Member Profile: Dinny Myerson – Gourmet Pottery

Business: Gourmet Pottery Owner: Dinny Myerson Address: 365 Moody Street, Waltham [caption id="attachment_656" align="alignright" width="225"] Dinny Myerson, owner of Gourmet Pottery located at 365 Moody Street in Waltham[/caption] PROFILE: What inspired you to open your business? I was a potter for about thirty years and, when I had been working in various independent studios for ten years or so, I lost a location I had been working in a warehouse and I realized that I was too isolated being an...

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On Localism and Liquor Licenses

It's not just the weather: The topic of liquor licenses has been hot in Waltham of late. Our community has been processing two separate but related issues. The first issue remains before the Licenses and Franchises committee of the Waltham City Council, currently on summer recess. The matter they're wrestling with has at least three parts (1) whether there should be more liquor licenses in Waltham, (2) if so, how many, and (3) and how should they be distributed. We have no hard...

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Member Profile: Stephen Bernardi – Johnson Compounding & Wellness

Johnson Compounding & Wellness has been operating in Waltham since 1852(!), and Steve and Diane Bernardi are only the third family to own the business in its 162+ year history. To help us all get acquainted with Steve and his remarkable business, we asked him a few questions: What inspired you to buy Johnson Compounding & Wellness? We were inspired to buy our business because, as pharmacists/employees of other pharmacies, we were unable to practice our profession the way we believed...

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Go Tom!

GOOD LUCK in today's Boston Marathon to Waltham Local First founding member and co-chair Tom Leblanc, owner of Watch City Kitchens and Leblanc Contracting! To Tom, and each and every runner in today's race, we admire your courage and grit!! UPDATE: This photo shows Tom (right in the middle) with his brother Randy to his right, along with a handful of friends on race day! (photo credit: WickedLocalWaltham)  

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Thank you Watertown Savings Bank!

Watertown Savings Bank: A Waltham Local First Sponsor!

Waltham Local First wishes to welcome Watertown Savings Bank as a sponsoring member! Watertown Savings Bank has a very convenient, full-service branch at 6 Lexington Street, Waltham, at the corner of Main Street, opposite the Common and City Hall. You'll find an ATM at 800 Lexington Street, in the Staples parking lot, and another full-service branch ALMOST in Waltham, just over the Lexington line at 1075 Waltham Street.  We are very grateful for the strong support of Watertown Savings Bank...

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