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WICN Business Beat Interview

WICN Business Beat Interview

by Ben Saren on Sep Thu, 2008 in CitySquares, Local Search, Locally Owned

A few months back at the Somerville Local First launch party I met a fella named Steve D’Agostino. We talked briefly about what CitySquares was doing, and he spoke passionately about what he’s doing in Worcester for Worcester Local First. We hit it off pretty quickly, and realized how well aligned our missions are. I [...]

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Artbeat 2007

Artbeat 2007

by Ben Saren on Jul Sat, 2007 in Pop Culture

Artbeat
Originally uploaded by Benee
Is getting bigger every year. Chris did a great job with the Citysquares table at Artbeat.

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Congratulations to Jack Connolly

by Ben Saren on May Wed, 2007 in Politics

Congratulations Jack Connolly, for winning the Alderman-at-Large seat! I’m proud of you, and really glad to see you back. You’ll be able to do even greater things now.
Jack Connolly was Alderman of Somerville’s greater Davis Square neighborhood (insert Ward # here) for 22 years, until he lost a couple years ago to the young Rebekah [...]

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Citysquares.com: Part 1

Citysquares.com: Part 1

by Ben Saren on Feb Tue, 2007 in CitySquares, Entrepreneurship, Local Search, Locally Owned

Today I had a meeting with the founders of Spot Story, Aron and Matthew. I briefly met them at WebInno last week. It was at the end of the evening and the room was clearing out, they were still fielding questions and performing demos. We spoke for a couple minutes, exchanged business cards and promised [...]

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