Monthly Archives: January 2013

Jim Brennan ’85 Named BusinessWest’s Top Entrepreneur for 2012

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Jim Brennan ’85 was recently featured in the BusinessWest article “Healthy Growth Pattern” on January 15, 2013. BusinessWest, the business journal of Western Massachusetts, named Brennan and business partner Rick Crews the top entrepreneurs for 2012.

Crews and Brennan are master franchisees of the regional branch of Doctors Express, a national chain of urgent-care centers.

According to the article, the partners now have locations in Springfield, West Springfield, and the Greater Boston area, with a goal of 30 locations in the next two or three years.

According to the article, the two were named the year’s top entrepreneurs due to “The speed and efficiency with which Crews and Brennan have taken the Doctors Express brand across the state, and for the aggressive yet calculated way in which they carried out the plan they outlined”.

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Matt Dupont ’12 in Smart Hockey Magazine

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Matt Dupont ’12 was recently featured in the British Columbia Hockey League publication, Smart Hockey Magazine, where he was hailed for his rare combination of athletic and academic excellence.

Dupont, from Milton, Ont., is enrolled at Powell River campus of Vancouver Island University and is a first year forward for the Powell River Kings.

In the article, Dupont describes his experience at The Williston Northampton School as
“good hockey with high competition and good players. It gave me the confidence and ability to move on to the next level.”

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Gbolie ‘02 on “Making Mr. Right”

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Arwin Gbolie ‘02 will be on one of the cast members in the new VH1 reality dating series: “Making Mr. Right.” According to the VH1 press release, in the series “three women will pose as matchmakers and offer their services to fourteen men. While the women pretend to find the men suitable dates, they’re actually sizing them up to see which one they’re actually most compatible with, under the guidance of real matchmaking expert April Beyer.” The series premieres January 6th at 9 p.m. ET/PT on VH1. Watch the trailer.

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Leroy ’79 on Baggage Battles

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Billy Leroy ’79 is a cast member on Baggage Battles on Travel Channel.  The second season began on December 5. Check out a clip of the show here.

From the website of Baggage Battles:

Ever wonder what happens to your lost luggage? Travel Channel provides a glimpse into the very profitable business of bidding, buying and reselling unclaimed property in the new original series “Baggage Battles,” premiering with a special one-hour season opener featuring back-to-back episodes on Wednesday, April 11,10|9c. The half-hour series follows 3 teams of savvy “auction specialists” who travel to some of the most important and unknown auctions where their bids are based on sight unseen instincts. The season premiere will kick off at Miami International Airport, one of the busiest airports in the world, and then the auction pros will jump across “The Pond” to London.

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