http://www.gloucestertimes.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:16:00 +0000 http://www.gloucestertimes.com/pubiz/local_story_278221616.html http://www.gloucestertimes.com/pubiz/local_story_278221616.html BankGloucester donated $15,000 to 15 nonprofit community agencies, but bank officials left it up to residents to determine which local agency would most deserve the biggest boost. More than 8,000 ballots were cast. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:45:00 +0000 http://www.gloucestertimes.com/pubiz/local_story_306222443.html http://www.gloucestertimes.com/pubiz/local_story_306222443.html Home tours benefit Chamber scholarship A tour of homes in the Annisquam and Rowley Shore area is planned for Saturday by the businesswomen of Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce to support the Carolyn O'Connor Scholarship. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:40:00 +0000 http://www.gloucestertimes.com/pubiz/local_story_306222830.html http://www.gloucestertimes.com/pubiz/local_story_306222830.html Q: Because the engine light is on in a 1998 Ford Taurus V6-182 3.0L OHV, I got a rejection sticker. It needs the steel tube for the left side secondary air injection valve. The part is not to be found anywhere on Earth! My sister put money into parts and bodywork to give it to my parents (they've got a 1995 Taurus). I really don't want them to have to junk it. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:35:00 +0000 http://www.gloucestertimes.com/pubiz/local_story_306222345.html http://www.gloucestertimes.com/pubiz/local_story_306222345.html BOSTON (AP) and mdash; Gasoline has edged up another three cents per gallon in Massachusetts, and has now soared 20 cents in the past three weeks. AAA Southern New England reports yesterday that self-serve, regular gasoline increased to an average of $2.63 per gallon, but remains six cents below the national average. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:05:00 +0000 http://www.gloucestertimes.com/pubiz/etgtntsnbusiness_story_301110505.html http://www.gloucestertimes.com/pubiz/etgtntsnbusiness_story_301110505.html WASHINGTON (AP) and mdash; The House Financial Services Committee has voted to set new rules for credit rating agencies, which lawmakers say misled investors by giving high marks to risky securities tied to subprime mortgages. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:04:00 +0000 http://www.gloucestertimes.com/pubiz/etgtntsnbusiness_story_301110429.html http://www.gloucestertimes.com/pubiz/etgtntsnbusiness_story_301110429.html WASHINGTON (AP) and mdash; Sales of new homes dropped unexpectedly last month as the effects of a soon-to-expire tax credit for first-time owners started to wane. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that sales fell 3.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 402,000 from a downwardly revised 417,000 in August. Economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters had expected a pace of 440,000. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:03:00 +0000 http://www.gloucestertimes.com/pubiz/etgtntsnbusiness_story_301110350.html http://www.gloucestertimes.com/pubiz/etgtntsnbusiness_story_301110350.html AMSTERDAM (AP) and mdash; Reaching a final global warming treaty will be impossible this year, but the principles of a deal must be settled at a conference in December, the U.N.'s top climate official said Wednesday. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:45:00 +0000 http://www.gloucestertimes.com/pubiz/local_story_299213335.html http://www.gloucestertimes.com/pubiz/local_story_299213335.html Lyons Ambulance wins accreditation Lyons Ambulance Service LLC, of Danvers, with locations in Gloucester and Beverly, has received 3-year accreditation status from the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services (CAAS) for its compliance with national standards of excellence. With this achievement, Lyons becomes the fourth ambulance service in Massachusetts and one of only nine agencies in New England to successfully complete the voluntary review process, which includes completion of a comprehensive application and on-site review by national experts in emergency medical services (EMS), and earn CAAS accreditation. Lyons also received special commendation from the CAAS Panel of Commissioners for having achieved a perfect score (zero deficiencies) on its site review. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:39:00 +0000 http://www.gloucestertimes.com/pubiz/etgtntsnbusiness_story_295154001.html http://www.gloucestertimes.com/pubiz/etgtntsnbusiness_story_295154001.html NEW YORK (AP) and mdash; Sparked by a cold snap in the northeast, home heating fuels are getting more expensive even though supplies are well above normal for this time of year. Heating oil futures spiked with crude oil contracts last week. Retail prices followed, surging an average of 10.2 cents per gallon for residential customers on Monday, according to an Energy Information Administration report released Thursday. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:39:00 +0000 http://www.gloucestertimes.com/pubiz/etgtntsnbusiness_story_295153925.html http://www.gloucestertimes.com/pubiz/etgtntsnbusiness_story_295153925.html BATH, Maine (AP) and mdash; The Navy's need for speed is being answered by a pair of warships that have reached freeway speeds during testing at sea. Independence, a 418-foot warship built in Alabama, boasts a top speed in excess of 45 knots, or about 52 mph, and sustained 44 knots for four hours during builder trials that wrapped up this month off the Gulf Coast. The 378-foot Freedom, a ship built in Wisconsin by a competing defense contractor, has put up similar numbers. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:38:00 +0000 http://www.gloucestertimes.com/pubiz/etgtntsnbusiness_story_295153857.html http://www.gloucestertimes.com/pubiz/etgtntsnbusiness_story_295153857.html WASHINGTON (AP) and mdash; A special independent panel says NASA's plan to revisit the moon is the wrong mission with the wrong rocket. Norman Augustine (Aw-Gus-TEEN) is chairman of the panel reviewing the agency's spaceflight plans. He said it makes more sense for NASA to consider landing on nearby asteroid or one of the moons of Mars. He said that could be done sooner than returning to the moon in 15 years as NASA has outlined. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:37:00 +0000 http://www.gloucestertimes.com/pubiz/etgtntsnbusiness_story_295153757.html http://www.gloucestertimes.com/pubiz/etgtntsnbusiness_story_295153757.html TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) and mdash; The memory still bothers Ken Keller: A panicked ambulance crew had a critically ill patient, but the man weighed more than 1,000 pounds and could not fit inside the vehicle. And the stretcher wasn't sturdy enough to hold him. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:37:00 +0000 http://www.gloucestertimes.com/pubiz/etgtntsnbusiness_story_295153722.html http://www.gloucestertimes.com/pubiz/etgtntsnbusiness_story_295153722.html ATLANTA (AP) and mdash; Delta Air Lines Inc. will cut system capacity 3 percent next year and plans to shed more jobs, as it reported a quarterly loss Thursday bigger than a year ago. Executives were hesitant to say when the world's largest airline will grow again amid an economic recovery that is only starting to take shape. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:36:00 +0000 http://www.gloucestertimes.com/pubiz/etgtntsnbusiness_story_295153638.html http://www.gloucestertimes.com/pubiz/etgtntsnbusiness_story_295153638.html SEATTLE (AP) and mdash; Microsoft Corp. finally got its chance to reboot its reputation Thursday, launching a new edition of Windows that it hopes will encourage more PC buyers to get back into stores. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer celebrated the arrival of Windows 7 in New York with a few hundred people who had helped test early versions of the software that runs PCs. One of them, technology consultant, Jonathan Kay, flew from Toronto to attend. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:45:00 +0000 http://www.gloucestertimes.com/pubiz/local_story_292225558.html http://www.gloucestertimes.com/pubiz/local_story_292225558.html Harmeling PT opens Gloucester office Harmeling Physical Therapy and Sports Fitness Inc. has announced the opening of a new location in Gloucester at 8 Blackburn Center. The former site of Essex County Rehabilitation Associates, the new office is the fourth location for the outpatient physical therapy private practice which specializes in orthopedic and sports injury rehabilitation. Additional offices are located in Danvers, Wenham and Wilmington.