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20 Worcester Business Journal | November 12, 2018 | wbjournal.com The Perfect Gift for All Your Business Associates A Gift Card to Lock 50 is the perfect gift for that special business associate. Lock 50, located in Worcester's bustling Canal District is one of the city's most celebrated restaurants and a truly unique dining experience. 50 Water Street • Worcester, MA • Lock50.com • (508) 379-3400 Buy a $200 Gift Card and Receive a $25 Free Card P H O T O F I N I S H Manufacturing standouts Leominster-based Affordable Interior Systems, AIS, won Manufacturer of the Year in the Worcester and Middlesex districts, selected by State Sen. Dean Tran (R-Fitchburg). An awards event was held at the Statehouse in Boston. Pictured (from left) are of AIS, Courtney Piroski, vice president of sales for New England, CEO and President Bruce Platzman and Arthur Maxwell, chairman; and Sen. Dean Tran. AIS produces commercial office furniture and has 750 employees. Knowledge + Experience + Trusted Advice. It all adds up. Large enough to serve the needs of most businesses and individuals; small enough to offer the personal attention you expect and deserve. Greenberg, Rosenblatt, Kull & Bitsoli, PC Certified Public Accountants 306 Main Street, Suite 400 • Worcester, MA 01608 508.791.0901 • www.grkb.com Service superstar Bethany Connolly of Worcester nonprofit YOU, Inc. received the Elizabeth Funk Emerging Leader Award from the Natick-based Association for Behavioral Healthcare (ABH) at a Boston ceremony. Connolly, who began work at the mental-health and addiction-treatment facility in 2003, is now its senior director of behavioral health services. Pictured (from left) are Kristine Bostek, president and CEO of YOU, Inc.; Connolly; and Elizabeth Funk, past president and CEO of what is now ABH. Heavy metal Diran Apelian, a Worcester Polytechnic Institute professor of mechanical engineering and the founding director of WPI's Metal Processing Institute, has won the school's Innovator of the Year Award. Known globally for his molten-metal processing research and new aluminum-alloy development, he is the first WPI faculty member to receive the honor.