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1. Balise Honda unveils new facility in West Springfield
  
  Explore masslive.com Mar 25 2010 Retail
  
  John W. Mendel, executive vice president of auto sales for the California-based American Honda Motor Co., saluted James E. “Jeb” Balise Jr., president of Balise Motor Sales, for taking the financial risk to create a new Honda facility here, during the current recession.
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  Mentions: Springfield The Republican Balise Motor Sales
2. Elite Eight basketball tournament seen as big winner for downtown Springfield merchants
  
  Explore masslive.com Mar 25 2010 Education
  
  William Hess, chairman of the tournament’s organizing committee, said the tournament is expected to pump $1.2 million to $1.5 million into the city's economy.
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  Mentions: MassMutual Center Springfield Basketball Hall of Fame
3. Springfield Falcons of AHL announce 1-year affiliation with Columbus Blue Jackets
  
  Explore masslive.com Mar 25 2010
  
  Springfield Mayor Domenic J. Sarno, a Falcons season-ticket holder, attended the press conference and spoke of the long tradition of Springfield hockey.
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4. Tour bus industry leaders to meet in Springfield
  
  Explore masslive.com Mar 25 2010 Education , Transportation
  
  Pantuso, who spoke at a news conference this morning at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, said other communities where the American Bus Association has hosted this meeting have noticed uptics in bus travel. The American Bus Association conducted the meeting on Cape Cod in 2008 and in Utah last year.
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  Mentions: Six Flags New England Springfield Basketball Hall of Fame
5. Thumbs Up: Elite 8 dunking for dollars in Springfield
  
  Explore masslive.com Mar 24 2010 Tourism
  
  The NCAA Division II Elite 8 basketball tournament, which tipped off on Wednesday at the MassMutual Center, is expected to draw 15,000 fans and generate $1.2 million to $1.5 million in local spending on tickets, food, lodging and local services by the time it’s over on Saturday.
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  Mentions: University of Massachusetts MassMutual Center Springfield
6. Freight by rail, water studied
  
  Explore masslive.com Mar 24 2010 Education , Transportation
  
  The first of four hearings on a state plan to decrease truck traffic by increasing shipping by rail and water was held Tuesday afternoon at Holyoke Community College.
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7. UMass census analysis: Hampden County is Massachusetts' 6th-fastest growing county since 2000
  
  Explore masslive.com Mar 23 2010
  
  Hampden County was the sixth-fastest growing county in the state since 2000, largely because of newcomers from other countries, while Berkshire County lost the most population in the state on a percentage basis, according to a University of Massachusetts analysis of new census numbers.
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8. Health care reform bill passage concerns Western Mass. health care officials, politicians
  
  Explore masslive.com Mar 22 2010 Health Care
  
  The health care vote is over, but questions remain as to how the reforms will be paid for and whether the bill does enough to rein in spiraling costs.
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  Mentions: Health New England The Republican Peter F. Straley
9. NCAA Division II Elite 8 tournament scores economic boost for Springfield
  
  Explore masslive.com Mar 22 2010 Tourism
  
  The tournament results in 15,000 tickets sold and $1.2 million to $1.5 million spent on tickets, restaurants and hotel rooms.
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10. PeoplesBank going green with newest branch, on St. James Avenue in Springfield
  
  Explore masslive.com Mar 22 2010 Green Region
  
  Green is more than the color of the money at the new PeoplesBank branch office at 1051 St. James Ave. The branch is the first building in the city to receive the GreenSeal designation from City Hall and GreenSpringfield, a private group dedicated to growing Springfield’s economy in an environmentally friendly way.
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11. David W. Glidden, banker, to be honored by Boy Scouts
  
  Explore masslive.com Mar 19 2010
  
  The dinner will honor this year’s recipient of the council’s distinguished service award winner, David W. Glidden, of Wilbraham, who is market president and chief lending officer for Massachusetts for TD Bank.
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12. Holyoke Chamber of Commerce to learn details of high-speed computing center on March 29
  
  Explore masslive.com Mar 19 2010 Education
  
  Gov. Deval L. Patrick on Friday afternoon cited the planned high-speed computing center in Holyoke as an example of the state’s economic recovery. Patrick, who spoke at a regional economic summit held at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, had few details to share on the project’s progress.
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  Mentions: Governor Deval L. Patrick University of Massachusetts Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce
13. Home Source Warehouse to open new store in Agawam Shoppes
  
