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Chic Consignment
Andover, Mass.
(978) 474-1755
ChicConsignment.com
Dani Kaye
North Andover, Mass.
(978) 341-4200
DaniKaye.com
Red’s Shoe Barn
Plaistow, N.H.
(603) 382-7668
RedsShoeBarn.com
Sole Amour
Andover, Mass.
(978) 409-1541
Winchester, Mass.
(781) 721-5300
SoleAmour.com
It seems to happen every holiday season. You attend parties and office gatherings to share festive moments with family, friends, colleagues with lots and lots of food. Research studies show most adults gain some weight over the holidays, on average approximately 2-3 lbs.
Even though it is hard to resist temptations all around you, there are simple steps you can take that can keep the extra holiday pounds off.
One of the most effective ways to maintain or lose body weight is to engage in a regular, sustained aerobic activity. To burn off those extra calories, kick up your exercise. If you exercise for 30 minutes a day, increase it to 45 minutes.
Making sure, you eat seven or more servings of fruits and vegetables each day is a great way to help fill up your stomach, and avoid high calorie, rich foods.
Controlling even the slightest chance of coming in contact with tempting foods is an effective way to reduce your caloric intake. While you may not be able to control all situations, focus on the many ones you can.
Allow yourself one small serving of a cookie or piece of candy each day during the holiday season.
Do not stand around the food table when you are at a party — focus your energies on making conversation with others instead of focusing on foods. Standing while talking burns 110-200 calories per hour.
From the Pentucket Medical Family,
Wishing you the happiest of holiday seasons.
According to MedicalNewsToday.com, new research finds that brushing the teeth three or more times a day significantly reduces the risk of atrial fibrillation and heart failure.
The bacteria in our mouths may hold the key to many facets of our health. Researchers have found intriguing clues about pancreatic and esophageal cancer risk in mouth bacteria, and some studies have linked poor oral hygiene with respiratory problems.
Sip, Shop and Shimmy at Dani Kaye with special guest Shawn Black of Shawn Black Photography and Couture Black.
Tonight, take time to treat yourself, drink some bubbly and find great deals on fashionable clothing. Dani Kaye will be offering 20% off your purchase, and anyone who spends over $100 will be eligible for a slew of fabulous raffle prizes, including a Mini Boudoir Wing Session with Shawn Black.
Don’t miss this opportunity to unload the stresses of the work week. It’s an evening of self-care with Dani Kaye, Shawn Black and many great members of the local community.
On Nov. 22 and 23, The Merrimack Valley Food Bank‘s staff and volunteers distributed Thanksgiving food and gift cards to 290 neighbors, in partnership with United Way of Massachusetts Bay. This is in addition to turkeys, fixings, shelf-stable and fresh food distributed throughout the month of November to families in 31 communities.
Lowell Community Health Center’s (Lowell CHC) Developing Leaders Council Winter Mixer is once again helping to shake up the holiday season. This year’s event is from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 11, at Lowell CHC.
Event proceeds will benefit Lowell CHC’s Teen BLOCK, a free after-school and summer program for teens ages 13 to 19 that focuses on leadership development, making healthy choices, and civic engagement.
Lawrence Partnership‘s 6th Annual Meeting, just like previous years, will be full of energy and ideas. The event welcomes well over 400 guests, scores of high-profile sponsors and engaging and inspiring speakers.
Prominent speakers this year include Prabal Chakrabarti, senior vice president of Federal Reserve Bank Boston; Betty Francisco, co-founder of Amplify Latinx; Juana Matias, COO of MassINC; and more.
Due to the snow storm, this event was rescheduled from its original date. It will now be held on Wed., Dec. 18, and you can register or re-register here.
The Greater Lowell Community Foundation (GLCF) received a recent $20,000 grant from the Greater Lowell Health Alliance for the Asthma Spacers for School Kids program. In partnership with Respiratory Delivery Systems Inc. in Chelmsford, GLCF will make two 510k FDA-approved asthma medicine delivery devices, the Microspacer and Microchamber, available for free to Greater Lowell area students in need.
Michael McCarthy, Northern Essex Community College’s vice president of administration and finance, recently received the David H. Lord Scholarship for Exemplary Community Service from National Association of College Auxiliary Services, the largest auxiliary and ancillary services support organization serving higher education.
