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NEW YORK, March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of Citibank's "Our Promise to New York" events, the bank will host a Kids Day at Citi Field on Saturday, March 20 from 11:00am to 2:00pm. Kids Day at Citi Field will continue Citi's tradition of making the ballpark accessible for special experiences for children and the community. "Our Promise to New York" is an effort the bank launched last fall to reinforce its strong and ongoing commitment to the five boroughs, through extended branch hours,...

ATLANTA, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: GTIV), a leading provider of comprehensive home health services, announced today that it has sold its businesses providing respiratory therapy and home medical equipment, and infusion therapy to a subsidiary of Lincare Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LNCR) in an all-cash transaction. Terms were not disclosed. Included in the transaction are approximately forty locations in seven states providing respiratory/HME and/or...

EAST MEADOW, N.Y., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Alure Home Improvements has announced their 3rd annual Design & Planning Show this weekend to help educate the community with remodeling seminars, games, prizes, food and more. The event is Saturday, January 16th through Monday, January 18th, from 10am - 5pm each day. The show is open to the public and will include free educational seminars, food, drinks, raffles and prizes and special promotions for those attending on Saturday and Sunday, and...

BROOKLYN, N.Y., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- If thoughts of a holiday-themed Chamber of Commerce dinner-dance evoke visions of rubber chicken and Lawrence Welk dancing in your head, think differently. This is Brooklyn, USA, and cool business hunters of all stripes now call it home. It's the bridge to somewhere, with innovative businesses from the Brooklyn to the Verrazano to the Marine Parkway spans. Naturally, the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce has the hottest business holiday party ticket in...

ISLANDIA, N.Y., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Clean Air NY, an initiative sponsored by the New York State Department of Transportation in support of downstate New York air-quality efforts, will honor Long Island organizations Friday at the Long Island Go Green Environmental & Energy Conference. The seven Long Island-based Clean Air Champions were chosen for their commitment to improving air quality by reducing vehicle miles traveled by their employees. According to the American Lung...

With national focus on health reform, NY hospital system looks to improve quality and efficiency by subsidizing docs to enroll in NY area's largest automated medical record system GREAT NECK, N.Y., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The North Shore-LIJ Health System announced today it is subsidizing up to 85 percent of the cost of implementing and operating an Electronic Health Records (EHR) system in the offices of its more than 7,000 affiliated physicians in New York City and Long Island -- part of...

Competitive Swimmer Karen Gaffney to Complete 8-Mile Swim Next Week; Media Invited to 'Ride Along' BOSTON, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress: WHO: Karen Gaffney, an accomplished swimmer/athlete and the first person with Down syndrome to complete a relay swim across the English Channel, completed a 9-mile swim across Lake Tahoe, and multiple competitions across San Francisco Bay. WHAT: In a unique and...

RONKONKOMA, N.Y., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- VAI (Vormittag Associates, Inc.) (www.vai.net), a leader in enterprise solutions, and an IBM Premier Business Partner, announced today that its CEO, Bob Vormittag, will participate in a panel discussion on October 1st at the Center of Excellence in Wireless & Information Technology (CEWIT) at Stony Brook University. As part of a larger effort to introduce foreign missions to Long Island, The Empire State Development (ESD) has planned a one-day...

ATLANTA, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: GTIV), a leading provider of comprehensive home health services, announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Rush Home Care, Inc. (d/b/a Magna Home Health), a part of the Rush Health System, located in central Mississippi and west central Alabama. The purchase was funded from Gentiva's existing cash reserves. "We extend a warm welcome to all Magna Home Health employees and anticipate a smooth...

BOSTON, July 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Boston's Best Cruises, which operates the MBTA Harbor Express Water Shuttle, The New England Aquarium Whale Watch, The Boston Harbor Islands Tours, and The Salem Ferry, announced today that close to 16,000 passengers participated in cruises operated by the company over the weekend of July 10-12, 2009, which is a record for the enterprise's business. In addition, more than half of its trips were sold out. Separately, on Friday, July 17, Free Ferry Day,...