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1. Northampton's Gravity Switch keeps pace in the world of technology
  
  Explore masslive.com Sep 27 2010 Information Technology
  
  Since launching his Northampton-based Web design and development company 15 years ago with his wife and a friend from high school, Jason Mark has learned that pacing is important.
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  Mentions: University of Massachusetts Daily Hampshire Gazette Northampton
2. Hartford-Springfield Partnership celebrates 10 years of the "Knowledge Corridor"
  
  Explore masslive.com Sep 26 2010
  
  With 916,000 people in its work force, a combined Hartford-Springfield “Knowledge Corridor” is larger than the vaunted “Research Triangle” near Raleigh, North Carolina, and nearly as large as the Austin/Round Rock, Texas, region.
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  Mentions: University of Massachusetts Bradley International Airport MassMutual
3. Lynn Pasquerella cites challenges facing women's colleges as she is inaugurated as president of Mount Holyoke College
  
  Explore masslive.com Sep 24 2010 Education
  
  In her inaugural address, the new president of Mount Holyoke College said the founder’s mission of preparing women to contribute to society’s greater good still creates challenges.
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  Mentions: Mount Holyoke College Holyoke The Republican
4. The Student Prince and Fort restaurant to mark 75th anniversary in downtown Springfield
  
  Explore masslive.com Sep 24 2010
  
  Opened in 1935, the landmark tavern is not just one of the few remaining businesses from that era downtown, it appears largely untouched since its debut in the middle of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s presidency.
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  Mentions: Domenic J. Sarno Springfield The Republican
5. Grand opening set for $9 million Holyoke Transportation Center
  
  Explore masslive.com Sep 24 2010 Transportation
  
  The nearly $9 million facility will have a grand opening on Monday at 10 a.m. at Veterans Park, across from the center on Maple Street.
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  Mentions: Holyoke Community College Springfield Chicopee
6. Trustees of University of Massachusetts vote to borrow $182 million for new dormitory at Amherst campus | masslive.com
  
  Explore masslive.com Sep 24 2010 Education
  
  A committee of trustees of the University of Massachusetts today approved a plan to borrow $546 million to finance building of projects on all campuses including 1,500 beds of new student housing on the flagship Amherst campus.
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  Mentions: University of Massachusetts Amherst The Republican
7. Hasbro updates Monopoly with board
  
  Explore masslive.com Sep 24 2010 Manufacturing
  
  “Go” and “Jail” aren’t in the corners of the now, round board included with Monopoly Revolution, the newest version of Monopoly made at Hasbro’s sprawling factory here in Western Massachusetts
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  Mentions: Springfield The Republican Hasbro, Inc.
8. Costs studied for Westfield transit center | masslive.com
  
  Explore masslive.com Sep 23 2010 Education , Transportation
  
  Mayor Daniel M. Knapik announced Wednesday that a memorandum of understanding to “move forward with a design phase of the long-awaited project” has been signed. A formal announcement, on site, is expected within two weeks, said Knapik.
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  Mentions: Westfield State University Holyoke Westfield
9. Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off returns for 12-team tournament
  
  Explore masslive.com Sep 23 2010 Tourism
  
  The University of Massachusetts, American International and Springfield College will fall under the umbrella of this event, an unprecedented convergence of different men's basketball levels in the modern era.
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  Mentions: Domenic J. Sarno University of Massachusetts Springfield College
10. Bradley airport's passenger count up for first time in four years
  
  Explore masslive.com Sep 22 2010 Transportation
  
  "We've crossed the line, especially when you take that in the context of the new service announcements that will be starting over the next two to three months," Daley said. "We're looking at an increase of about 9 percent in weekday departing flights, and hopefully, if we don't have a double-dip recession or go back into this economic retraction that we've been in, we may actually have made a turning point."
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  Mentions: Bradley International Airport The Republican
11. Editorial: Plan for Progress puts Western Massachusetts on same page
  
  Explore masslive.com Sep 21 2010
  
  Indeed there is a lot to celebrate - including the region’s strategic and highly accessible location and its history of innovation, cluster of outstanding colleges and universities, lively cultural scene, job training resources and the undisputed beauty of a valley.
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  Mentions: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Springfield The Republican
12. How state broadband czar is tackling 'massive project' to connect WMass
  
  Explore masslive.com Sep 21 2010 Information Technology
  
  Job One for Judith Dumont is actually job 123. That's the number of communities in western and north-central Massachusetts for which she offers deliverance from the dark age of slow Internet connections.
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  Mentions: Governor Deval L. Patrick Daily Hampshire Gazette Northampton
13. $2.6 million federal grant to help boost energy savings in 6 Western Massachusetts communities
  