McCarthy was recognized for his work overseeing The Revolving Test Kitchen in Lawrence, which the college co-manages with the Lawrence Partnership. Part of Northern Essex’s Lawrence Campus, the test kitchen gives local start-up restaurants the opportunity to run a trial of their business model, build their capacity and clientele, understand the local market, and prepare to grow into a permanent location.
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and don’t forget…
Sip, Shop and Shimmy at Dani Kaye with special guest Shawn Black of Shawn Black Photography and Couture Black.
Sip some bubbly as you shop for the holidays and get glammed for your own Instagram-worthy photos with a pair of Inferno wings!
Dani Kaye will be offering 20% off your purchase, and anyone who spends over $100 will be eligible for a slew of fabulous raffle prizes, including a Mini Boudoir Wing Session with Shawn Black.
Dani Kaye’s “Anti-fashion Fashion-girl” (Sponsored)
A women’s lifestyle boutique, North Andover’s Dani Kaye offers contemporary fashion, fine gifts and jewelry. The store, which opened in 2017, reflects owner Jaime Sloan’s unexpected journey from the Merrimack Valley to Montreal to New York and back home again.
The vision for Dani Kaye began years ago when Sloan went to McGill University in Montreal. In “La Belle Ville,” she found a way to maintain her sense of style even in the harsh Canadian winter. She learned from fashionable locals who dressed for winter in a way that seemed effortless and chic, and she began to think more about the relationship between couture and the environment. The seeds were planted.
A classically trained opera singer and performer, Sloan found her way to New York, another city of extremes. She balanced her time between rehearsals, auditions and performances at night with her day jobs in some of the most well-known department stores in the city, including Saks Fifth Avenue and Bloomingdale’s. Before leaving the Big Apple, she worked on the main floor of Tiffany & Co., where she sold gold and diamond jewelry, as well as the dazzling Blue Book couture pieces favored on the red carpet by Hollywood’s elite actresses.
Intoxicated by New York’s “frenetic energy” and constant, creative pulse, Sloan would sometimes take the N train a few extra stops down from wherever she was headed, just to walk the city blocks and take it all in.
She did this while still singing opera at night. Whether performing or swept up in the whirlwind pace of city life, she needed to master the quick change and seamless transfer. She realized quickly that her fashion choices needed to be reflect her highly individualistic personality, but also be comfortable and functional. A self-proclaimed “anti-fashion fashion girl,” a light bulb went off in her mind, and the idea for Dani Kaye was born.
Sloan, with her background in fine jewelry, turned her eyes to women’s fashion and realized there was an untapped market for women such as herself. This realization happened to coincide with the rising popularity of the athleisure trend, in which stylish and elegant workout clothes provide the foundation for clothing worn in a variety of settings. It was a perfect style for goal-driven women who play multiple roles as leaders and mothers. Exemplified by brands such as Wear It To Heart and Terez, athleisure is the fastest growing segment of women’s fashion and yet, few area women’s clothing boutiques were offering it. Sloan decided that needed to change.
Fashion, to Sloan, is filled with transformative potential. It can amplify the best parts of our personalities. At the same time, “High fashion can be scary and unapproachable,” Sloan notes. This is one of the great benefits of a neighborhood boutique where cutting edge European design meets neighborly hospitality. Dani Kaye is where you’ll find the sleek, modernist home decor and tableware of Denmark’s Georg Jensen, but isn’t so stuffy that they can’t offer mother and daughter Star Wars leggings before the premiere of “The Last Jedi.” All these contrasts are connected by a sense that this is a place for an active and engaged clientele. Dani Kaye is a store for busy people.
Looking for a hostess gift? An eye-opening swap present? Dani Kaye offers a range of gifts that reflect Sloan’s love of hospitality — wine supplies, cheese boards, holiday ornaments. While others brave the mall during the holidays, Dani Kaye presents the alternative — a serene setting, friendly staff and everything you need — located on a quiet section of North Andover’s Main Street. No traffic. No chaos. No lines.
It was a long journey for Sloan to find home again, and that is ultimately what makes Dani Kaye feel special — a sanctuary in an otherwise too busy world.
Dani Kaye
North Andover, Mass.
(978) 341-4200
DaniKaye.com
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Dani Kaye Opens In North AndoverAndover High grad Jaime Sloan and her husband Ryan McCarthy officially opened their new boutique at 85 Main Street in North Andover this past week. Dani Kaye specializes in fashion and fitness clothing, accessories and fine gifts for the home.
