Merrimack College News

The Lawrence Portuguese Ladies Council is hosting a special event tonight for 50 members of the Boys and Girls Club at its headquarters, 2 Saratoga St.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Holiday Spotlight is a column highlighting local holiday productions and the people involved in them.

State Rep. Barbara L'Italien, Merrimack College, Class of 1984, is the keynote speaker for the 10th annual James St.

The New England Classical Singers Christmas concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec.

Samantha Mattei is better, but not all better. It has been six months since the 19-year-old was seriously injured in an MBTA trolley crash.

The Merrimack College Jazz Ensemble will perform a free holiday concert on Dec. 6 that the college says "is sure to get even Scrooge tapping his feet." The evening of holiday-inspired jazz and swing music, from favorites to the unexpected, is meant to bring out some Christmas cheer.

For ballet dancers, the Christmas season doesn't begin with the first snowfall or the frantic shopping of Black Friday.

One actor, Bobby Kerrigan of Wenham, has starred in so many roles that he stopped counting.

"Bookkeeping Bootcamp: Learn the Quickbooks" from 8:30 a.m. to noon at Enterprise Center, Salem State College, 121 Loring Ave.

Who is M. Lisa Moody? Anyone who cast a vote for Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell over the last 15 years also elected Moody, her powerful, little known chief of staff and longtime friend who has been embroiled in a recent controversy surrounding a taxpayer-funded study to streamline government.

Nov. 13--NORTH ANDOVER -- The national economy has been propped up by artificial means and could face a long, jobless recovery, according to the dean of the Merrimack College business school.

What do women have to learn from other women? A heck of a lot, apparently. Or anyway, enough that Merrimack College has devoted an entire lecture series to their potential for sharing.

Thomas Aquinas College is freezing its tuition rate for next school year, a move colleges across the country are making because of the flagging economy and parents' anxiety about the costs.

Revlon's board of directors has elected Richard J. Santagati as a director, effective Oct.

Health Quarters is hosting a special fundraising night for its friends at a Celtic Christmas concert with internationally recognized all-women Irish folk band Cherish the Ladies on Dec.

NEW YORK Revlon has announced that Richard Santagati has joined its board of directors.

For mayoral hopeful John Michitson, politics runs in the family. His late aunt, Theresa Baumann, was the first female vice president of the City Council and the first woman to run for mayor of Haverhill.

The Greater Boston Food Bank appointed David Noymer as their new chief financial officer.

Ace a test and win $120,000. That's what Merrimack College is offering high school seniors next month at its science and technology competition - the chance at a full four-year scholarship to the North Andover school.

Swine flu appears to have hit the Merrimack Valley, sickening a growing number of children and adults throughout the region last week just as a small number of doses of the vaccine began trickling into public health agencies.