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Dec 5, 2024 | 
northeastohioboomer.com | Cris Beaulieu
Northeast Ohio Thrive is excited to announce a much-anticipated annual celebration is back!Formerly known as Boomer Bash, The Bash 2025 is bringing the fun to your side of town with four locations – West, East, Lake and Summit counties – each with a different pastime theme. Admission is free!Experience entertainment and music throughout the night along with vendor tables and freebies.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
northeastohioparent.com | Cris Beaulieu
Archives by: Cris Beaulieu Cris Beaulieu Posts As the last of the leaves fall and skies turn dark before dinner is even served, Northeast Ohioans might be looking ahead with anticipation to summer, warmth and sunshine. If ... ... Read more
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
northeastohioparent.com | Cris Beaulieu
As the last of the leaves fall and skies turn dark before dinner is even served, Northeast Ohioans might be looking ahead with anticipation to summer, warmth and sunshine. If it hasn’t crossed parents minds’ yet, it might also be a good time to prepare for the adventures that lie ahead once their children are out of school come June – because that day is coming, too.
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Dec 15, 2023 | 
fleetmaintenance.com | John Hitch |Cris Beaulieu
There’s a prevailing theory out there that electric trucks are going to save the world and their adoption must be accelerated. Instead of pumping oil from the earth and converting it into energy—and as a result creating the harmful emissions that the United Nations warns will create climate catastrophes ranging from hurricanes to droughts—these battery-powered trucks can run on renewable resources like solar and wind power, all while creating zero emissions.
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Nov 8, 2023 | 
fleetmaintenance.com | Cris Beaulieu |Laura Putre |Alex Keenan |John Hitch
CLEVELAND—The American Trucking Associations’ Technology and Maintenance Councils’ National Technicians Skills Competitions, or TMCSuperTech 2023, was held in Cleveland’s Huntington Convention Center for the third year in a row in Cleveland, Ohio on Sept. 17-18. Ninety-three professional techs competed in the heavy-duty track, trailer track, and light- and medium-duty track, and 25 in the student skills competition—TMCFutureTech. The heavy-duty track started on Sept.
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Oct 13, 2023 | 
vehicleservicepros.com | Cris Beaulieu
The UAW Wednesday night called on 8,700 of its union workers to walk off the job at Ford's biggest plant as part of the Stand Up Strike against the Big Three automakers - General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis. Local 862 shut down its Ford Truck Plant in Louisville, Kentucky at 6:30 p.m. bringing the total number to about 33,700 union workers striking across the country.
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Oct 12, 2023 | 
fleetmaintenance.com | Cris Beaulieu |Scott Keith
The UAW Wednesday night called on 8,700 of its union workers to walk off the job at Ford's biggest plant as part of the Stand Up Strike against the Big Three automakers - General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis. Local 862 shut down its Ford Truck Plant in Louisville, Kentucky at 6:30 p.m. bringing the total number to about 33,700 union workers striking across the country.
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Sep 28, 2023 | 
fleetmaintenance.com | Cris Beaulieu |Alex Keenan
NFL Hall of Famers Jerome “The Bus” Bettis and Emmitt Smith are teaming up to speak at Work Truck Week 2024 during NTEA's Annual Meeting on March 7, 2024, in Indianapolis. The Annual Meeting keynote will be a question-and-answer conversation between Bettis and Smith moderated by Jason Ritchey, 2024 NTEA Convention chair, and president and owner of Curry Supply Co. The pair have four Super Bowl victories racked up between them, with plenty to share about teamwork, persistence and success.
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Sep 21, 2023 | 
fleetmaintenance.com | Cris Beaulieu |Laura Putre
CLEVELAND—The winner's podium popped in purple all night at the 2023 TMCSuperTech awards dinner on Sept. 18, as FedEx Freight dominated the American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council's National Technicians Skills Competition. Doug Nickles, a FedEx Freight technician from East Moline, Illinois, was named TMCSuperTech 2023 Grand Champion for the first time, with four other FedEx Freight techs also finishing in the Top 5 of the Heavy Duty track.
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Sep 7, 2023 | 
fleetmaintenance.com | Cris Beaulieu |Cristina Commendatore
Daimler Truck, Paccar, and Cummins’ zero-emissions business unit, Accelera, are teaming up to produce battery cells in the U.S. for commercial electric vehicles with a total investment expected to be between $2 billion and $3 billion for a 21 gigawatt-hour factory, the three companies announced in a release. Focusing on lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries, the companies will each own 30% of the venture.
