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Business-to-Business in New England

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A resource for New England Businesses

 

Small Business Administration has 93 field offices, over 3,000 employees last year it spent $1.1 billion, most but not all, came from American taxpayers.

 

The site includes information on starting and financing a business, assistance programs offered by the SBA and a large section on Business Opportunities.  Of immediate interest to may business people may the Business Card Section where one can post a business card via an online form or search out a business by state, business area or name.

 

 


Business-to-Business in New England

CC Consulting from Tewksbury, Massachusetts offers development and design of management programs for businesses of all sizes  With offices on both coasts, they specialize in helping companies achieve their business goals by better identifying and using the skills of employees, management and company leaders.

My Printers Ink, LLC of Trumbull, CT  For more than two decades they've supplied top quality, name brand printing supplies at substantial discounts.  Buy online with free shipping on orders over $30.  Interestingly, donate 10% of sales to bona fide charities selected by our customers.

 

Since 1989 Dan de Angeli and Associates  has provided architectural renderings and illustrations for clients from their Boston offices.  The firm specializes in rendering watercolor images derived from computer assisted designs, photographs and rough sketches.  The site includes examples of recent work, "how to" information on using their services and typical "turn round" for the finished product.

 

Established in 1980 in Malden, Massachusetts New England Trade is a computerized barter organization working with retail, corporate, and professional businesses. The membership base is comprised of business owners who trade their goods or services with other business owners without paying cash.  With over a thousand participating businesses, they offer a unique and time honored method (the barter system is thousands of years old, and going strong) of getting and providing goods and services.   The site includes informaiton on how the business-to-business program works, a voluminous listing of goods or services for barter, membership details and how to get started buying or selling with other New England businesses.

 

Event management and services

People and businesses in New England who manage events or who provide the elements that make them memorable.

Ginny Colangelo is an extraordinary artist and the owner of the Massachusetts firm, Gin C Productions.  They specialize in creating marvelous Fantasy Faces and Body Art, examples of which can be viewed at the site.  Available for special events, fund raisers or private gathering; Colangelo is professional make up artist who is licensed instructor by the Commonwealth. With a background in theater, film and TV, Gin C uses airbrushes and grand imagination to produce some truly remarkable works of arts that we suspect, are washed off only with reluctance.    All products used are safe and FDA approved. 

Information services 

ParentsResource.org is a site devoted to helping families in New Hampshire solve the great and small questions of parenting.   A relatively new site as of June 2002, the sites founders, Lisa Lividoti and Deborah Duggan, are mothers who saw the need to crystallize information, links and tips for parents in New Hampshire into a concise and easy-to-use format.  A business with a cause-they are supported by advertising revenue-they have information on story time gatherings, family crafts, places to go and things to do with children throughout the state.  They also are interested in hearing from other parents about making the most of the "growing years."

The MBG Marketing Company from Bridgewater, Massachusetts runs an ambitious and informative site called The Gay Emporium.  Simply put, they seek to serve New England’s Gay, Lesbian, Bi-Sexual and Transgender communities, as well as the friends, with up-to-date information on professional services, entertainment, health resources and organizational contacts for community members.  The site includes a shopping mall, trivia, sporting news and online discussion groups, in an attractive and easy-to-use format. 

New England Weather Associates in North Adams, Massachusetts as been  providing customized weather forecasts and services to businesses and municipalities in the Berkshire region since 1973.  Working closely with clients to determine the weather information they need, the company uses the latest technology to give "weather sensitive" organizations a tool to plan events, services and operations.    Owned and operated by John Hockridge, a member of the American Meteorological Society, the site includes links to "live" national weather cams, local forecasts, an online store and radar visuals.   

Among the three kinds of businesses that many people try to start-a tavern, restaurant and Bed and Breakfast-the later has a more relaxed appeal.  "B&B" conjures images of rockers on the porch, lazy fall days and hot muffins served with home-made jam.  Common also is some measure of envy for the owners and the logical conclusion..." Hey, we could do this!"  

 

 

Well, maybe you can, but you might think of sticking your toes in the water before you make the plunge.    Nancy-Linn Nellis has owned and operated a B&B for over 15 years and she knows a thing or two about the business.   Her site, INN-Formation.com  has the details on seminars she offers for aspiring Innkeepers or Innsitters.  The four-day, hands-on experience in Searsport, Maine mixes a congenial atmosphere with some of the less romantic aspects of innkeeping like taxes and accounting.   The site includes seminar dates, how to get in touch with them and prices. 

