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Corso turned challenges into business success
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL — Vick Corso has had more challenges than most businessmen in finding his success. When Corso came out of college in 1985, expecting to use his petroleum
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Fassbender overcomes obstacles for big success
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL — When you consider the family business experience Bryan Fassbender comes from, you might think he would have an easy road to great business success of his
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Longtime dentist Reeves takes on new partner
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL — You don’t need to know much about the background of Dr. Timothy Pristas to guess what kind of dentist he is. All you should do is
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‘Numbers guy’ Stedem sees car sales going up
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL — Mike Stedem is a numbers guy. And he sees the numbers showing a positive future for the automobile industry, including his own Hyundai of Slidell, which
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Marketing expert has tools to help business
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL — Drew Franzo knows there are a lot of businesses in the Slidell area that are good at making sandwiches. “The problem for most of them,” he
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Soda Shop comes back as Olde Towne hot spot
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL — It is fair to say not too many businesses have customers walk in the front door, sit down at the front counter, and start crying. But
Read More »First business became personally fulfilling
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL — During his early adult years, Dwight Denham spent many weeks helping take care of his grandmother, who had an advancing diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease. Denham’s mother
Read More »Homeless teen worked way to his own business
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL — There are many business success stories about individuals starting at the bottom and working their way to the top. For Curtis Conerly, that climb began from
Read More »Bonnie C’s cooking up Copeland recipes here
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL — When Al Copeland got extremely ill near the end of his life in 2008, there was something very special he wanted to tell his second child,
Read More »Seniors have ‘golden opportunity’ at Ochsner
By CHRISSY SMITH Slidell news bureau SLIDELL – Ochsner Medical Center – North Shore offers a program to seniors, at least 50 years of age, called Golden Opportunity which encourages and enhances an active,
Read More »SMH uses senior volunteers to make hospital better place
By CHRISSY SMITH Slidell news bureau SLIDELL — Slidell Memorial Hospital wouldn’t be quite as hospitable if it wasn’t for its senior volunteers. There are 120 senior volunteers with SMH who do everything from
Read More »Alexander’s celebrates 40 years in Pearl River
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau PEARL RIVER — Forty years ago, the Town of Pearl River was still considered a community “out in the country,” compared to Slidell. So when James and Jean
Read More »Check cashing business fills needed service
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL — Eric McCrossen was planning a career in TV or radio. After graduating from Rummel High School in New Orleans, he went to college in Lafayette at
Read More »Berrigan’s law experience reaches long and far
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL — When you consider how long Pat Berrigan resisted the idea of becoming a lawyer, it is even more amazing to see the incredibly long list of
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SMH pediatrics gets focus with nurse practitioners
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL — When her third son had health issues at birth, and started his life with a two-week stay in the NICU, it proved to be a revelation
Read More »Learning from the best prepared Ochoa for start
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL — If you wanted to open your first business, it would certainly be a great help to learn from those who have gone before you. Louis Ochoa
Read More »Douglas Machine Shop trying for a comeback
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL — Michael Douglas was a man who spent his life helping others, even though he had little extra to give. It never stopped the longtime Slidell businessman—founder
Read More »Camellia Produce all about state products
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL — Braithwaite, Denham Springs, Ruston, Plaquemines Parish, Slidell….. The list goes on and on, but one thing in common with all those locations is that they can
Read More »Social media info offered
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL — For the business community, it is no longer a question of “whether” to become involved in social media, but rather, “how” to become involved in social
Read More »Irish pub, restaurant have the right owners
By KEVIN CHIRI Slidell news bureau SLIDELL — Willie VanDenheuvel and Norm Bumbieris certainly sound the part. When they talk about wanting to bring “a real Irish pub” to Slidell, you listen to the
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