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Amy DiPierro is a BusinessDen reporter who covers residential real estate, nonprofits, startups and more. She is a graduate of Swarthmore College. Email her at [email protected].

Downtown YMCA books facelift

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The Y hopes to raise $3 million toward redesigned locker rooms, spiffing up the gymnasium and indoor track, and reconfiguring the lobby and basement.

Dog harness fetches third patent

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A husband-and-wife team has sold 40,000 units and received three patents on the invention, a sling that allows owners to help support their dogs’ hips.