BidjetCharter.com from Quincy, Massachusetts is a private air charter service with a unique, online service.  Business travelers and others can plan where they want to go and how much they want to spend.  The company then posts the requests to hundreds of  private jet operators-from small private jets to Boeing 747’s- for a guaranteed low price.  It's all done quickly on the Internet, using their extensive database.   The service is good for travel in New England or worldwide.   

From Newington, Connecticut comes an interesting site, and a great idea, for the budding boat owner. FirstBoat.com is resource for people who are interested in buying a boat but are smart enough to know what they don't know.   The site offers solid information on buying a boat without being broad sided, where to learn about boat safety, boating insurance, boat show schedules and many other seaworthy tips for the nautically challenged.  They also have good links to purchase a new or used boat.

Business Beat Live-News and views on business from a New London, Connecticut prospective.  

Matthew Hunt is from Maine and runs an ambitious, trademarked Internet site, called Hometown USA.  With an emphasis on all states in the country, and some overseas areas well, the New England sites in the company's system include the following.

Hometown USA Maine

Hometown USA Massachusetts

Hometown USA New Hampshire

Hometown USA Vermont

Hometown USA Connecticut

Hometown USA Rhode Island

Energy and Environmental  services 

Norwich, Vermont boasts a women-owned, environmental consulting firm with an extensive client list in the Greater White River Junction, VT/Lebanon NH region.   T & M Consultants, Inc. focuses on correcting environmental contamination, performing environmental site assessments, site investigations and recommending remedial action plans. The principles, with nearly two decades of combined experience in the field, strive to head off environmental contamination for all major classifications of privately owned New England property; residential, commercial, industrial and farmland.  The company believes in "Encouraging Environmental Responsibility” on all our parts as one way to insure the safety and purity of our groundwater, soil, and air for current and future generations.  The site includes the professional biographies, the details and examples of offered services and a little philosophy-grounded  in good sense-that we find highly commendable...Click the site!

Cape Wind Associates is company in South Yarmouth that has proposed to build a off shore, electric energy generation system-a wind park-five miles off the coast of Cape Cod.  The project, to be completed in 2005, will generate clean, electric power from 170 wind turbines, spread over five miles of wind-swept sea.  When operational, the system will generate enough to power a half million Massachusetts homes and businesses.  The concept is not without detractors but the people behind the project have 27 years of experience in the field at numerous locations in this country and in Europe.   Understandably, the site is not "objective" on the proposal but it does make a persuasive case with amble technical, environmental and engineering presentations.   Attractively designed and presented, the site also provides an online message form that supporters in Massachusetts can use to contact legislative officials.

 

Northern Powers Systems is headquartered in Waitsfield, Vermont but their reach extends to all seven continents.  For more than 25 years they have provided state-of-the-art power technology-with an emphasis on wind, photovoltaic and diesel-hybrid-at more than 800 locations on the planet.  With a diverse staff of 65 highly trained specialists, the company offers energy solutions for remote areas, businesses,  industry, communities and urban centers.    They design, build and install power systems and offer a full range of follow up maintenance  and training programs. 

Fix It

Mike Urban runs a great site and business for people with old radios and record players (you remember them, don't you?) He fixes them and you can learn more at  Urban Antique Radio and Vintage Hi-Fi  or visit his Showroom and Shop (By appt. only) in Milford CT.  He does business nationwide and has some wonderful recommendations.  The pictures at the site suggest to us that he is an easy guy to get along with and knows his stuff.

Health and Beauty

Help with the Garden 

John Shelly of Wakefield, Rhode Island knows roses.  A member of the American Rose Society, New England Rose Society and the Rhode Island Rose Society, he is an award winning "Rosarian" who actually promises you a rose garden.  From his site, Rose Gardens of Rhode Island, Shelly offers tips on the planning, preparation, planting and care of rose gardens and offers his services to gardeners in Rhode Island and Connecticut.  

Unique Retailing

Northeasttrader is a relatively new site from West Burke, Vermont, offering a wide range of classified advertising.  Their rates are very reasonable-for some, FREE-and based on their initial success, they've decided to offer their unique services nationally.  

To this day, we don’t know exactly why it works… it just does!!  from the site.  

