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by Rick Winterson       This Monday morning, on August 15 at 8:30 a.m., Dedham Savings (“your bank”) opened the doors of its Branch at 636 East Broadway for the first time.  Six key Dedham Savings people did the honors (please see the photo above).  At the end of the day at 4:30, they cheerfully expressed their satisfaction at how it all went.  Please note this was Dedham Savings so-called “soft” opening, but don’t be fooled by the word “soft”.  They are fully opened, expertly staffed, and providing everything you would expect from a full-service branch bank. The bank’s new quarters have an open feeling, with an unobtrusive but warm color scheme.  The interior is clearly a place of business, but there are amenities – [...]

The South Boston Community Health Center is an institution around here – that goes without saying (even though we said it).  The Community Health Center’s concept of servicing health needs in an urban neighborhood has caught on.  In fact, the Geiger-Gibson Community Health Center in Dorchester and our own at 409 West Broadway were the first two such health organizations. Each August, the South Boston Community Health Center confers a set of awards upon those people, both inside and outside of the Health Center’s organization, who have supported the South Boston community in special ways.  They are called the “Breakfast of Champions” Awards, a humorous and memorable brainchild of the Health Center’s Margaret Lynch.  And of course, ‘the title “Breakfast of Champions” is based upon [...]