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1. Firm eyes N. Springfield hydro-power possibilities

   Explore RutlandHerald.com Apr 24 2009 Energy , Green Region

   

   Blue Heron, which also operates as Community Hydro, has filed for a similar project on the Westfield River in Massachusetts at the Littleville Dam, according to FERC. John Ramer, a FERC staffer in Washington, DC, said that requests for intervenor ...

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2. $3.56M In Infrastructure Grants Awarded

   Explore Boston.com Apr 24 2009 Information Technology

   Four Massachusetts cities are receiving $3.56 million in grants for infrastructure projects. Governor Deval Patrick announced yesterday that Lawrence, Fitchburg, Hopkinton, and Lowell will receive the community development grants as part of a 2008 housing bond bill. The administration estimates that the projects will create 490 jobs and 160 affordable-housing units. In Lawrence, $1 million will ...

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3. Students in Springfield College's AmeriCorps program pleased by community service bill signed by President Obama

   Explore masslive.com Apr 22 2009 Education

   

   Lemanis isn't a football groupie, she is an AmeriCorps volunteer assigned to mentor the Putnam team for 900 hours this year. In return she is receiving a $640 monthly stipend and will receive a $2,362 voucher she can use to pay student loans or for other education expenses.

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4. Chancellor Robert Holub says more faculty, space, funding and connections to communities are needed if UMass is going to excel

   Explore masslive.com Apr 22 2009

   

   Holub issued a 25-page "Framework for Excellence: The Flagship Report."

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5. Unemployment rate in Western Mass. dropped slightly in March - The Republican

   Explore masslive.com Apr 21 2009 Education

   

   Unemployment rate in Western Mass. dropped slightly in MarchThe Republican - MassLive.com, MAIt was 2.7 percent a year ago, said Rena Kottcamp, research director for the Massachusetts Division of Unemployment Assistance. (Click on image to enlarge.)This above chart shows the unemployment rate for this March and February in comparison with ...

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6. MassMutual Retirement Services Praises Quality of Union Labor in ...

   Explore Latest Press Releases Apr 21 2009 Financial Services

   MassMutual Financial Group is a marketing name for Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) and its affiliated companies and sales representatives. MassMutual and its subsidiaries had more than $360 billion in assets under management at ...

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7. Northampton merchants opt out Business Improvement District proposed for downtown

   Explore masslive.com Apr 21 2009 Education

   

   The city is facing a lawsuit filed over the planned district.

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8. Merck licenses UMass gastrointestinal antibody for $60M

   Explore masshightech.com Apr 21 2009 Life Sciences

   

   By Mass High Tech staff A research division of the University of Massachusetts Medical School and Medarex Inc. have signed an exclusive worldwide license agreement with Merck & Co. Inc. under which Merck will develop and commercialize an ...

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9. Employers saved from extra cost

   Explore masslive.com Apr 21 2009 Education

   SPRINGFIELD - Federal money flowing into the state's unemployment trust fund will mean that Massachusetts employers will avoid paying an additional $150 million into the system in 2010.

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10. Babson Capital appoints four to global business development unit

    Explore hedgeweek.com Apr 21 2009 Financial Services

    MassMutual subsidiary Babson Capital Management, an investment management firm based in Springfield and Boston, Massachusetts and Charlotte, North Carolina, has added four team members to its global business development group. Mark Sullivan and Jeffrey ...

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11. Small business money's tight - The Republican

    Explore masslive.com Apr 20 2009 Education

    By JIM KINNEY WEST SPRINGFIELD - The Western Massachusetts Enterprise Fund has more than $1 million in small business loan applications and just $300000 left to loan out from a fund that started at more than $3 million. The agency is getting as many as ...

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12. Gov. gets transport center rolling

    Explore recorder.com Apr 18 2009

    GREENFIELD -- The governor, state legislators, the mayor and regional transportation officials picked up gold-plated shovels in unison Friday afternoon and tossed dirt from one side of a sand pile to the other in the former Toyota of Greenfield paved ...

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13. State’s employers shed an estimated 20,300 jobs in March

    Explore Wicked Local Blog Apr 17 2009 Education

    The state’s employers shaved another 20,300 jobs from their payrolls in March as the Massachusetts unemployment rate rose slightly to 7.8 percent from 7.7 percent in February.

