West Hartford

More than 30 employees of William B. Meyer Inc. gathered at the fifth annual Connecticut Children's Medical Center Cycle of Life event recently at the University of St. Joseph in West Hartford. The event — which provides pediatric cancer survivors and patients a festival-like atmosphere full of interactive games and activities — offers children and families the opportunity to reconnect with their caregivers and friends. William B. Meyer has been a major supporter of the event since its inception in 2008 by providing volunteers to help with logistics and staffing.

West Hartford human resource consultant Executive Talent Services has opened an office in Longmeadow, Mass., its first outside Connecticut.

Some of the people convicted in the state's largest real estate fraud, the collapse of Colonial Realty's $2 billion empire two decades ago, are now tangled in lawsuits over defaulted loans and failed real estate deals, some worth millions of dollars, The Associated Press reports.

West Hartford's St. Joseph College is now a “university,'' with its doctoral pharmacy and autism and behavior studies added to its list of post-graduate offerings.

Connecticut's flagship university is on its way to becoming an economic development engine for the state and region, the keys being recruitment of faculty stars to oversee money-making research and development, and promoting pupil entrepreneurship, the president says.

David Director, president of Connecticut Lighting Centers Inc. since 1984, was recently awarded a Medallion for Entrepreneurship...

Dr. Michael Gutman is bullish on the urgent care industry. Just a year after opening his first urgent care center in West Hartford, the veteran emergency department physician is preparing to open two more locations in Enfield and Simsbury this summer.