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Stillwaters Cancer Support Services and Cancer Support Community Greater Milwaukee, the area's two leading providers of support services for people living with cancer, announced Monday that they plan to merge their efforts.

The public is invited to help BizTimes Media salute the first responders to the mass shootings in Oak Creek and Brookfield by attending the 2012 Health Care Heroes Awards Breakfast.

Milwaukee medical equipment parts distributor Alpha Source Inc. has assembled 100 gifts that will be sent to children globally through Operation Christmas Child, a project of international relief nonprofit Samaritan’s Purse.

Buena Vida Coffee, a student-run nonprofit organization headquartered in Marquette University’s Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship, is expanding sales of its four coffee blends to New Berlin Sendik’s Food Market, the organization announced Wednesday.

A volunteer selection committee of 28 members announced 16 finalists for the Milwaukee Awards for Neighborhood Development Innovation (MANDI).

Rock the Green, a near-zero waste outdoor music festival held in Milwaukee, has been recognized on a global level with the “A Greener Festival Award.”

Marcus Theatres, a division of the Milwaukee-based Marcus Corporation, has named Samuel “Sonny” Gourley vice president of film, the company announced Wednesday.

Jeff Yabuki, president and chief executive officer of Brookfield-based Fiserv Inc., will headline a stellar panel of business executives at the 2013 Northern Trust Economic Trends Breakfast.

With the holiday season upon us the stores and malls are full of shoppers looking for that special gift for loved ones. And while local retailers are still the preferred outlet for Christmas shoppers, internet sales continue to grow dramatically.

*Friday, Dec. 7, MAM After Dark will be held at the Milwaukee Art Museum, 700 N. Art Museum Dr....