http://www.eagletribune.com/progress en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_098202200.html Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:24:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_098202200.html ]]> http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_116105744.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:20:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_116105744.html But his knack for arranging authentic-looking silk flower arrangements and renting them out for funerals has turned him into an entrepreneur.]]> http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_116150123.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:00:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_116150123.html http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_116150304.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:00:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_116150304.html Caritas Holy Family Hospital in Methuen is spending millions to install a linear accelerator to more precisely treat cancerous tumors. Lawrence General Hospital is investing in the treatment of heart disease, stroke and breast cancer.]]> http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_116150231.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:00:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_116150231.html Here are exercise activities suggested by the American Council on Fitness, which includes a worldwide network of trainers, group-fitness experts and lifestyle- and weight-management consultants.]]> http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_116150210.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:00:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_116150210.html "Doc, I feel like I could die," he says. "I'm feeling very dizzy."
The voice sounds real and the breathing looks right.]]> http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_119165925.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:41:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_119165925.html http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_119165945.html Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:00:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_119165945.html http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_116104325.html Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:15:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_116104325.html http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_116105423.html Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:15:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_116105423.html Diet Coke Plus offers soda drinkers a "good source of vitamins B3, B6, and B12, and the minerals zinc and magnesium," according to press material. 7Up might not be all-natural, but it is made of — and marketed as — "100 percent natural flavors." ]]> http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_116105352.html Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:15:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_116105352.html http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_116104021.html Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:15:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_116104021.html http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_116105936.html Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:15:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_116105936.html The fitness center at 116 Pleasant Valley St. caters to more than 6,000 members. Last month it launched a Kids Fit program designed for children ages 18 months to 13.]]> http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_116105020.html Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:15:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_116105020.html This disorder that now affects one in 150 children in this country involves a puzzling array of symptoms and behaviors. Medical research accepted by most physicians indicates there is still no known single cause or cure for autism.]]> http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_116150109.html Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:51:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_116150109.html She's Jackie Long-Goding, dean of health professions at Northern Essex Community College.
She can often be found behind a privacy screen in the college's mock hospital room, typing away on a laptop or speaking furtively into a microphone, much like the character in the "Wizard of Oz."]]> http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_109151942.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:11:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_109151942.html One Lawrence firm builds devices that convert the sun's rays to useable electricity, while another makes extremely energy-efficient housing.]]> http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_109151527.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:11:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_109151527.html He decided to try the ionithermie body-shaping treatment as soon as nearby Visage Skin Care and Day Spa started offering it in February, hoping to reduce his slightly protruding abdominal area.]]> http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_109151512.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:11:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_109151512.html http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_109151458.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:11:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_109151458.html "You should see the men's soccer league," said Dennis Reed, owner of SportsZone. "We have 72 teams now."]]> http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_109151443.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:11:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_109151443.html http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_106154045.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:10:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_106154045.html The certified staff help clients find a goal and reach that goal — but they're not counselors, they're life coaches.
Life coaching began in California about 20 years ago, and it's slowly becoming an everyday word for New Englanders.]]> http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_106154029.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:10:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_106154029.html Summer day camps around the region offer kids big and small everything including sea kayaking, tennis lessons, Web site development, horse rides and even tours of the county jail.]]> http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_106154312.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:10:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_106154312.html "They are a staple now," said Kevin McCurley, owner of Zoo Creatures in Plaistow. "They're low maintenance and very interactive."]]> http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_106154253.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:10:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_106154253.html "We can't fill the jobs fast enough," said Mary Noonan, the chairwoman of the Computer Science Department at Merrimack. ]]> http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_106154159.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:41:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_106154159.html Local agents said the key to going to Europe is making all travel arrangements in the United States where you can pay for the arrangements in dollars, instead of converting the money into Euro. ]]> http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_106154120.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:41:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_106154120.html "The objective is to have a retreat in your own yard where you can sit and enjoy the outdoors and entertain your friends," certified master gardener Margaret Crisler of Windham, N.H., said. "Water has become a featured part of it — more than ever before — in some kind of a structure, usually a small waterfall into a small body of water, so you can hear the murmur of the water."]]> http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_101143256.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:30:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_101143256.html http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_101144212.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:13:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_101144212.html Priced right, the home will move, said Joan Fitzgibbons, of Carlson/GMAC Real Estate in Andover. The key is finding the right price point.]]> http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_101144139.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:13:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_101144139.html The good news is that interest rates are low — in some cases below 6 percent — promising to save homeowners refinancing their mortgages or buyers purchasing a new home thousands of dollars.]]> http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_101143916.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:10:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_101143916.html http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_101143850.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:10:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_101143850.html It could be $1,000, it could be $100,000.
Regardless, here are a few guiding principles.
Relax (read: do not panic), reflect on your goals, form a plan that employs diversification and follow through with it.]]> http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_101144429.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:10:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_101144429.html http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_101144333.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:10:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_101144333.html http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_101144250.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:10:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_101144250.html But today they focus more on tangible things that can really help businesses, like worker training and getting grant money. ]]> http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_105105332.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:20:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_105105332.html Cooperation is a great thing for businesses — and, they hope, for consumers as well. The trend is called cross-selling and its goes across a wide level of businesses, from Fortune 500 companies to small businesses. ]]> http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_098120754.html Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:07:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_098120754.html Very light jets (VLTs) are coming to Lawrence Municipal Airport. Formerly known as microjets, VLTs are a smaller version of business jets, seat between four and eight people, and run on a smaller, quieter engine. ]]> http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_098120535.html Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:05:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_098120535.html Though the cost of certain materials has increased, the lack of activity in the housing market may have steered more developers toward commercial projects. And overall, that increased competition among developers has lowered the cost for anyone looking to build commercial properties.]]> http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_098120440.html Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:04:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_098120440.html Since the New Hampshire Rail Transit Authority formed a year ago, more progress has been made in extending rail service to the state than in the past 20 years combined, according to Vice Chairman Steve Williams.]]> http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_098120343.html Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:03:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_098120343.html http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_098120229.html Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:02:00 EDT http://www.eagletribune.com/progress/local_story_098120229.html