  Explore masslive.com Mar 18 2010 Education , Retail
  
  Mayor Richard A. Cohen announced Thursday that a local discount department store will open soon at the former Steve & Barry’s location in the Agawam Shoppes on Springfield Street.
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14. Jobs drop by 4.9 % in valley
  
  Explore masslive.com Mar 18 2010 Education
  
  The Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts has been working just to help companies survive, Blair said. It's resulted in saving one or two jobs here and there, not in wholesale gains of hundreds of jobs.
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  Mentions: University of Massachusetts Springfield Kevin E. Lynn
15. CityStage and other arts venues question potential impact of a Palmer casino
  
  Explore masslive.com Mar 17 2010
  
  Anzalotti and others who run similar performing arts venues around the state fear competition for both acts and patrons from a proposed Palmer casino. She’s asking state lawmakers, who plan to take up casino legislation later in March, to cap the size of any theater at a Palmer casino at 300.
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  Mentions: Mohegan Sun West Springfield Springfield
16. Developers of Westfield power plant promise extra safety precautions
  
  Explore masslive.com Mar 17 2010
  
  Matthew A. Palmer, project manager for the $400-million, natural gas-fired plant proposed for ServiStar Industrial Way, said the Connecticut explosion has prompted company officials to hire a consultant to monitor daily activities when construction begins on the facility.
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17. Applicants seek Community Preservation Act funding for Northampton projects
  
  Explore masslive.com Mar 17 2010
  
  Frances Volkmann, chairwoman of the Community Preservation Committee, said a bill making the rounds in the state Legislature calls for the state to increase its share of Community Preservation Act funding.
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18. Mountain Park to offer up to 25 concerts this summer
  
  Explore masslive.com Mar 17 2010 Tourism
  
  Speaking at the Holyoke Chamber of Commerce St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast at the Log Cabin this morning, Eric Suher of Iron Horse Entertainment Group said he would bring in entertainment similar to the kind of shows he has produced in the past at the Pines Theater at Look Park or his Calvin Theatre in Northampton.
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19. Editorial: Broadband race picking up speed in Springfield
  
  Explore masslive.com Mar 16 2010 Information Technology
  
  Consider the nationwide competition to become one of the test communities for Google’s new ultra-high speed, fiber-optic network. Springfield is among Massachusetts communities vying for the grand prize – the installation of an advanced data network offering access to homes and business at Internet speeds that are almost 100 times faster than Americans have access to today.
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20. Northampton zoning committee to hear from the public
  
  Explore masslive.com Mar 16 2010
  
  “People want other people’s zoning to be really restrictive, but they want to do what they want on their own land,” Russell said.
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21. 500 Air Force Reservists headed to Westover to support surge in Afghanistan
  
  Explore masslive.com Mar 15 2010 Aerospace/Defense
  
  Airfield operations will expand to 24 hours daily with additional C-5B flights arriving and departing the base
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  Mentions: Springfield Chicopee The Republican
22. Sen. John Kerry touts climate-change legislation during visit to Springfield
  
  Explore masslive.com Mar 15 2010
  
  U.S. Sen. John F. Kerry toured a new, environmentally-friendly peter Pan Bus Monday while touting comprehensive climate change legislation he’s pushing in the U.S. Senate.
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  Mentions: Springfield Peter Pan Bus Lines The Republican
23. Editorial: Western Massachusetts needs a soul for a new machine
  
  Explore masslive.com Mar 12 2010
  
  One such business, Qteros, makes ethanol from biomass. The biofuels company – which sprung from research by UMass microbiologist Susan B. Leschine – holds the promise of creating as many as 150 well-paying jobs. The company is building a $3.2 million pilot plant near Westover Air Base in Chicopee.
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  Mentions: University of Massachusetts Springfield Amherst
24. Online tools are available to track stimulus spending
  
  Explore masslive.com Mar 12 2010
  
  More than $329.6 million in federal stimulus spending has come into the Pioneer Valley since the massive $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act passed in February 2009.
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