  Explore masslive.com Sep 21 2010 Green Region
  
  The state’s grant is part of a $28.5 million federal investment in 12 states and territories to support projects that will reduce energy bills for families and businesses, boost job growth, and increase business for companies that provide energy-saving technologies and services, officials said.
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  Mentions: Governor Deval L. Patrick Springfield Western Massachusetts Electric Company
14. Lt. Gov. Tim Murray visits Chicopee, Holyoke; names Facemate / Uniroyal site as project of Brownfields Support Team
  
  Explore masslive.com Sep 21 2010
  
  The 72-acre former Facemate and Uniroyal site was selected as one of six to be involved in a state project that spurs cleanup of so-called brownfields, or former contaminated industrial sites, so they can be redeveloped.
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  Mentions: Massachusetts Development Finance Agency Michael D. Bissonnette Chicopee
15. Smith & Wesson Universal Safety Response safety gates prove popular
  
  Explore masslive.com Sep 21 2010 Manufacturing
  
  This summer, Smith & Wesson also installed a Universal Safety Response barrier at its plant and corporate headquarters on Roosevelt Avenue. The gates can be left up or folded down into the pavement, ready to be deployed when a threat presents itself. Once the gate is deployed, sensors gauge the speed and size of the vehicle and adjust the shock absorbers accordingly, Gelfand said. The steel cables that do the stopping are attached to shock absorbers.
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  Mentions: Smith & Wesson Corp. Springfield The Republican
16. Latest Massachusetts unemployment data: Springfield has fourth-highest rate in state
  
  Explore masslive.com Sep 21 2010
  
  The city’s unemployment rate fell to 13.3 percent in August, down from 14 percent in July, according to figures released today by the state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development.
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  Mentions: Springfield Holyoke The Republican
17. City solicitor advises City Council that biomass plant special permit still valid
  
  Explore masslive.com Sep 20 2010
  
  The city solicitor has warned the City Council that the Law Department has not received any evidence to date that would justify revocation of a special permit for a wood-burning plant on Page Boulevard, as sought by opponents.
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  Mentions: Palmer Springfield The Republican
18. Pioneer Valley Planning Commission report shows $1.3 billion in ongoing construction in region
  
  Explore masslive.com Sep 18 2010
  
  Brennan included the list of projects along with summaries of the region’s recent educational and crime-prevention achievements in the 2010 Pioneer Valley Plan for Progress: The Region’s Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy.
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  Mentions: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Kathleen G. Anderson Springfield
19. Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts issues $200,000 in grants to organizations in 4 counties
  
  Explore masslive.com Sep 17 2010
  
  Julie A. Kumble, director of grants and programs for the women’s fund, said the fund’s focus is on helping women and girls, and on social progress, not social problems.
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  Mentions: Springfield Holyoke Elms College
20. 60th anniversary of Academic Artists Association marked with special exhibit
  
  Explore masslive.com Sep 17 2010
  
  The Michele & Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts at the Quadrangle will mark the 60th anniversary of the Academic Artists Association with a special exhibit. The “Academic Artists 60th Anniversary Exhibition,” featuring 60 works of contemporary realism, runs from Tuesday through Oct. 24.
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21. Big E gates swing open today for 17 days of fun - MassLive.com
  
  Explore masslive.com Sep 17 2010 Tourism
  
  The Big E, the mammoth 17-day exposition that serves as the state fair for all of New England, begins its 2010 run today with hundreds of vendors, rides, displays, exhibitions, competitions and enough tasty treats to serve a million people.
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22. Adolfo's restaurant, Victor Bruno's tribute to his late father, celebrates grand opening at Worthington Street location
  
  Explore masslive.com Sep 16 2010
  
  Springfield Mayor Domenic J. Sarno, state Rep. Benjamin Swan, Springfield Chamber of Commerce President Russell F. Denver and other elected officials turned out for a ribbon-cutting at the 254 Worthington St. site.
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  Mentions: Domenic J. Sarno Springfield Westfield
23. Gov. Deval Patrick touts 4,000 new jobs in Massachusetts during visit to Westfield
  
  Explore masslive.com Sep 16 2010
  
  “There are 4,000 new jobs in the commonwealth,” he said. “That’s great news. Our economy is growing faster than 47 other states.” The governor cited his commitment to education, innovation and infrastructure as the key components in a strategy to improve the state’s economy.
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  Mentions: Governor Deval L. Patrick Westfield State University Western New England University
24. University of Massachusetts Chancellor Robert Holub forecasts severe cuts in federal aid
  
  Explore masslive.com Sep 16 2010 Education
  
  University of Massachusetts Chancellor Robert C. Holub told the Faculty Senate Thursday that the Amherst campus has weathered the current fiscal year with a combination of budget cuts and revenue increases, but he warned that it faces severe cuts in federal aid in coming years.
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  Mentions: University of Massachusetts Amherst The Republican
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