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Local Business Survey Shows Optimism About the Future
Things are looking up for small business, according to Patch’s first survey of Massachusetts business owners.

Mark is the regional editor for Patch in the Greater Boston area. He worked as a reporter and editor at several newspapers in the Greater Boston area including the Wakefield Daily Item, Malden Evening News, Medford Mercury, Melrose Free Press and the Boston Business Journal. He made the leap to the online world in 1995 at an experimental division of AT&T. Since then he helped break new ground at online news and information sites, including Lycos, Book of Odds and Boston.com. As news editor of Boston.com he directed the online newsroom's continuous coverage of some of the biggest news stories in New England and the nation.
Things are looking up for small business, according to Patch’s first survey of Massachusetts business owners.

Things are looking up for small business, according to Patch’s first survey of Massachusetts business owners.
Things are looking up for small business, according to Patch’s first survey of Massachusetts business owners.
Things are looking up for small business, according to Patch’s first survey of Massachusetts business owners.
Things are looking up for small business, according to Patch’s first survey of Massachusetts business owners.
Things are looking up for small business, according to Patch’s first survey of Massachusetts business owners.
Things are looking up for small business, according to Patch’s first survey of Massachusetts business owners.
Things are looking up for small business, according to Patch’s first survey of Massachusetts business owners.
Things are looking up for small business, according to Patch’s first survey of Massachusetts business owners.
Things are looking up for small business, according to Patch’s first survey of Massachusetts business owners.
Temperatures are expected to reach the 70s through most of the week, with a high of 84 predicted for Thursday.
Things are looking up for small business, according to Patch’s first survey of Massachusetts business owners.
Things are looking up for small business, according to Patch’s first survey of Massachusetts business owners.
Things are looking up for small business, according to Patch’s first survey of Massachusetts business owners.
Temperatures are expected to reach the 70s through most of the week, with a high of 84 predicted for Thursday.
Temperatures are expected to reach the 70s through most of the week, with a high of 84 predicted for Thursday.
Temperatures are expected to reach the 70s through most of the week, with a high of 84 predicted for Thursday.
The bank is closing four branches in the state and one is in Malden.
You may want to order your tickets early as shows have been selling out.
You may want to order your tickets early as the midnight show is already sold out.