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1. Massachusetts, Vermont transportation officials to hold public meetings on passenger rail service along Boston-Montreal corridor
  
  Explore masslive.com Jan 22 2014 Transportation
  
  Massachusetts and Vermont transportation officials are scheduled to hold public meetings in Springfield and White River Junction, Vt., to discuss the possibility of more frequent and higher speed passenger rail service along the Boston-Montreal corridor passing through Western Massachusetts and the Green Mountain State. The first hearing is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Hotel Coolidge, 39 S. Main St., White River Junction, followed by another meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, 60 Congress St., Springfield. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation and the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) are holding the sessions ...
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  Mentions: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Springfield Massachusetts Department of Transportation
2. Massachusetts education officials to discuss proposed Springfield Preparatory Charter School during visit to city
  
  Explore masslive.com Nov 25 2013 Education
  
  The session between Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education officials and proponents of the Springfield Preparatory Charter School, a K-8 learning institution that would accommodate more than 48o students, is scheduled for 4 p.m. today at the Springfield Central Library, 220 State St.
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3. Springfield to release results of downtown housing study, citing significant market changes and possibility of MGM casino coming to town
  
  Explore masslive.com Nov 14 2013
  
  On the same day Gov. Deval Patrick is slated to announce a multimillion-dollar plan to bolster affordable housing in Massachusetts, Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno is expected to attend a Thursday morning event to mark the release of the city's first downtown market-rate housing study in seven years. Today's session is sponsored by the Springfield Chamber of Commerce and scheduled for 10:30 a.m. at One Financial Plaza, 1350 Main St.
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  Mentions: Domenic J. Sarno Governor Deval L. Patrick Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
4. Annual UMass bus tour with President Robert Caret rolls into Springfield, Hadley before heading east
  
  Explore masslive.com Oct 15 2013 Education
  
  University of Massachusetts President Robert L. Caret is again embarking on a mobile listening tour to hear from community leaders while simultaneously trumpeting what he believes is the vital statewide role played by the five-campus public school system. Caret and Henry M. Thomas III, chairman of the university's board of trustees, will be joined by other UMass administrators during what has become an annual cross-state bus tour, which begins Tuesday with stops in Springfield and Hadley. The taking-it-to-the-streets tactic was launched two years ago by Caret, who uses the face-to-face meetings with mayors and community and business leaders to ...
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  Mentions: University of Massachusetts Springfield Technical Community College Springfield
5. Massachusetts Gaming Commission to conduct 'suitability' hearing on Mohegan Sun's Palmer casino proposal
  
  Explore masslive.com Oct 3 2013
  
  The Massachusetts Gaming Commission has scheduled a so-called suitability hearing for 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center to question Mohegan Sun officials about their company's finances and ethics before deciding if the Connecticut-based casino operator can move forward with its bid to build a resort casino off Route 32 in Palmer.
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6. Mohegan Sun and Palmer officials to announce casino host community agreement details at Palmer Library event
  
  Explore masslive.com Aug 29 2013
  
  Even if the Mohegan Sun plan receives strong backing from voters, it still faces stiff competition from rival proposals in Springfield and West Springfield. Voters in the City of Homes last month gave their blessing to a downtown casino proposal by MGM Resorts International, while West Springfield voters are scheduled to vote Sept. 10 on a plan by Hard Rock International for a casino next to the Big E.
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7. State Treasurer Steven Grossman to join officials at groundbreaking ceremony for new Elias Brookings Elementary School in Springfield
  
  Explore masslive.com Jul 10 2013 Education
  
  State Treasurer Steven Grossman, chairman of the Massachusetts School Building Authority, will join Jack McCarthy, the MSBA's executive director, and other officials at an 11 a.m. Wednesday groundbreaking ceremony at Elias A. Brookings Elementary School, 367 Hancock St. The brick-and-mortar building that housed the K-8 school in the city's Six Corners neighborhood was rendered unusable by the June 2011 tornado, forcing city officials to house students in temporary buildings.
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  Mentions: Governor Deval L. Patrick Springfield
8. Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray to tour Westfield's Genevieve Swiss plant to highlight jobs and workforce training
  
