Joan Wallace-Benjamin, the president and chief executive officer of The Home for Little Wanderers and former chief of staff for Governor Deval Patrick, has been selected as an outstanding leader and will be presented with a Communication and Leadership award by District 31 of Toastmasters International.

Locally-based National Amusements Inc. said Wednesday, Oct. 14 that it will sell nearly $1 billion in Viacom and CBS stock, a move that – combined with the expected sales of other assets – will allow the company to fully pay off its creditors.

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Hebrew SeniorLife announced Thursday the appointment of Tom Alperin and Howard Cohen as co-chairmen of the organization’s board of directors. These Boston business leaders will work together at the Harvard Medical School affiliate.

OOP!, Legacy Place's newest specialty store, will hold its Grand Opening festivities Friday night in Dedham. 

With more than 1,000 members signed up before it even opens its doors, co-owner Brian Kablik is crossing his fingers that Dedham’s newest gym, Planet Fitness will open this week without any glitches.

The following companies appear in today's Business Digest: Rodman & Rodman, 495 Realty Group, Polaroid, Babson College, Crate and Barrel, Lord & Taylor, and National Seating & Mobility.

The Daily News Transcript is being transformed into a new Dedham weekly newspaper and a beefed-up Norwood weekly in a move that its parent company, GateHouse Media, said will allow it to produce deeper, more focused coverage of those towns.

The following companies are listed in today's Business Digest: Hopkintno's EMC, Westborough' s B2B CFO, Bernie & Phyl's Furniture, NStar, Atty. Jennifer Deland, VIP mortgages, and unemployment in Dublin, Ireland.

Over the past couple of weeks, the Westwood office of New York Life Retirement Plan Services held a contest to see which team could build the largest sculpture out of canned or boxed food.