Blu Homes, manufacturer of environmentally efficient modular homes, officially opens East Longmeadow factory

Western Massachusetts Development Collaborative's new office building on State Street filling fast

Megabus adds Holyoke to its list of stops, joining Amherst

MassMutual gets Massachusetts tax incentive to move jobs to Springfield; Crane gets tax incentive to add jobs in North Adams

Big Y Food opening 9 new supermarkets in Massachusetts, Connecticut

Western Massachusetts Electric Co. plans solar facility in Springfield

Cisco Systems announces plans for "spin-off" of high-performance computing center in Holyoke

Wilco record label, dBpm Records, will set up shop in Easthampton at Eastworks

$23 million Gulfstream project announced in Westfield

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Articles from Jim Kinney, The Republican

1. Max's Tavern celebrates 10 years in Springfield near the Basketball Hall of Fame Explore masslive.com (Jun 17 2013) "The business has really been great here," said owner Richard B. Rosenthal, a veteran of 28 years in the restaurant business here and in Connecticut. "Springfield is a good community and it has been very good to us. So have the outlying towns of Longmeadow, East Longmeadow, Wilbraham, Agawam. Springfield is really at the center of a lot of great communities. All those suburbs that center on Springfield have been great. We get customers from all of them." (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Basketball Hall of Fame

2. Walmart announces plans for Holyoke store Explore masslive.com (Jun 11 2013) Retail Walmart ended the speculation Tuesday and announced that it is the mystery retailer planning to build at 222 Whiting Farms Rd., between Autumn and Lynch Drives. Company spokesman Chris Buchanan said Walmart is currently finalizing its traffic plans to submit to the city at some point this summer. Those plans will be publicly available for review. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Northampton   Chicopee

3. National Envelope, with a plant in Westfield, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Explore masslive.com (Jun 10 2013) In a news release, CEO Jim Pinto said National Envelope will operate in the ordinary course of business during Chapter 11. Chapter 11 can give a business protection from its creditors while it reorganizes its finances; Chapter 7 bankruptcy involves liquidation.  Pinot blamed the bankruptcy on declining mail volumes and the lingering after-effects of the recession. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Westfield

4. Work continues on $2 million renovation at Locklin Hall at Springfield College Explore masslive.com (Jun 10 2013) Education Erland Construction has begun work on the $2 million upgrade to Springfield College’s Locklin Hall. Burlington's Erland Construction is working with Jablonski DeVriese Architects, with the work to be performed over the summer and completed before students return to school in early September. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Springfield College   Springfield

5. Peter Picknelly, investors, add Duval Precision Grinding in Chicopee to portfolio Explore masslive.com (Jun 3 2013) Manufacturing Investors Peter A. Picknelly, the chief executive officer of Peter Pan Bus Lines, Getz and Brian Stefano bought Duval at the end of last year, adding the precision grinding company to a portfolio of businesses including Camfour, a firearm sporting-goods wholesaler in Westfield, Hill Country, a similar wholesaler in Texas, and Belt Technologies in Agawam, which manufactures specialty stainless steel belts for industrial use, including making the inside of McDonald's hamburger grills work properly. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Regional Employment Board of Hampden County Inc.   Chicopee   Westfield

6. State data center nears opening on Springfield's Elliot Street Explore masslive.com (Jun 3 2013) Education The state has been moving equipment, setting it up and performing tests at the new state data center on Elliot Street at the former Technical High School since February (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Technical High School

7. Howdy Awards finalists announced, awards honor hospitality excellence Explore masslive.com (May 27 2013) Tourism The Greater Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau has named 51 finalists for its 2013 Howdy Awards for Hospitality Excellence. The awards recognizes accomplishments, professionalism and service in the local hospitality industry for those workers who go the extra mile to make a guest's stay memorable, according to a news release from the Visitors Bureau. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Baystate Health   Springfield   Holyoke

8. The Fort and Student Prince plans to open casual beer garden next month Explore masslive.com (May 27 2013) Scherff hopes to open the Fort's German beer garden, tentatively called 1600 Biergarten, by late June. The name comes from the beer garden's new home, 1600 Main St., a former five-and-dime turned unemployment office turned troublesome Asylum night club. It'll feature German beer and a bar menu of smaller-portioned German food, like wursts, and some other dishes from around the world, including Latin cuisine inspired by Scherff's friendship, and partnership, with Heriberto Flores, president of the Farm Workers Council. The Farm Workers Council owns not only the building with the beer garden but the building where ... (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   MassMutual Center   West Springfield   Springfield

9. Springfield recycler says he would take bigger chunk out of waste stream if state helped spread word about companies like his Explore masslive.com (May 21 2013) Massachusetts lawmakers are mulling the idea of requiring manufacturers of televisions, computers and other electronics to take back and recycle old products once consumers discard them, but an Indian Orchard-based recycler said the state would take a bigger chunk out of the waste stream just by letting people know companies like his are out there.  “We could use some help to get the word out,” said Marc Brown, owner of TotalTech Recycling Co. located in the Indian Orchard Mills complex in Springfield. “Even if they just put a listing up on the state's website.” (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Springfield

10. Nuvo Bank & Trust raises nearly $4.4 million in stock sale, poised to fund growth Explore masslive.com (May 20 2013) Financial Services Five-year-old start-up bank Nuvo Bank & Trust Co. raised $4.385 million with its third and most recent stock sale. The money is enough to fund the Nuvo's growth for the next two to three years. That growth would include the addition of three more employees to the bank's current 16-member staff. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Dale Janes

