Sister Duo Follows Hair Salon Dream

A new hair salon in Beverly is owned by a pair of sisters who have dreamed of owning their own salon together since high school.

A pair of sisters just over a year apart have dreamed of owning their own hair salon. Lindsey and Shay Gatterson came up for the name of their hair salon combining their names - LiShay Hair Salon - while students at Peabody Veterans Memorial High School. At about a decade later, the two sisters were able to put it up in front of their dream. LiShay Hair Salon opened at the corner of Herrick Street and Sohier Road, next to Beverly High School, this spring. It replaced Raphael's Hair Salon, which was at the location for about 30 years. "This was always our dream," Shay said. "We used to cut our Barbie doll's hair when we were kids." Right now, it is just the two sisters doing hair and their mother, Jana, selling jewelry - Jewelry by Jana. …

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Beverly Biotech, Endicott College to Participate in Jobs Talks

Representatives from Endicott College, a Beverly biotech firm and others will meet at the Danversport Yacht Club on June 26.

Establishing the North Shore as a center for life sciences is the goal of an upcoming panel discussion featuring individuals from Endicott College and many others, according to Boston.com.  Also involved will be a representative from Sage Science, in Beverly. The talks are designed to discuss the need for biotech jobs and the students that will fill those jobs.  The discussion will take place at the Danversport Yacht Club on June 26 from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Read the full article on Boston.com.

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Beverly Corporation Announces Anti-Cancer Drug at Annual Meeting

Beverly biopharmaceutical company Cellceutix Corporation recently announced the trial of a new anti-cancer drug called Kevetrin.

Beverly-based Cellceutix Corporation, biopharmaceutical company focused on cancer-related medicines, announced the poster for a new anti-cancer drug called Kevetrin, at the 2013 American Society of Clinical Oncology ("ASCO") Annual Meeting in Chicago recently, according an article in Market Watch.  "The poster summarizes information from the ongoing Phase I trial being conducted at Harvard Cancer Centers, including Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Massachusetts General Hospital. Research is characterizing the pharmacokinetic profile of Kevetrin, along with evaluating preliminary evidence of anti-tumor activity and potential biomarkers of tumor response to Kevetrin by activation of p21." Read more on …

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Cabot Street Gas Station to be Auctioned Off

A former BP and Getty gas station on Cabot Street is being auctioned off.

A Cabot Street gas station that most recently sold BP gas is up for auction. The station at 491 Cabot St has a deadline for bids of July 10. The minimum bid is $150,000 for the online auction, which is being run by NRC Realty and Capital Advisors. The gas station sits along Cabot Street between the railroad tracks at Kittredge Crossing and a mixed commercial and residential building called Cabot Crossing. It is diagonally across the street from the Memorial building. It is in “commercial neighborhood” zoning that allows other uses such as single and two family homes and retail stores up to 5,000 square feet as well as uses such as a barber shop or bank. Other uses, such as a restaurant, would be allowed with a special permit. The gas …

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