Not only is the Wiffle Ball a registered trademark, (and a darn good one, we might add) but the item itself is was born and bread in New England for the entire world to enjoy.  David J. and Stephen A. Mullany are the current keepers of the Wiffle, representing the third generation of a family business that started, after some experimentation, with a ball with eight oblong perforations.  The first one, (boy, we wish we had one) was made in 1953 and the rest, as they say, is a ground rule double.   The site includes details on how the Wiffle Ball got started, a store for Wiffle Stuff, (made in the USA) and the rules of the game. 

Maybe you're not thinking of quilts right now but as we all know, or should, among the top ten inventions in history is the quilt.   They look good, are easy to maintain, last forever and (this is the great part) keep us warm in the winter.  Ann Shaw is from Benson, Vermont and she makes marvelous quilts-in traditional, historic and cutting edge designs-that are available at her web site, Classic Quilts of VermontAt the site you can see the "quilts in action," select designs and colors and place an order.   Pretty neat.  One stop quilt shopping.

Neelon Art  is a site from Cataumet, Massachusetts and presents the photographs, prints, post cards and other offerings of Michael Neelon.   While a lover of the Cape Cod region, Neelon travels and works extensively in all parts of New England, paying particular attention to the interaction and interplay of New Englanders (and we guess a few visitors) with the landscape and environment of our rocky paradise  A simple, straight forward site, with a charm befitting the photographer's substantial gifts and well worth a visit.

 

Pixel Paintings are actually digitally enhanced photographs taken by photographer Joe Parskey.  A resident of Scituate, Massachusetts,  Parskey's paintings offer strikingly vivid images of New England's coastal seascapes as well as unique visions of familiar landmarks in Boston and elsewhere in our region.  His collections are all thumbnailed for easy viewing and available for purchase online.  One can also send a New England Pixel Painting post card, via the Internet, to friends and family via the site.   

From Auburn, Maine comes  Maine Gourmet Chocolates offering gift baskets, edible imaging and lots more.   Order online, by phone or visit one of the many retailers, in Maine and elsewhere, where the sweet goods are sold.

Francos Wine Merchants have been a part of the New Canaan, Connecticut business community since 1933.  Offering a variety of in all price ranges, they have "tastings" every Saturday afternoon and welcome visitors to explore their shop and their historic town.  The site includes current special wine offerings and offers a search program to find a particular wine.  

Vermont Laser Works, in Essex offers a full range of engraving, etching and design services using state-of-the-art laser technology.  The site includes remarkable color photographs of their work, contact information (with a toll free number) and the refreshing reminder of Satisfaction Guaranteed

Dr. Lankin's Awesome Almonds! is headquartered in Groton, Connecticut and as the name suggests, the company offers almonds via online ordering or by their network of retailers.  Attractively packaged, the company offers fundraising plans for non profit organizations and Every order generates at least $2.00 in revenue for CW Resources of New Britain, Connecticut that provides training and jobs for people with disabilities.

Massachusetts Bay Trading Company offers products that embody the finest character and diversity for which Massachusetts is renowned. The site and business is  dedicated to promoting the rich heritage of Massachusetts and the quality of products originating in state.   Among the products they offer include:

Crafts-Baskets, Pottery, hand-made porcelain, Nantucket Lightship baskets, wooden bowls
Art-prints and photographs of local motifs
Maple products, lobsters and locally made candies
Lamps, candles, clocks, oil lamps
Specialty soaps,  Jewelry and accessories with local theme
Collectibles and Ornaments, including colonial figures, lighthouses, music boxes
Sports Related products, including Red Sox, Patriots souvenirs
Greeting Cards - Holiday and general based on Massachusetts themes

Since 1951 people have been dining at Foster's Downeast Clambake in York Harbor Maine and all across the country-including a distinctive address on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington. (Live lobsters and a complete feast are shipped via overnight air.)   Offering a true "Maine" epicurean from their 500 seat pavilion in York Harbor, they specialize in serving lobsters, clams, shrimp and other sea fare for which Maine is noted. The site includes a grand history of the business, the menu, good photographs the staff and customers and how to order a Foster's clambake for tomorrow.  They even offer instructions on "how to eat a lobster."  

The ingredients that Donna Chamberlain uses to make her Herbal Soap can be pronounced without a scientific dictionary.  They include olive oil, coconut, palm, sweet almond, jojoba, wheat germ, soybean, and cocoa butter that are available at HuMaine Essential Herbal Soap.  Her soaps contain no animal fat, are entirely biodegradable and packaged with an keen appreciation for the environment.  This site has fine photographs of her products; Natural Maine Kelp Soap, Carrot Castile Soap, Green Tea Lime Soap, among others, that can be purchased online or at selected retailers in Maine.  

