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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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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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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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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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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Executive Chef David McClure and the culinary team from Williamsburg’s acclaimed Amber Ox Public House will bring their kitchen to a Charles City working farm for a unique dinner-in-the-pasture experience that is a fundraiser to support Habitat for Humanity Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg. All 100% of the ticket sales for…
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An open fire. Freshly sourced local ingredients. Chef David McClure and the team from Amber Ox Public House. That three-way combination is culinary magic expressed in a four-course dinner that will benefit the House That Small Business Built, a Habitat for Humanity Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg home under construction and…
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Help us help others at Consociate Media by donating to the “Trotter Box” we’ve adopted on behalf of Grove Christian Outreach Center. The nonprofit helps families living in the Grove community in Williamsburg who are in need of  food, clothing and other types of assistance. Its Adopt a Trotter Box…
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A check mark by itself isn’t very exciting. When you see the Nike swoosh, that’s not what you see. Sneakerhead culture. Innovation, inspiration. Excellence. All of those ideas are related to the iconic logo. Wear Nike and you, too, will be inspired to reach heights you never imagined. Just do…
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That old adage about not judging a book by its cover? A good rule of thumb overall but first impressions are an art that make a difference to today’s savvy consumer. Turns out seeing is believing and believing connects to buying. Want proof? Take a by-the-numbers look at how packaging…
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