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The National Oilheat Research Alliance (Alexandria, Va.) has collaborated with the Consumer Education Committee, headed up by Larry Scuder, and the advertising agency Bubble Group to prepare a 30 second television commercial. The commercial shows the reliability, efficiency, dependability and the true value of oil heat.  The commercial is available for viewing at nora-oilheat.org, under the tab ‘TV Ads,” located ...

This year the Annual NYC Oil Heat Service & Installation Competition was recently held at Saunders Trade and Technical School in Yonkers, N.Y. The competition was comprehensive with a written test and a digital thermostat programming competition judged by NAOHSM’s Judy Garber. Several members of the local chapters and NAOHSM attended as guests and judges. Students competed on various practical ...

National Oilheat Research Alliance (Alexandria, Va.) has announced that South Carolina is interested in joining the alliance. South Carolina engaged NORA because of the success that NORA has accomplished over the past several years. ‘We look forward to becoming part of the alliance,” said Michael Fields, executive director of South Carolina Petroleum Marketers Association. Companies joining NORA receive multiple benefits, ...

Jim Buhrmaster, the president of Buhrmaster Energy Group, a family-owned small business with a diverse portfolio of home heating and cooling products and services, is running as a Republican for New York’s 21st Congressional seat in the U.S. Congress. Buhrmaster currently serves as vice chairman of the Schenectady County Legislature’s Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee. This is his second term in the ...

The one conference dedicated to learning and planning for the future of heating oil operations and the diversified home energy business will land in Boston at the Logan Airport’s Hilton Hotel Sept. 9 and 10. Advance events on Monday, Sept. 8, include a National Oilheat Research Alliance board of directors meeting and scheduled biodiesel plant tour. VISIONS 2008 will focus ...

At the recent 30th annual meeting of the New England Women’s Business Organization (NEWBO) at the Fairmont Copley Plaza, Quest Awards were presented for women of distinction, women of influence and women of community involvement. Loretta DeGrazia, president and CEO of East Coast Petroleum of Stoughton, Mass., received the award for exemplary community involvement.  DeGrazia was honored for her charitable ...