Heather Barrows from Massachusetts runs a site called DreamCasters2000 but it is really about actual things-canes, walking sticks, pipes, ashtrays, clips, incense holders, candle holders, signs-that are carefully crafted by hand and offered for sale.  These one of a kind items are pictured at the site and online ordering is available.  Customers wishing to challenge the company with a customized creation are welcome to do so.  

Seasonal Moments is a site from Portsmouth, Rhode Island that offer unique note cards in both design an construction.  Each card contains an actual photograph, not a printed copy, and is mounted on high quality, colored stock to enhance the beauty of the original photograph.  Suitable for framing,  each card measures 4.25 X 5.5 inches, includes an envelope and there are 46 thumbnailed sets available for viewing.   The site includes prices and ordering information. 

Dick Gerling is a grand looking gentleman from Rumford, Rhode Island who makes even grander looking, hardwood rocking horses, made with real horsehair. A Member of the Guild of Rocking Horse Makers, his site  Rocking Horses by Dick Gerling, offers photographs of his finely crafted horses and eagles that can make impressive gifts or enhance a home or office.  The site also includes interesting links to woodcarving, craft, art sites and to us.

Not long ago, a telescope was a much prized, "cutting edge" tool made with glass, brass, wood and even leather.  Used for exploring the heavens and for more the more practical purposes of navigation, they required exceptional skills to make.  From Northampton, Massachusetts Cutler of New England  is a maker of authentic replicas of telescopes used in the 18th and 19th century.  Fashioned by local master "craftspeople" they offer telescopes and unique sundials penholders for online purchase.   A brochure can also be requested at the site.

The people at Sandals4less.com in Standish, Maine and are not modest about the prices or quality of the shoes and sandals they sell at their store or online.  Made in Germany, their line of  "birkenstocks" are lowest regular prices available in the country and the shoes and sandals themselves are the "most supportive you will ever wear".  The site has good pictures of items available, easy to understand sizing charts and offers secure online purchasing. 

Connecticut Valley Worm Farm  is in Enfield, Connecticut.   If you want worms for bait or composting-wholesale or retail-these are the people to see.   They specialize in European NightCrawlers ™, redworms and vermicomposting products.   They can help in developing worm breeding systems and have a range of product for composting with worms for homes, schools and commercial compositor's. 

The farm is also a dairy farm with 260 acres.

In 1998 Joan Lamothe and her daughter Terri opened Rustling Wind Creamery in Falls Village, Connecticut.  Milking goats and cows they create a variety of fresh and aged cheeses-the aged Chesire Cheese's take over 60 days to make-that has developed a loyal following among the area's finer restaurants.  Their gift baskets, among many items available online or at the farm, include cheese, maple syrup jams and jellies. 

The Christmas Keeper in Portsmouth, New Hampshire offers a collection of simple, yet elegant, keepsake Christmas ornaments and other handmade, seasonal gifts, crocheted in the color of newly-fallen snow.  View and order gifts at the site and listen to White Christmas. 

Jeff Dobbs heads up a team of editors, writers and producers in Bar Harbor, that offers a series of videos about Maine and its communities.  Much of their work may be familiar to PBS viewers, is available under the heading of Maine's Best Videos from Jeff Dobbs Productions. 

 

 

Among the intriguing titles available at are two views of Maine's beauty from the air: Air Maine and High on Maine and visions of the state's more than 60 lighthouses in Light Spirit.  Others include visits to the Acadia National Park, expeditions to the state's wildlife and features on some of Maine's principle cities including Bar Harbour, Bangor and Portland

Since 1975, Sakonnet Vineyards, in Little Compton, Rhode Island has been building a New England tradition for fine wines produced with steadfast consistency. As they note, the particularities of the soil and conditions on the Southeastern New England coast closely resemble some of the world's more prominent great wine regions, especially those of northern France.  They now produce over 50,000 cases of wine every year, some of which have received awards and accolades in this country and overseas.  

They offers tours, rentals of the facilities for functions and events, online shopping of non-wine items and information on "The Roost"-a bed and breakfast that is both inviting and intriguing.  

