies like There’s Something About Mary, and Me, Myself, and Irene, and on television with David Letterman, Comedy Central, and HBO. His stand up act gives comedic relief to life in New England and its political scene. Performing weekly to sold-out crowds, Steve Sweeney is New England’s top comic.

Dexrex Gear, a leading information technology platform provider of business data management services for instant message (IM) networks and mobile text (SMS) messages, announced today the formation of its Board of Advisors, a panel comprising six members at the top of their respective industries.

ALPCO has unveiled several new ELISA kits this year. As the interest in animal models of insulin sensitivity in obese and pre-diabetic conditions continues to grow, ALPCO remains committed to serving the unique demands of this market with features including small sample volumes, reproducibility, robustness, and easy to follow protocols requiring minimal hands-on time.

The Consul General of Israel to New England, Nadav Tamir, in partnership with Friends Forever, a 501(c)(3) global non-partisan advocacy and awareness organization dedicated to peace, met with Israeli teens as part of the 2009 / 2010 Friends Forever Life Raft Program.

The David and Carrie Franzwa Family of Lebanon, Oregon has launched IdeasThanksgiving.com, a new holiday hobby website that teaches living history as a unique Thanksgiving alternative. The site focuses on early 17th century English, French pirate, and Native Wampanoag cultures, and provides historical how-to information and quick-start resources so families can easily participate in the novel approach.

New England Fan Experience cordially invites fans to meet celebrities from TV and Movies at the Courtyard by Marriott on Tremont St. in Boston, MA, November 13-15th, 2009. Featuring special guests Leonard Nimoy, James Hong, Heather Menzies Urich, Gareth David-Lloyd, Corin Nemec, Joh De Lancie, Aaron Dismuke and Sonny Strait. New England Fan Experience is a multi-genre event which presents celebrities in science fiction, popular culture, gaming, animation, plus science and technology.

Perrone Group is pleased to announce that Craig Blake has joined their team as Senior Executive Director of Sales and Marketing. Blake will be based out of Perrone Group’s corporate headquarters in Hingham, MA and manage integrated marketing and sales nationally for our Business to Business and Business to Consumer channels.

D & R Energy Services, Inc. is helping to revitalize local historical hydroelectric sites.

In July 2009, KNF&T Staffing Resources was awarded the prestigious Gold award by the readers of Banker & Tradesman for being the top staffing agency in Boston in both temporary staffing and executive search for the second consecutive year. Banker & Tradesman’s publication is highly regarded as a valued resource to the Boston business world and it is an honor to be named within their pages. The Boston-based staffing agency has spent over 25 years providing New England businesses with the area’s finest administrative, financial, human resource and health care candidates.

The Knowledge Group/Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcast announced today that Gayle S. Koch, Principal, of The Brattle Group will speak at the Knowledge Congress’ upcoming webcast entitled: “FAS 5: Accounting for Contingencies and Environmental Liabilities LIVE Webcast”. This 2-hour event is scheduled on October 20, 2009, Tuesday, at 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET. (For further details of the event and an updated list of panelists, please visit: http://www.knowledgecongress.org/event_2009_FAS5.html)

The Speed Venture Summit™ vision is to help launch the best companies by providing them ready access to private capital. Organizers gave a sneak preview today of the investor lineup to which company execs will pitch at the October 28 Summit, the premier speed-dating-style event for fast-growth businesses and investors in New England, co-hosted by the New Hampshire High Technology Council and the New Hampshire Small Business Development Center, and brought to you by Gold Sponsor Comcast Business Class.

CLD Consulting Engineers, Inc. (CLD), Manchester, NH held its 13th Annual Golf Tournament August 12th at the Plausawa Valley Country Club in Pembroke. In addition to a fun afternoon of exercise and networking, funds were raised from many donated raffle items from various clients and vendors, and a “putting on the green” contest sponsored by CLD. All proceeds from these activities went to the New Horizons Soup Kitchen, Manchester.

Rentricity Inc., a renewable energy recovery company based in New York City, is finalizing the design and will next begin construction on an energy recovery installation within the Water Treatment Facility for the City of Keene, New Hampshire.

Proving that everything in New England revolves around the Boston Red Sox, the latest Johnny Denovo mystery – "The Green Monster" – starts with a blackmail plot shared secretly after a Red Sox victory. Soon, Fenway Park and Red Sox games become central to an worldwide scheme to extort money from fearful governments – a scheme that, once started, would prove unstoppable.

Bay State native, world-renowned actor and respected artist Leonard Nimoy will be joining the New England Fan Experience on Saturday, November 14, 2009 for a full day of interactive panels, photo sessions, and one-to-one time with members of the convention. Best known for his role as Commander (and Ambassador) Spock in the science fiction television and film franchise Star Trek, Mr. Nimoy grew up as the son of a Boston barber. Join the New England Fan Experience as one of the icons of American popular culture comes home for this celebration.

The Speed Venture Summit™ vision is to help launch the best companies by providing them ready access to private capital. It selects its best-in-class sponsors and business partners based on their shared commitment to this vision. The event is the premier speed-dating-style event for fast-growth businesses and investors in New England, co-hosted by the New Hampshire High Technology Council and the New Hampshire Small Business Development Center, and brought to you by Gold Sponsor Comcast Business Class.

The Asian American Journalists Association will bring its 20th annual convention to Boston, starting Wednesday and running through Saturday (Aug. 12-Aug. 15). More than 700 journalists and other media professionals from around the country are expected to attend the conference, which takes places at the Seaport Hotel and the World Trade Center.

Dana Titus, the inventor of the E-Z Curtain Rod Bracket has responded to overwhelming requests to offer this time-saving curtain rod bracket in doubles. Many window treatment projects require hanging two sets of curtains, one over the other to complete the decorating. These double curtain rod brackets are just as easy to use as the singles according to Titus. "You simply press into place at the top of your window molding and tap down lightly with a small tack hammer, done," says Mr Titus.