  Explore masslive.com May 2 2013 Manufacturing
  
  Lt. Gov. Timothy P. Murray is scheduled to make stops in Western Massachusetts on Thursday to highlight manufacturing and technology initiatives in this region. His first stop is at 10:45 a.m. at Genevieve Swiss Industries, where he'll emphasize jobs and workforce training at the precision manufacturing company at 6 Old Stage Road. Nearly two years ago, officials of the high-precision tools and accessories firm near Barnes Regional Airport announced they were going to begin manufacturing parts for sophisticated metal turning and milling machines, rather than merely sell such components.
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  Mentions: Westfield The Republican Timothy P Murray
9. Monson gets ready to welcome Upper Crust Bakery, Tea & Coffee Shop
  
  Explore masslive.com Feb 26 2013 Retail
  
  The Upper Crust Bakery, Tea & Coffee Shop, which is poised to open on Main Street in March, is among the types of businesses suggesting subtle change is afoot.According to owner Susanne Gendron, Upper Crust will be a place where people can gather to enjoy art, music, home-baked goods, tea and fair-trade organic coffee – coffee produced by farmers whose growing techniques and work environments are more wholesome and fair for the farmer and the product.
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  Mentions: Amherst Northampton Easthampton
10. Massachusetts energy officials tap local communities and regional planning agencies to help promote clean-energy initiatives
  
  Explore masslive.com Feb 25 2013 Energy
  
  The Community Energy Strategies Pilot Program, administered by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center and the state Department of Energy Resources' Green Communities Division, includes $500,000 to help a total of 16 communities identify and embrace energy efficiency, renewable energy and other green energy strategies to meet their needs.
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  Mentions: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Amherst Northampton
11. Engineering report reveals 8 bridges in Palmer need repairs topping $5 million
  
  Explore masslive.com Jan 22 2013
  
  Fixing individual bridges range in price from $110,000 to almost $1.5 million, for a "total probable cost" of $5.3 million, Town Manager Charles T. Blanchard told the Palmer Town Council at a recent meeting.
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  Mentions: Governor Deval L. Patrick Palmer Springfield
12. Babson Capital, Big Y and MassMutal are among Western Massachusetts organizations helping American Red Cross raise money for Superstorm Sandy victims
  
  Explore masslive.com Nov 1 2012 Financial Services
  
  Babson Capital, Big Y and MassMutal are among the Western Massachusetts organizations helping the American Red Cross raise money for Superstorm Sandy relief efforts, which are expected to be ongoing as the Northeast and other regions grapple with the devastating aftermath of Monday's storm.
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  Mentions: Big Y Foods Babson Capital Management MassMutual
13. Less than 4,000 utility customers in Western Massachusetts still without power after Superstorm Sandy
  
  Explore masslive.com Oct 31 2012
  
  As of this morning, more than 100,000 of the state's electric customers were still without power in the wake of Sandy. Locally, a combined 3,811 National Grid and Western Massachusetts Electric Company (WMECo) customers had no power as of 6 a.m. Wednesday.
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  Mentions: Governor Deval L. Patrick Palmer Springfield
14. State Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Richard Sullivan to present $4 million tornado relief grant to West Springfield
  
  Explore masslive.com Oct 23 2012
  
  State Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Richard K. Sullivan is presenting a tornado-relief grant to the city of West Springfield at a ceremony this morning at the corner of Main and Memorial streets.
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  Mentions: Governor Deval L. Patrick West Springfield Springfield
15. Boston-based think tank creates new institution to help revitalize struggling mid-size cities like Springfield, Holyoke and Lowell
  
  Explore masslive.com Oct 18 2012
  
  Boston-based think tank MassINC on Wednesday launched a new center dedicated to revitalizing former manufacturing centers such as Springfield and Lowell, cities struggling to woo new business as they grapple with chronic issues of crime, poverty and unemployment.
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  Mentions: Springfield Holyoke The Republican
16. MGM casinos establish foothold in Springfield, open Main Street office
  