A joint undertaking of the Vermont Small Business Development Center and the Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing, Market Vermont  presents some of the finest "Made in Vermont" products available from the Green Mountain State.  Vermonters must apply to have their goods or services listed on the market and all must meet strict standards for workmanship, service and value.  Headquartered in Montpelier, the market includes profiles and links to many fine Vermont businesses, crafters and artists. 

Rich Frog Industries is wholesale company from Burlington, Vermont that specializes in quality gifts and children's toys made around the world and in the United States.  The site includes retailing information, their product lines, the continuing Adventures of Rick the Frog and our favorite, "The Rulers of Baseball.. 

New England Art Express in Holyoke, Massachusetts  offers fine art prints, custom framing and a large selection of photographs and reproductions with an emphasis on New England themes.  The proprietors, David and Alice Gmyrek, will personalize services to individual needs and their site is handsomely designed to browse or search.   With thumbnail images, purchase or enquire by phone, in person or online.

American Dream Post and Beam Company is a licensed contractor from Pawtucket,RI.   They specialize in custom, timberframe structures an emphasis on quality and historic integrity. 

North American Whitewater Expeditions, a company from West Forks, Maine with offices in Kent, CT, Charlemont, MA and Jamaica, VT is a license outfitter that offers natural adventures all year long.  An attractive site with a photo of their healthy looking staff, they are associated with the Indoor Outdoor Center in West Forks, ME.   Offer training, equipment, clothing and tips on braving the elements, they have equipment rentals, guided tours and a B&B with very reasonable rates.  

Buyer's Network is a real estate service for home buyers in Massachusetts.

The UFO LAB and THE UFO LAB REPORT RADIO SHOW from Hope Valley, Rhode Island, scrutinize UFOs, visitors, earth changes, governments and politics, current events and the paranormal.   They offer many interesting items for sale at the retail center on the site.

Priceline.com is based in Norwalk, Connecticut.  Not exactly a mom and pop outfit, but they are from New England.

Sailing Massachusetts. com provides information for buying, selling and maintaining a boat in the Bay State and Rhode Island.  They also have links to sailing centers.

Old Maps of New England and New York offering reproductions of where many of us live, before we arrived.

James Kaloyanides is president of the New England Coffee Company. the largest roaster and distributor of coffee in New England.  He also represents the third generation of family ownership for this venerable New England company.  Founded in 1916, they are headquartered in Malden, Massachusetts where the firm employs over 200 and serves thousands of customers nation-wide.  

Of particular interest at this site is Coffee 101-the history, science, geography and sociology of the "little bean" that some of us just can't do without.  Well done and well worth a visit. 

Crutchtips.com from Manchester, CT sells just about every kind of crutch tips that one could need; cane tips, quad cane tips, rubber tips, crutch pads, bath bench tips, furniture tips, quad cane tips, easel tips, tripod tips, drum stand tips, rubber ends, walker tips, crutch grips, foam grips and crutch pads.   All may be purchased online. 

LobsterClambake.com Live Maine lobster and traditional New England Clambakes, delivered.

The Original Tremont Tea Room in Boston since 1936, has provided spiritual healing, tarot and psychic reading and other products and services. 

Yankee Farmer's Market producers and sellers (retail and wholesale) of Buffalo Meat products from Warner, NH

Moon Beams in Rockville, CT offers a variety of Wiccan, Earth Spirit and meditation related items.  They also carry candles, incense, books, divination tools, altar and ritual accessories and jewelry. 

Unicorn Books & Spiritual Resource Center in Arlington, Massachusetts sells New Age books and gifts.   They also offer evening programs, classes and workshops and have close connections with astrologers, counselors, psychics, Reiki practitioners and Tarot readers. 

The White Light Pentacles/Sacred Spirit Products and Nu Aeon Inc., from Salem, Massachusetts is owned and operated by Richard and "Gypsy" Ravish.  Since 1981  they have provided a unique wholesale and retail network for items of Wiccan Arts and Thelemic Magickal Sciences.   A catalog can be ordered online.

Kitt's Dream, from Manchester, New Hampshire sells an interesting collection of herbs, teas, t-shirts, dream catchers and figurines.  Order online. 

Our Lady Of Enchantment is the world's largest public school of Wicca and the Magical Arts.  They offer courses to help people raise their spiritual consciousness. 

Bird Watcher's General Store in Orleans, MA is literarily, for the birds.  They carry a vast selection of things  relating to feeding, watching or learning about birds in the wild.  Got a bird question?  Drop them a line and order a catalog. 