11. Strong showing in NORAD inspection may help 104th Fighter Wing at Westfield survive budget ax; $25 million for runway, improvements sought Explore masslive.com (May 16 2013) Aerospace/Defense Lt. Gov. Timothy P. Murray congratulated the National Guard's 104th Fighter Wing Thursday for a strong showing in its recent NORAD inspection, a result he said might help the 104th and the 1,100 people who work there survive the federal budget ax. "When you have quality personnel responding in such an exemplary manner, the Pentagon knows that can't be easily replicated," Murray said during a visit to a hangar at Barnes Air National Guard Base. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Westfield

12. MassMutual Financial Group of Springfield back in the Fortune 100 Explore masslive.com (May 13 2013) Financial Services MassMutual clocked in at No. 94 on the Fortune 500 list, marking the insurer's return to the exclusive Fortune 100, where it last was in 2010 when it was No. 93 based on 2009 performance.  MassMutual Financial Group was 101 in 2011 based on 2010 performance and 121 on the list in 2012 based on 2011 performance. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Raytheon   Northeast Utilities   Liberty Mutual Insurance Group

13. Donahue Institute study: Pioneer Valley business stable during recession, paths to growth now sought Explore masslive.com (May 13 2013) The groups cooperating on the study are: Common Capital, the Franklin Regional Council of Governments, MassMutual Financial Group on behalf of DevelopSpringfield, the Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network, the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission and the Western Massachusetts Economic Development Council. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Pioneer Valley Planning Commission   MassMutual

14. Solar power industry sees bright future in Massachusetts Explore masslive.com (May 13 2013) Energy Ron Gerwatowski, senior vice president of regulation and pricing at utility company National Grid, which owns solar generating stations, said the going rate for power is more like 7 cents a kilowatt hour and most of that power, in New England anyway, is generated by burning natural gas. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Greenfield Community College   Springfield

15. DevelopSpringfield begins demolition of River Inn to open the way for State Street redevelopment Explore masslive.com (May 9 2013) Kevin E. Kennedy, the city's chief development officer, said 29,000 cars pass by the soon-to-be vacant River Inn site at 700 State St. each day. Economic studies of the State Street Corridor have long identified the site as a prime retail or restaurant location, especially once redevelopment begins further east at the old Indian Motocycle site and the vacant Mason Square fire station, expected in 2014. Work also continues toward bringing a full-service grocery store to a larger vacant site nearby. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   Springfield   Nick Fyntrilakis

16. Disston toolmaking company of Deerfield ships jobs to China, to move remaining operations to Chicopee Explore masslive.com (May 2 2013) Manufacturing Toolmaker The Disston Co. will move its U.S. operations and its 50 remaining employees from Deerfield and into the former Buxton Co.warehouse and distribution center on Plainfield Street before July. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Michael D. Bissonnette   Chicopee

17. Peter Pan Bus Lines' Robert Schwarz becomes Washington Beltway lobbyist for bus companies Explore masslive.com (Apr 29 2013) Transportation Robert J. Schwarz, executive vice president of Peter Pan Bus Lines and a fixture in the civic and business life of the city, has moved to Washington and taken on a new job as a lobbyist for the bus industry. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Holyoke   Peter Pan Bus Lines

18. 'Enormous pent-up need' propels public school construction across Western Massachusetts Explore masslive.com (Apr 22 2013) Education It’s all part of a wave of school construction that includes $7 million in new science labs at Dean Technical High School in Holyoke and the $107 million high school now under construction in West Springfield that is expected to be completed in the spring of 2014. South Hadley plans to replace Plains Elementary School at a cost of $28 million. Chicopee has received state approval for a $30 million renovation of Chicopee Academy, according to the Massachusetts School Building Authority. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   West Springfield   Springfield   Chicopee

19. With demand up, Western Massachusetts builders see a housing revival Explore masslive.com (Apr 22 2013) But that’s not the only price point. Priscilla Harman, a Realtor with Real Living Realty Professionals in Westfield, said her customers call for homes priced from $275,000 to $280,000. “You couldn’t build them fast enough,” she said. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   West Springfield   Springfield   Northampton

20. University of Massachusetts and other education projects keeping heavy construction companies, workers busy Explore masslive.com (Apr 22 2013) But today, the four counties of Western Massachusetts have, collectively, more than $1 billion in ongoing construction projects, Garand said. That includes public schools, colleges and universities, as well as the $134 million construction project at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts   Amherst College

21. Massachusetts building at Big E gets $2.7 million facelift Explore masslive.com (Apr 22 2013) The state has undertaken a $2.7 million project to rehabilitate the Massachusetts State Exposition Building at the Big E campus in West Springfield. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   West Springfield   Springfield

22. Massachusetts Gaming Commission Chairman Stephen Crosby talks about balancing municipal rights and state needs on casino development Explore masslive.com (Apr 17 2013) He spoke with about 100 local business and civic leaders Wednesday evening during a meeting organized by the Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield at the La Quinta Inn and Suits.  There are four competing casino proposals in Western Massachusetts even though the region will only get one license for one casino under state law. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   West Springfield   Palmer   Springfield

23. Boston Beer and Samuel Adams help out Simple Gifts Farm in Amherst, Elmartin Farm in Cheshire with microloans and advice Explore masslive.com (Apr 15 2013) Entrepreneurship It’s enough to make a farmer reach for a beer. Instead, brewer Jim Koch and his Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream program reached out to Simple Gifts and to Elmartin Farm in Cheshire with small loans provided through Common Capital, a Holyoke based nonprofit small business lender. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Holyoke Community College   Amherst   Holyoke

24. Harold Grinspoon, Diane Troderman donate $1 million to Baystate Medical Center emergency department in Springfield Explore masslive.com (Apr 11 2013) Health Care The new emergency room follows the $296 million MassMutual Wing and its Davis Family Heart and Vascular Center, which opened in March of 2012. Both the MassMutual Wing and the emergency room are part of the "hospital of the future" project more than four years in the making. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Baystate Health   Springfield

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