“We are thrilled to be welcomed so warmly by the community in North Andover and to bring a new kind of shopping experience to the area,” said Sloan during a grand opening celebration on Thursday.
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Lowell General Golf Challenge Eclipses $450,000Under a bright sky dimmed only by the solar eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21, at The International golf club in Bolton, 252 golfers enjoyed a day of fun, food and prizes, while raising $450,000 for Lowell General Hospital’s next major capital project. The donations from golfers and sponsors will support a first floor renovation at the hospital’s Saints Campus, which will include an updated and expanded Emergency Department. The new ED will include a 36-plus bed unit, including eight pods in a separate area for behavioral health patients.
“This year marks the fifth anniversary of our merger with Saints Medical Center, and this renovation reflects our long-term commitment to the Saints campus to meet the needs of our community,” said Jody White, President and CEO of Circle Health and Lowell General Hospital. “We operate the second busiest Emergency Department in the state, so we are excited about the impact this renovation will have for our patients and their families.”
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150 Lawrence Youth Participate in Sports Leadership CampEveryone’s A Player, Beyond Soccer and the Lawrence High Athletic Department partnered to run the 2nd annual Lawrence Sports Leadership Academy (LSLA), a two week sports and leadership camp held in early August for Lawrence youth. This year, 150 youths participated in sports training including basketball, field hockey, tennis, track, soccer and volleyball, as well as classes on yoga, zumba, nutritional education, team building and leadership development.
Speakers and trainers volunteered their time to share their experiences to inspire and motivate the campers. The line-up included James Orrigo, Lad in A Battle; Ronnie Lippett, formerly of the New England Patriots; Mike Caron, Get Burley; Tony Hajjar and Jake Bosse, Drive Custom Fit; Steven Alaric, Granite State Fitness; Dushawne Simpson, assistant coach of Boston Breakers; academy coaches from the New England Revolution; Ushearnda Reynolds, founder of United Conquerers Basketball; Ira Martin, sport psychologist from Prepare2Perform; Tallie Abernathy and Dolis Negron-Rosario from Zumba; and yoga instructor Becky Gabryjelski.
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Jaffarian Volvo Toyota Provides Children at Emmaus the Tools Needed to Succeed in SchoolFor the second year in a row, the children living in Emmaus programs will be starting the school year next week with the tools they need to succeed thanks to the staff and customers of Jaffarian Volvo Toyota. Located at 600 River Street in Haverhill, the Jaffarian location hosted a school supply drive to benefit Emmaus during the months of July and August and through the generosity of its employees and customers, collected dozens of backpacks as well as many pens, pencils, notebooks, folders, boxes of crayons and colored pencils, and other much-needed school supplies.
“We’re thrilled to donate this truck full of school supplies to kids in our community because helping them is what it’s all about,” said Gary Jaffarian, president and CEO of Jaffarian Volvo Toyota. “Our hope is that these donated items – from backpacks to ballpoint pens — will help students start the school year off right with everything they need to fit in and thrive in the classroom. Thanks to Emmaus for partnering with us on this effort and doing so much for so many in our community.”
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Beth Morrow has been hired as the business development and operations specialist for the Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce. This position has been created to support the continued growth of the Chamber and will focus on outreach to prospective non-member businesses and increasing member retention by helping members to take full advantage of their membership and leveraging the many resources available to them. Morrow previously served as the office and projects manager for the Chamber from 2012 to 2015. She returns with several years of territory sales experience in which she worked closely with business owners in developing strategies for their growth. Beth looks forward to growing the Chamber membership and assisting new and current members with identifying and utilizing the educational and business building opportunities provided by the organization.
Surgeon Brett Matthews has joined the medical staff at Steward Medical Group and is accepting new patients at Steward General Surgery which has offices in North Andover, Haverhill and Salem, N.H. Matthews earned his medical degree at University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, and then completed his residency in general surgery at UMass Medical School/Berkshire Medical Center and University of Hawaii/ John A. Burns School of Medicine. His fellowship training in Advanced Gastrointestinal Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery was completed at UMass Memorial Medical Center/University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester. Board certified by the American Board of Surgery, his special interests are general surgery, minimally invasive surgery, and laparoscopic foregut and hernia surgery.
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