Dragon Star Creations is a small company located in Lebanon, Maine. They sell a wide variety of Medieval, Renaissance, Fantasy and New Age Merchandise.  An attractive site and be sure to check the picture gallery.

Vermont One has a huge selection of gifts, crafts, products and foods from the Green Mountain State.  The site offers secure, online shopping and a catalog. 

E-Vacuum is a full service vacuum store offering central vacuums, commercial and household vacuum cleaners, bags, parts  and accessories for all brands! FREE repair estimates!  Bernie Fitzmaurice is the vice president of this company in Mashpee, Ma who let us know about this interesting company and its attractive site.


Personal Services

Sean McLucas is the founder of New England Disc Jockeys in Everett, Massachusetts.  The company matches its musical and entertainment services to particular needs, settings and occasions.  These include weddings, anniversaries, corporate events, cruises, proms, family celebrations and other special gatherings where recorded music will enhance the atmosphere.  The company has over a decade of experience, has a cadre of professional disc jockeys and boasts, topnotch,  state-of-the-art equipment to assure superior sound quality and enjoyment.  The site includes contact information, a sampling of musical selection and words of praise from past clients. 

New England Stepps Is an interesting guide service that provides personalized and informative tours of cities like Boston or entire regions in New England and elsewhere.   

New England Singles Connection has been helping New England singles from the Concord, New Hampshire area for five years.  Offering extensive profiles of members, the service's quality dating program includes networking around interests and activities and other social criteria.   

Bernard's Barber Shop is located at 90 Bridge Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  Follow the link and visitors will also find them on the Internet.   The site is simple and to the point.  It gives directions, says when they are open, notes the work they do-Modern and Traditional Razor, Clippers or Scissors, Designer cuts, Regular and Military to Long and Stylish-and that they welcome WALK-INS.   Oh, yes, they also trim beards.

Management  and Creative Services

FirstMatter LLC, from Westport, Connecticut, is a consulting group of futurists.   Guessing the composition of the future necessitates an understanding of the past, most especially the metaphors that we use to convey ideas, concepts and conditions, and this seems keenly understood by FirstMatter.   Headed by CEO Watts Wacker (modestly described as "one of the most celebrated and influential minds in modern business...") they work with all kinds of organizations to develop systems that are "grounded in Enlightened Anxiety."  The site is compelling and in our new, improved "Age of Anxiety" well worth a visit.  But don't wait; while they may know what the future holds, you may not have that luxury.   

WordCrafters.org is a freelance writers' collective that specializes in providing superior content and graphics for that medium we've come to know as the World Wide Web.  As one would expect, most of the Collective's work is done in cyberspace but more interestingly, its core membership is composed of the spouses of military service members, stationed literally, all over the planet.  The group's tiny office-two doors down from the historic Dutch Tavern in New London-belies a global reach that provides writers and graphic designers to discerning clients. 

From Derry, New Hampshire John E. Budzinski is a freelance writer/photographer who specializes in answering the creative needs of businesses and other commercial interests.  Working in both the print and electronic media, Budzinski offers what he calls "one stop shopping" for creating eye-catching photographs, writing general interest articles for newspapers or producing quality copy for targeted, specialized publications.  

Picha Design is a full service design firm from Greenland, New Hampshire that specializes in logo design, branding and corporate identity. Essential to their creative process is a keen understanding of a client's mission-what makes a company tick-to render a positive, visual statement of purpose and identity.  This straightforward and attractive site offers a portfolio of recent work that give proper credence to the firm's skills and wherewithal.  

McLain Communications is a public relations company in Keene, New Hampshire that specializes in getting the point across quickly and clearly for businesses and educational institutions.  Their contention that persuasive writing is a strong suit for the company is back up by scores of content placements with many of the nation's leading magazines, newspapers, broadcasters.  With over 20 years of experience in the field, the company creates advertising copy, brochures, promotional literature and also offers web page design services that are linked at the site.

 

Kells Associates is a management consulting firm in Kingston, Massachusetts that works with customers in the fields of organizational development, leadership coaching, group facilitation and custom training.   

 

Owned by Charlotte L. Kells, she and the company's staff strive to develop positive and productive relationships within an organization's working environment.  By understanding and harnessing employee potential, Kells seeks to help companies keep good workers longer and enhance the job performance of all.    The site includes details on many collaborative services offered, why companies should seek out Kells Associates and information of the principles.

