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1. Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame of much firmer footing than 6 months ago, museum president John Doleva says
  
  Explore masslive.com Aug 22 2009 Tourism
  
  Michael Jordan's upcoming induction has helped drive increases in attendance and improved cash flow.
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  Mentions: Springfield Basketball Hall of Fame
2. Michael and Irene Gargian of Easthampton marketing environmentally friendly cat litter
  
  Explore masslive.com Aug 22 2009 Green Region
  
  The Garjians' company, Vee-Go Energy, is selling "green" cat litter made from wheat chaff.
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  Mentions: Springfield
3. Businesses discount to take bite out of new sales tax
  
  Explore masslive.com Aug 21 2009 Education , Retail
  
  Critics say such sales tax holidays don't create business, they make consumers shift purchases they would make anyway to that particular weekend.
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  Mentions: West Springfield Springfield Westfield
4. Western Mass. car dealers call 'cash for clunkers' program a huge success
  
  Explore masslive.com Aug 21 2009 Retail
  
  The federal program ends Monday.
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  Mentions: West Springfield Springfield Holyoke
5. Northampton approves local option meals tax
  
  Explore masslive.com Aug 20 2009 Tourism
  
  Delaying the meals until January would have cost the city $126,000.
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  Mentions: Springfield Amherst Northampton
6. Mass. unemployment rate rises from 8.6% to 8.8% in July
  
  Explore masslive.com Aug 20 2009 Education
  
  Some 2,800 jobs were lost statewide last month.
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  Mentions: West Springfield Smith & Wesson Corp. Springfield
7. Hippodrome owners announce plans to renovate Springfield nightclub, change name back to Paramount Theater
  
  Explore masslive.com Aug 20 2009 Tourism
  
  Sprinkler work will begin on the theater at the end of this month, and the owners plan to have it open in about six months.
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  Mentions: Domenic J. Sarno Springfield Chicopee
8. Future turns on windmills
  
  Explore masslive.com Aug 20 2009 Energy , Green Region
  
  At 386 feet from the ground to the tip of the blades, the wind turbine on the Williams Stone Co. property might look odd now to drivers headed along the Massachusetts Turnpike
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  Mentions: Renewable Energy Trust
9. Foreclosure woes persist
  
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  The number of Hampden County mortgage foreclosures fell 12.35 percent in July from 81 in July 2008 to 71, according to statistics released Wednesday by The Warren Group, a Boston-based provider of real-estate information.
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10. Teenagers learn, earn by holding summer jobs
  
  Explore masslive.com Aug 20 2009 Education
  
  SPRINGFIELD - The terraced amphitheater on Albany Street where the Gasoline Alley Foundation will graduate young people from its summer work program on Friday was choked with six years of brush growth before the youth started working.
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  Mentions: Regional Employment Board of Hampden County Inc. Springfield New England Farm Workers Council
11. Turcotte Data & Designs - solving your big and small technology issues
  
  Explore masslive.com Aug 19 2009 Information Technology
  
  Today's entrepreneurs and small business owners must wear a lot of hats to run a successful company. Whether marketing, selling or hiring, business owners are expected to know everything! For some, understanding the entire realm of technology needs for a...
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  Mentions: University of Massachusetts Easthampton
12. Protecting home tricky in recession
  
  Explore masslive.com Aug 19 2009
  
  Nationally, there's talk that the recession may be over. But for confirmation that the economy is still on the skids here in Western Massachusetts, one need only look at the increase in the number of creditors knocking on the...
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  Mentions: Springfield The Republican
13. Tomato crop cut by blight
  
  Explore masslive.com Aug 18 2009
  
  Fungal blight ruined the tomato harvest for many in the Pioneer Valley.
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  Mentions: University of Massachusetts Amherst Chicopee
14. Landfills eyed as solar sites
  
  Explore masslive.com Aug 18 2009 Energy
  
  Mayor Michael A. Tautznik wants free-standing solar power facilities to be able to locate on the city's former landfills.
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  Mentions: Michael A. Tautznik Easthampton
15. Springfield Technical Community College lays off 10 employees, anticipates further cuts
  
  Explore masslive.com Aug 17 2009 Education
  
  No faculty members were laid off.
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  Mentions: Holyoke Community College Springfield Technical Community College Springfield
16. Chicopee gets ready to buy 30 acres of land no longer used by military
  
  Explore masslive.com Aug 17 2009 Aerospace/Defense
  
  The property has been appraised at $2.5 million.
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  Mentions: Michael D. Bissonnette Chicopee
17. Gerardo Ramos growing his own ocean-life laboratory right in Holyoke
  
  Explore masslive.com Aug 17 2009 Education
  
  He owns Marine Reef Habitat, an aquarium located in a tiny greenhouse on the corner of Main and Cabot streets.
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  Mentions: Holyoke
18. Governor's office chief quits
  
  Explore masslive.com Aug 17 2009 Education
  
  The director of Gov. Deval L. Patrick's office in Western Massachusetts will step down on Friday amid uncertainty over the long-term future of the office.
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  Mentions: Governor Deval L. Patrick Springfield College West Springfield
19. Massachusetts looks to forests for renewable energy source
  
  Explore masslive.com Aug 17 2009 Energy , Green Region
  
  A coalition of neighborhood groups and other environmental advocates are pushing back against wood-burning plants in Massachusetts.
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  Mentions: Springfield Greenfield Matthew Wolfe
20. Uniroyal site takes first step
  
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  Uniroyal site takes first stepThe Republican - MassLive.comCHICOPEE - Once the workplace for 3000 Western Massachusetts residents, the Uniroyal and Facemate factories have been an albatross for ...and more »
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  Mentions: Michael D. Bissonnette Chicopee
21. Effort aimed at shuffling state funds
  
  Explore masslive.com Aug 16 2009
  
  WESTFIELD - Local lawmakers are working to see that a $5.1 million appropriation for improvements to the Southampton Road corridor is redirected from the Target distribution center project to the Home Depot plan, a change that is not "a slam dunk right now."
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  Mentions: Westfield Robert Bolduc
22. Holyoke's Mountain Park rocks back to life
  
  Explore masslive.com Aug 15 2009 Tourism
  
  Holyoke's planning director said bringing life back to the former amusement park is a positive move for the city.
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  Mentions: Kathleen G. Anderson Northampton Chicopee
23. Number of homes sold in Pioneer Valley increases nearly 6%
  
  Explore masslive.com Aug 13 2009
  
  The median price, however, fell nearly 8.5 percent.
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  Mentions: Springfield Greenfield Westfield
24. Insurers wary of health plans
  
  Explore masslive.com Aug 13 2009 Education , Health Care
  
  A new public or government-run national health plan would drive private insurers like Springfield-based Health New England out of business within three years, said Peter F. Straley, president and CEO of Health New England.
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  Mentions: Springfield Health New England Peter F. Straley
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