Archive November 2024
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News You Can Use: November 21, 2024
This week we reported that the Federal Trade Commission issued a report on funeral home phone price disclosure. Also this week, we shared a report from the recent Northeast Funeral Service Partnership meeting in Connecticut; shared an update from the November meeting of the state Board of Registration in Embalming and Funeral Directing; recognized Amy Marsoobian, an MFDA President's Award recipient; reported that the Cape Cod Community College Funeral Service Program moved into a new space at Bridgewater State University; announced that Columbian Mutual Life Insurance Company was placed into rehabilitation; thanked Linden Ponds for hosting the MFDA Speakers Bureau for a presentation; and recognized O'Donnell Cremations Funerals Celebrations in Salem for its event honoring veterans.
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News You Can Use: November 14, 2024
been delayed and is now expected in early December. We also provided information and links so you can still prepare for when MAVRIC goes live, listed the businesses honored at our recent Appreciation Night that celebrated anniversaries, announced the reappointment of Paul Phaneuf of the St. Pierre-Phaneuf Funeral Chapels in Springfield to a position on the Board of Registration in Embalming and Funeral Directing, shared information from the Massachusetts Veterans’ Service Officers Association on repercussions of the recently enacted Heroes Act, relayed that the Massachusetts Military Records Branch requests funeral directors email them for better service, shared that the Agawam Veterans Cemetery Friends' seeks help laying wreaths and sponsors to purchase wreaths for the holiday season, and announced that the University of Massachusetts 4-H Career Exploration Series presented an online session on exploring opportunities in funeral service.
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