  Explore masslive.com Oct 9 2012
  
  The so-called MGM Springfield Community Office will serve as the company's local headquarters as they compete with other gambling firms seeking to establish footholds in Springfield. Under state law, up to three casinos can be built in Massachusetts, including one slated to rise in western Massachusetts. Springfield would appear to have pole position in the race to woo big-time gambling to the Bay State, with at least four companies expressing interest in the City of Homes.
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  Mentions: Domenic J. Sarno Mohegan Sun Palmer
17. MassDOT to hold public hearing on transit issues at Springfield Technical Community College
  
  Explore masslive.com Sep 27 2012 Transportation
  
  Massachusetts Department of Transportation Secretary Richard A. Davey and others are expected to be on hand for the 2-hour session at Springfield Technical Community College's Scibelli Hall. The series of meetings, a total of 15 across the state, are taking place as Gov. Deval L. Patrick continues to work on a long-term transportation financing plan. The public sessions, including one scheduled for next month at UMass-Amherst, are designed to help MassDOT officials exchange ideas with residents, community leaders and business owners about the future of transportation in the Bay State.
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  Mentions: Governor Deval L. Patrick University of Massachusetts Springfield Technical Community College
18. Mass. Housing and Economic Development Secretary Greg Bialecki to address Sustainable Knowledge Corridor Consortium in Springfield
  
  Explore masslive.com Sep 5 2012
  
  The Springfield/Hartford bi-state region is one of only 45 regions nationwide to receive a 2010 Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The $4.2 million award is being used to create regional opportunities in housing, education, transportation and employment by the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, the Capitol Region Council of Governments and the Central Connecticut Regional Planning Agency.
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  Mentions: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Springfield Knowledge Corridor
19. Showtime for MGM's casino proposal: Officials to raise curtain on 'major entertainment complex' near heart of downtown Springfield
  
  Explore masslive.com Aug 22 2012
  
  It's showtime for MGM Resorts International, which today will unveil plans for a "major entertainment complex" and casino straddling the Metro Center and South End neighborhoods near Interstate 91.
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  Mentions: Governor Deval L. Patrick MassMutual Center Springfield City Council
20. Sen. Gale Candaras to file new bill to compel state's Natural Heritage Endangered Species Program to provide due process rights to landowners
  
  Explore masslive.com Aug 9 2012
  
  The Western Massachusetts senator leading the fight to make the Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program follow the law said she will file new, amended legislation to restore rights to landowners. “I plan to re-file the legislation I filed this past session,” said state Sen. Gale D. Candaras, D-Wilbraham, referring to Senate Bill 1854, a measure calling for strict compliance with the 1990 Massachusetts Endangered Species Act, or MESA.
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21. Bill Pepin's quest to build retirement home in Hampden derailed by alleged turtle spotting near his land
  
  Explore masslive.com Jul 30 2012
  
  Pepin claims MassWildlife's Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program is illegally dictating uses for his property by designating it as "priority habitat" for the Eastern Box Turtle, a classification not included in the 1990 Massachusetts Endangered Species Act, or MESA. Priority habitat is the term used to describe the known geographic extent or distribution of a state-listed species that's endangered, threatened or of special concern.
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22. Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno says 'no' to proposed PVTA fare hikes, citing transit authority's improving fiscal health | masslive.com
  
  Explore masslive.com Jun 27 2012 Transportation
  
  Sarno said higher fares could hurt city residents who rely on public transportation. "I was concerned about the proposed fare increases because of the impact it would have on many Springfield residents who utilize the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority as their sole means of transportation," he said in a statement. "Based on the information indicating the transit authority's fiscal year 2013 budget is balanced, I cannot in good conscience currently support the proposed fare increases."
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  Mentions: Domenic J. Sarno Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Springfield
23. Attorney General Martha Coakley to address Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield at MassMutual Center event
  
  Explore masslive.com Jun 12 2012
  
  Coakley is expected to deliver the keynote speech at the organization's annual lunch and awards ceremony, which runs from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. Tuesday. Reservations were required for the event.
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  Mentions: MassMutual Center Springfield Chicopee
24. Gov. Deval Patrick to tour ongoing improvements at Northampton's Three County Fairground
  
  Explore masslive.com May 29 2012
  
  Gov. Deval L. Patrick is slated to be in Northampton this morning for an update on ongoing improvements to facilities at the Three County Fairground, the city's popular outdoor festival and agricultural venue located off Route 9 on Fair Street.
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