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    Mentions: University of Massachusetts Associated Industries of Massachusetts

14. First Mass. 'Shovel Ready' Project Begins

    Explore thebostonchannel.com Apr 17 2009

    GREENFIELD, Mass. -- Work has begun on the first "shovel ready" project in Massachusetts paid for with federal stimulus dollars. Gov. Deval Patrick and Congressman John Olver helped break ground on the new transit center in Greenfield. The $12.8 ...

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15. Springfield-New Haven rail boosted

    Explore ConnPost.com Apr 17 2009

    NEW HAVEN -- The long-discussed idea to create commuter train service between New Haven and Springfield got a shot of turbo-momentum Thursday when President Barack Obama announced a $13 billion

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16. Mass. jobless rate rises - The Republican

    Explore masslive.com Apr 17 2009 Education , Financial Services

    By JIM KINNEY SPRINGFIELD - Massachusetts lost 20300 jobs in March, nudging the unemployment rate up to 7.8 percent from 7.7 percent in February. In the last year, the state has lost 105700 jobs, or 3.2 percent from the 3.3 million jobs that existed in ...

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17. Springfield getting ready to demolish former Chapman Valve building in Indian Orchard

    Explore masslive.com Apr 14 2009

    The building scheduled for demolition has been described as a safety hazard and an eyesore.

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18. Federal stimulus funds reduce threats of layoffs, student fee ... - The Republican

    Explore masslive.com Apr 13 2009 Education

    Federal stimulus funds reduce threats of layoffs, student fee ...The Republican - MassLive.com, MAby The Republican Newsroom By DIANE LEDERMAN AMHERST - The University of Massachusetts is looking at cuts of $10 million, not the $46 million as previously feared. That means most, if not all lecturers who had been notified they might lose their jobs, ...

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19. Road to a better downtown

    Explore Home - Berkshire Eagle Online Apr 11 2009 Life Sciences , Manufacturing

    

    PITTSFIELD — Friday morning, the route around Park Square was a very sunny side of the street. On the Park Square common, city and state officials celebrated the $1.2 million Public Works Economic Development grant for roadway and sidewalk ...

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20. MassDevelopment.com: Press Room: MassDevelopment Names New Brownfields Priority Project Communities: Boston, Chelmsford, New Bedford, Springfield Eligible for $2 Million Each to Remediate, Market Key Sites

    Explore MassDevelopment.com Apr 10 2009 Education , Life Sciences

    MassDevelopment today announced that four municipally-owned properties have been selected for low-cost loans of up to $2 million under the agency's Brownfields Priority Project Program (P-cubed). The sites are located in Boston, Chelmsford, New Bedford and Springfield.

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21. Official outlines lack of progress 'gateway cities'

    Explore SouthCoastToday.com Apr 10 2009 Life Sciences

    Massachusetts still has more than 130 "economic development zones," more than any other state, creating an undifferentiated sprawl of competing zones that dilutes their impact. Schneider also said that the suburban tax abatement agreements used to lure ...

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22. AIC in Springfield offers education incentives in hard times - MassLive.com

    Explore masslive.com Apr 9 2009 Education , Life Sciences

    

    Get Western Massachusetts breaking news, comment on the news, see photos and videos, and join the forum discussions at MassLive.com.

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23. Western Mass. road, rail projects in line for federal stimulus aid - MassLive.com

    Explore masslive.com Apr 9 2009

    Get Western Massachusetts breaking news, comment on the news, see photos and videos, and join the forum discussions at MassLive.com.

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24. Yahoo partners with Berkeley, other universities on cloud computing

    Explore San Francisco Business Times Apr 8 2009 Education , Information Technology

    The University of California at Berkeley, Cornell University and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst will join Carnegie Mellon University in using Sunnyvale-based Yahoo's (NASDAQ:YHOO) cloud computing cluster to conduct large-scale systems ...

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25. Proposals eyed for Springfield's York Street jail site

    Explore masslive.com Apr 4 2009

    SPRINGFIELD - Despite the recession, the city is preparing to solicit proposals this month for development of the former York Street Jail property and the nearby Visitors Information Center building on West Columbus Avenue. Mayor Domenic J. Sarno and ...

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