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Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick submits new $26.9 billion budget that further cuts local aid, other programs
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Balise Motor Sales plans to begin work on new West Springfield Honda dealership in late summer or early fall
The existing building will be used as showroom and an addition will serve as the service department.Read Full Article -
New human resources position expected to save Springfield $225,000 a year
William Mahoney, of Ludlow, has been named to the new post of director of labor relations and human resources.Read Full Article -
Demolition plans a boon to Chicopee
A key element in Chicopee's efforts to boost development fell into place recently when the city signed a contract with MassDevelopment to oversee demolition of six buildings at the abandoned Uniroyal/Facemate complex in Chicopee Falls.Read Full Article -
Citizens group circulating petition in support of proposed biomass plant in Russell
One of the organizers said the group has already obtained more than 50 signatures.Read Full Article -
UMass, UConn natural partners
If, as the old saying goes, "two heads are better than one" the combined brain power concentrated at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and the University of Connecticut at Storrs could become a formidable partnership for regional economic growth.Read Full Article -
Region poised for recovering economy
The Boston Fed president sees recovery starting at the end of this year, but unemployment might not improve until the middle of 2010.Read Full Article -
West Springfield passes $77.12 million operating budget for fiscal 2010
Councilor Kathleen Bourque said she was troubled by the $175,000 for unemployment insurance.Read Full Article -
West Springfield home builder to give Pioneer Valley home 'Extreme Makeover' - Tv style
Pecoy Signature Homes will be demolishing the yet-to-be selected family's home and building a new one in its place in just seven days.Read Full Article -
Financial dispute between city, Internal Revenue Service resolved, Holyoke Treasurer David Donoghue says
The altercation arose over supposedly missing paycheck deductions from 2007 and 2008.Read Full ArticleMentions: Holyoke -
Western Mass. dealerships try to keep positive attitude in wake of General Motors' reorganization filing
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Week ahead: Holyoke sets public hearings on proposed $119 million budget
The City Council must ultimately approve next fiscal year's city budget in order for it to be official.Read Full ArticleMentions: Holyoke -
Week ahead: Northampton City Council to vote on new budget
The Amherst Historical Commission is scheduled to hold two demolition delay hearings Tuesday night .Read Full Article -
Uniroyal site razing scheduled for bidding - The Republican
By HOLLY ANGELO CHICOPEE - MassDevelopment has signed a contract with the city to oversee the demolition of six buildings at the former Uniroyal industrial site off Grove Street. The state's quasi-public finance and development authority recently ...Read Full Article -
Boosters of Springfield's arts scene looking at Pittsfield as model they might want to follow
A Springfield City Councilor lead a group to see how Pittsfield has reshaped its downtown.Read Full Article -
UMass, UConn getting closer
EAST WINDSOR, Conn. - Scientists at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and the University of Connecticut in Storrs work together, and the collaboration is getting more important as the region looks to emerging technologies to spur economic growth, leaders from the universities said on Friday.Read Full Article -
Holyoke City Council reviews $5 million request to renovate or demolish 2 city garages
The mayor and DPW are asking the council to borrow the money to renovate a parking garage and tear down the former city police station.Read Full ArticleMentions: Holyoke -
Hampden County to get $5.1 million in federal stimulus funds to provide job training, support for laid-off workers
Hampden County received the largest allocation of the 16 workforce investment boards in the state.Read Full Article -
Seasonal hiring drives Springfield's unemployment rate down
An official with the state Division of Unemployment Assistance said about 1,000 more people were employed in April than in March.Read Full Article -
Verizon presses for bill to speed fiber-optic cable licensing in ...
Hoping to expand its fiber-optic cable service more rapidly across the state, Verizon is pushing for passage of a measure in the state Legislature aimed at streamlining the licensing process. Saying it takes an average of a year to get the approvals ...Read Full Article -
Consumer Confidence in Mass. may be negative, but it jumped 26 points last month
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Mass. unemployment rate climbs to 8% - highest level since 1993 - The Republican
by The Republican Newsroom By JIM KINNEY SPRINGFIELD - Massachusetts unemployment rose to 8 percent in April from 7.7 percent in March, but the pace of job losses and home foreclosures appear to be slowing. Massachusetts lost 12100 jobs in April ...Read Full Article -
More than 100 health care graduates are honored at Springfield Technical Community College
The pinning ceremony represents the transformation from student to health care professional.Read Full Article
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