State approves funding to test for lead in school water

11/16/16

State approves funding to test for lead
in school water

The Massachusetts Clean Water Trust on Tuesday infused its effort to make sure every school in Massachusetts can test its water for the presence of lead with an additional $750,000, the group announced Tuesday. The funding approved by the Clean Water Trust on Tuesday supplements $2 million the trust approved in April to pay for the new Department of Environmental Protection initiative to ensure that school districts can sample the taps and fountains in their schools. Read more here.

Eight area funders partner to strengthen local nonprofit sector through leadership development

On November 16, the Institute for Nonprofit Practice will launch its award-winning certificate program on Cape Cod through a first-of-its-kind funder collaborative initiated to strengthen the local nonprofit sector. Eight funders have underwritten the costs of the Institute's Core Certificate Program, a nonprofit leadership development program currently offered in Greater Boston, the Merrimack Valley, and Rhode Island. The program is affiliated with Tufts University's Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life. Read more here.

First Citizens' announces new COO, executive and senior management promotions

First Citizens' Federal Credit Union announced that Edward Shea, the credit union's Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, will retire in January 2017. Shea will remain as the First Executive Vice President until his official retirement. The Credit Union has appointed Christopher Howard as its new Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately. Read more here.

Investing/Collecting:
Lawyers, guns and ivory

Let's take a look into the complicated, confusing and potentially perilous world of buying and selling regulated collectibles. Taxidermy, ivory, tortoise shell, militaria, guns, knives, alcohol, Nazi, pre-Columbian and ancient relics all fall into a regulated or illegal category for buyers as well as sellers. It is likely you have one or more items in your possession that falls into one of these categories. Read more here.

Cape Cod Beer's new Cranberry Harvest Holiday Ale is a community collaboration

Cape Cod Beer has announced the release of a new holiday beer, Cranberry Harvest Holiday Ale. This beer is a collaborative effort among several local businesses and highlights the camaraderie among the Cape's local business community, and honors the Cape's long history of cranberry growing. Based on the brewery's award winning seasonal Harvest Ale, a German style alt bier, Cranberry Harvest Holiday Ale has been infused with juice from locally harvested cranberries. Read more here.

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