Brings is #3
Hans Brings of the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office in Waltham was ranked #3 among 3,400 Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage sales associates in Massachusetts. Additionally, Brings received the President's Premier award for his outstanding achievements in real estate in 2006.
Abourzik new chief
Newton-Wellesley Hospital has appointed Dr. NICOLAS ABOURIZK as chief of the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes. He earned his medical degree from the American University of Beirut and completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, where he also served as chief resident in internal medicine.
Dr. Abourizk, who now resides in Hopkinton, has broad research interests in endocrinology and has made important contributions in developing and studying efficient models of diabetes care, recognizing the heterogeneity of type 2 diabetes, and improving the treatment of inpatient diabetic patients. He has also made a number of clinical observations related to thyroid disease, pancreatic adenocarcinoma, and atypical diabetes in African-Americans.
Collins director Clinical Services
Lincoln resident KATHLEEN COLLINS, Ph.D., has been appointed the director of Clinical Services for WALTHAM-based Jewish Family & Children's Service's Community Housing for Adult Independence (CHAI) program. CHAI is a housing program that provides living support to adults with disabilities who seek to live independently in their own homes or in small group living situations.
Smiaroski on board
Maryknoll Lay Missioners (MKLM), a Catholic mission sending organization based in Maryknoll, N.Y., has appointed WALTHAM native MARY SUE SMIAROSKI
as secretary of its board of directors.
Smiaroski joined MKLM in 1985 and served as a missioner in Chile until 1992. During her tenure, she headed the Maryknoll Peace and Justice Commission of Chile. Her prior work experience includes positions with Oxfam Canada, and Oxfam Great Britain as policy advisor and program manager, as project officer and coordinator for the Gender Working Group and as evaluation assistant with Americas Council in Chile.
Stevens garners accolades
The Bulfinch Group announces that JONATHAN STEVENS has received prestigious awards upon completing his first year with The Bulfinch Group. The Bulfinch Group is a financial services firm serving individuals, families and businesses. Stevens works with both an individual and business clientele on a wide range of issues including financial protection maximization and wealth accumulation.
Stevens holds a bachelors degree from Yale University and a masters in Public Health from the University of North Carolina. He is licensed in life, accident and health insurance. He resides in WALTHAM with his wife Peggy.
Award for Bailey
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage announces that Newton resident
CHARLOTTE BAILEY, sales manager of the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office, 858 Walnut St., Newton, was honored with the President's Council award. The highly coveted President's Council award is given to a sales manager whose real estate office places within the top 20 percent of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage offices internationally in meeting management and efficiency goals for the year.
She currently resides in NEWTON. She has three children and nine grandchildren.
Kvan in first BCT show
MARIA HIRSTI KVAM, 13, of NEWTON, a student at Bigelow Middle School, performed the role of Snail in the recent Boston Children's Theatre musical, ``A Year With Frog and Toad.'' It was her first appearance in a Boston Children's Theatre production.
Waltham couple wins Monster seats
The Ninety Nine Restaurant announces the results of the Have a Heart raffle, which raised $50,000 for the Pine Street Inn, New England's largest resource for homeless men and women. WALTHAM residents MARTHA and KEN MAKER
won a pair of Green Monster seat tickets to a Red Sox game in August.
Top 5 for DiGregorio
Dave DiGregorio of the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office in Waltham was ranked #5 among 3,400 Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage sales associates in Massachusetts. Additionally, DiGregorio received the President's Premier award for his outstanding achievements in real estate in 2006.
Lane joins GoodDeeds
GoodDeeds LLC, a provider of life management services has hired eight associates over the last two months, bringing the total number of employees to 14. Among them is WALTHAM resident KELLY LANE.
Founded in 2003, Wellesley-based GoodDeeds provides project management services, assisting people and organizations with diverse, customized projects such as managing relocations and renovations; researching school systems and health care policies; personal/corporate shopping and gift buying; staffing private service professionals; and designing distinctive events and highly tailored travel itineraries.
Unsing Heroines
The following residents were named the 2007 Unsung Heroine Recognition Award winners: BERNADETTE SCALESEor WALTHAM and JACQUELINE GAUVREAU
of NEWTON. Honorees from each city in Massachusetts were recognized at a reception at the State House on May 16.
Namukangula finishes basic training
Army Reserve Pvt. FRANK M. NAMUKANGULA has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.
During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.
He is the cousin of Norman Rutinwa of WALTHAM.
Martin in AmeriCorps
ELIZABETH MARTIN of NEWTON will graduate from AmeriCorps*NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps) April 30, celebrating completion of more than 1,700 hours of community service.
Martin is one of 269 NCCC members who served at the Southeast Region Campus for 10 months. Members completed more than 260,000 total service hours while serving on 157 projects.
Koutoujian honored
On April 10, the Massachusetts Health Officers Association presented state
