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Consociate Media Names Amanda Shortt Partner

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Consociate Media has named Amanda Shortt as its newest Partner. Shortt has been an Operations Director at the Gloucester-based media, marketing and management firm since August 2020. “I am thrilled. I just love Consociate Media,” Shortt said. “It’s so important to me to be part of an organization with a…
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Being Thankful for Charles City County’s Place in History

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It’s fun to celebrate Thanksgiving with drumsticks and your favorite cranberry sauce recipe. Over your holiday table this year, humor everyone about the tradition that tells us about Thanksgiving referring to the Pilgrims celebrating the bounty of their harvest with Wampanoag tribesmen in colonial Massachusetts in 1621. Then drop in…
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Why No One Is Reading Your Press Release

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Gone are the days of newsies peddling papers on the corner and Hearst and Pulitzer battling to build the biggest paper empires. Today we can choose what media we engage with online, on air, on screen or in print. With so many media outlets and channels available to spread your…
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Charles City Farm Welcomes a “Reckoning” in Agriculture & Premiers a New Way to Fundraise

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You think you’ve eaten a tasty mustard green until Heidi Cook passes you a sprig of one harvested at Reckon Acres: an apropos name for the 42-acre Charles City working farm she owns with husband Chris that signifies a “reckoning” in agriculture toward sustainable growing. Bagged salad mixes from a…
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Elevate Your Company’s GivingTuesday Efforts This Year

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Remember the days when Black Friday sales in retail stores all over the country actually happened on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving? Over the years, that annual sale seems to be starting earlier and earlier as brands work to get attention of buyers first in the holiday shopping season….
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