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May 6, 2019Edition

🔒Hartford Symphony Orchestra stages a comeback at 75

When asked if the Hartford Symphony Orchestra's latest managerial strategy and turnaround could be called “HSO.2,” Executive Director Steve Collins smiled, saying, “More like 'HSO.8' if you're talking about our 75-year history.”

🔒After 40 years in Hartford, Sardilli Produce & Dairy Co. eyes move to E. Windsor

Sardilli Produce & Dairy Co. Inc., which recently considered an expansion in Hartford, now plans to end its four-decade run in the city by relocating its manufacturing and warehouse operations to vacant farmland in East Windsor.

🔒Doctors: Recreational pot a bad prescription

There is a notion that marijuana is relatively harmless, and it should be legal for recreational use — that it is not really any more dangerous than, say, hula hoops.

🔒C-Suite Awards highlight business excellence

Meet this year's C-Suite Awards honorees who hail from diverse backgrounds and industries.
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🔒GoodWorks’ CEO Grill turns focus to newly acquired Infinity Hall

GoodWorks Entertainment Group's first venue purchase was a bold one. The three-year-old company headed by CEO and Co-founder Tyler Grill last month bought Infinity Music Hall's Hartford and Norfolk locations, in what Grill called an initial step in the company's plan to develop a network of venues.

🔒Why the Eastern CT Chamber supports tolls

A spirited public debate is underway over whether Connecticut should reinstitute highway tolls as a means of funding much-needed improvements to our aging transportation infrastructure.

🔒FreshPoint still hopes for $39M Hartford expansion

Sardilli Produce & Dairy Co. Inc. may be leaving Hartford but FreshPoint, a division of Houston-based food distributor Sysco Corp., is still looking to expand near its current 40,000-square-foot facility at the Hartford Regional Market.

Ciulla ‘supercharged’ to reach high personal bar at Webster

John Ciulla, president and CEO of Webster Financial Corp. and Webster Bank, helped lay the groundwork for record financial performance last year — his first as CEO at the Waterbury-based regional bank he joined in 2004.
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CT Wealth Management CEO Leahy keeps clients, advisors engaged

Taking time to recover from surgery for a torn ACL nine years ago led Kevin C. Leahy — today the president and CEO of Connecticut Wealth Management in Farmington — to a “light-bulb moment.”

Cigna’s Boxer uses technology to tackle healthcare challenges

As a public health professional and technologist, Mark Boxer firmly believes technology holds the key to solving many of the challenges in health care.

Goodwin College’s Meyer maintains fiscal stability while enabling growth

Goodwin College Vice President of Finance Edwin J. Meyer Jr. sees paths forward in situations that might scare off lesser finance experts.

LeMay helps Masonicare streamline its processes

When Masonicare went shopping for insurance in the early 2000s, the pickings were slim — few commercial providers were willing to underwrite the organization's portfolio of acute-care hospitals, skilled-nursing facilities and home-health agencies at a reasonable cost.
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Wachtelhausen’s scorecard checks off leadership and entrepreneurship

A huge scoreboard hangs in the sales-and-marketing office at ConnectiCare in Farmington, tracking the unit's goals, performance metrics and wins in the tough health insurance market.
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