PathQuest puts "front line" management experience and knowledge to work for organizations principally in the health care fields.   Among its associates is Doctor Bernhoff A. Dahl of Winterport, Maine; their team of consultants form an experienced network that looks to the practical, solution oriented side of organizational imperatives.    A listing of former and current clients at the site, includes many prominent medical centers in New England, other industry and service groups in the region and one in Fargo, North Dakota.  (We hope they didn't have to go in January.)

New England Antiques shows, produced by Impact Events Group, Inc. of Lexington, MA

Tye's Top Tour & Travel  founded in 1992 in Merrimack, New Hampshire, the company is one of the largest full service tour operators in the state.   Aside from innovative tours of New England, they also operate programs in the British Isles, France, Austria, New Zealand, Fiji, Canada and elsewhere in the United States.  They are one of the few New England tour that employ certified Tour Planners.  

The Business Plan Group-professional help starting a new venture or refining an older one.

Sports Mark, LLC is a Connecticut company that travels throughout New England painting all of those stripes and colorful little markings on the running tracks and synthetic playing surfaces of our high schools, colleges and universities. (Sports Mark is a great resource for those New Englanders among us who enjoy running around in circles!)

JB Sports is an event management firm from Branford, Connecticut.  With an emphasis on fitness and running events, they consult and manage events in New England and offer a speakers service. The site includes an extensive events listing.

NewEnglandEvents.com is relatively new site, they concentrate on business side of holding events in New England.   They serve as a resource for promoters, organizations and individuals with an interest in planning and managing quality events in our region.  

 

 

Real Estate

Buyer's Edge Realty, Inc. of Hanover, Massachusetts is part of a growing segment of the real estate industry that presents the homebuyer in the often complex and confusing process of buying a house.  The firm serves communities south of Boston, including all of the towns in Plymouth County, as well as many towns in Norfolk, Bristol and Barnstable counties.

Hal Sheeler is an experienced, real estate professional with Century 21 Energy Shield Realty in Hanover, New Hampshire.  Serving both buyers and sellers in New Hampshire and Vermont, he specializes in the areas of the Upper Valley, Dartmouth, Hanover, Lake Sunapee and other neighboring areas of both states.

The site offers contact information to Sheeler, links to area real estate directories, listings and as one would expect, a picture of Sheeler.

Home and Design

Colebrook Conservatories, of Winsted, Connecticut designs, builds and installs custom conservatories, period glass structures and horticultural greenhouses.  The attractive site includes wonderful photographs of what they've done and can do.

CMNE Construction Services, is a fully licensed and insured, commercial and residential construction  company located in Whitman, Massachusetts. Their web site may be a good indication of their work...Outstanding

Home and Garden

Moose Country Wood Products is located in Dexter, Maine where they craft fine wood products from native Maine cedar. The product line includes Adirondack Chairs, Octagon Picnic Tables, Garden Arbors, Children's Playhouses and much more; much of which can be viewed at the site. 

Each is handcrafted to ensure quality and satisfaction and products are assembled with weather-resistant galvanized bolts and screws. They do not use nails or fasteners that will rust when used outside.  And in the grand tradition of Yankee business, custom orders are welcome!  Learn more by contacting Eric Smith at 690 Dover Rd Dexter ME 04930, call 207-924-5007 or Email: emc3@midmaine.com

New England's Outdoor Adventures

Since 1962 Camp Good News ,on over 240 acres in Charlestown, New Hampshire, has offers outdoors fun and for thousand of boys and girls with an emphasis Bible Study and an understanding of the Christian religious experience.  The site has a good explanation of its religious orientation, an outline of the camp's 3xtensive outdoors experience for children of different age groups, costs and how to register a child for one of its summer programs.

Racing Ahead, Inc. is a company in Bethel, Maine that was founded by the husband and wife team of Tracyn Thayer & Norm Greenberg.  While married to each other, each has a strong relationship with the great outdoors and getting from point A to B faster than others. Founded while they were organizing Appalachian Extreme Adventure Race, they offer instruction on mountain biking, rafting and other modes of transportation used in Adventure racing as well as an up-to-date news on races in New England and elsewhere. 

The New England Fishing Journal from Hudson, Massachusetts offers tips and the latest information on catching the big one in all six New England states plus Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey.  (They fish in Jersey?)  They've a strong association with retailers, most of whom are out of the New England region however they do report on current local conditions that will be helpful to Yankee anglers.

 

 

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