Elms College in Chicopee to offer a bachelor's degree in criminal justice

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... Perry, a 20-year prosecutor for Massachusetts superior courts, who will serve as program director. CHICOPEE — Elms College will offer a new bachelor’s degree program in criminal justice starting in September......er it added a master’s degree in business administration and earlier entered into partnerships with Holyoke Community College and Springfield Technical College to offer several bachelor’s degrees on the two ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Holyoke Community College   Springfield   Chicopee

Massachusetts Gaming Commission advances plan to reduce timetable for casinos

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...ional Gaming is eyeing a 280-acre plot of land near the Massachusetts Turnpike for a casino resort. Chicopee Mayor Michael D. Bissonette has also said that he expects a casino proposal for his city. The Moheg......r off Exit 8 of the Massachusetts Turnpike. Hard Rock International of Florida proposed a casino in Holyoke, but was opposed by Mayor Alex Morse. MGM Resorts International of Las Vegas recently dropped plans... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Palmer

Pioneer Valley Culinary Associates building bonds among peers

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Leigh, who's a teaching chef in Holyoke Community College's Culinary Arts program, lives in the Forest Park neighborhood of Springfield. A ......ki of Granby, Maureen E. Hindle of South Hadley, Nicholas E. Bernard of Palmer, Lucas T. Allian of Chicopee, and Cheri Ludwiczak of Springfield. The team is coached by Jason M. Vincent of HCC's Culinary staf... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Holyoke Community College   Palmer   Springfield

Pioneer Valley Planning Commission celebrates 50th birthday

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...d C. Peck, of West Springfield.  From helping to clean up the Connecticut, Deerfield, Westfield and Chicopee rivers and spearheading creation of the Norwottuck Rail Trail to the helping establish the Pioneer ...... Reversing decades of neglect, the Connecticut River is suitable for swimming and boating above the Holyoke Dam, the standard for rivers. Work remains on the lower stretches, where sewer pipes in older, urba... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Pioneer Valley Planning Commission   West Springfield   Springfield

Chicopee Electric Light Company to upgrade transmission lines and transformer station

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...e company will replace a substation on Prospect Street, which is least 40 years old and leased from Holyoke Gas and Electric, said Jeffrey R. Cady, general manager of Chicopee Electric Light. The company offered four different alternatives to replacing the substation. It had... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Northeast Utilities   Chicopee   Holyoke

Reuse of old mills in Chicopee, Easthampton examined by state, local officials

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...one at a time. “It is a good model on how we are going to do this in the future,” he said about the Chicopee project. Thursday Bialecki also made stops in Holyoke and Easthampton to view potential projects there. In Easthampton, Bialecki met with with several mi... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Michael D. Bissonnette   Chicopee   Holyoke

Greater Holyoke Chamber names Joseph Peters, president of Universal Plastics, 2012 business person of year

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...ss as a manufacturer. We are especially impressed by the level of his participation in the city of Holyoke after operating his business for so many years in his home town of Chicopee, and being recognized there for the same level of involvement that he has demonstrated here.” Added... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Holyoke Community College   Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce   Holyoke Medical Center

Sealed Air, Elms College and a Conway machine shop get state economic ...

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...publican Follow 0 Tweet Share close Digg Stumble Upon Fark Reddit Share Email Print SEALEDAIR.jpg HOLYOKE – A state economic development agency has approved tax incentives for commercial expansions in Holyoke, Springfield, Conway and a new building at Elms College in Chicopee. Those local projects were among nine projects statewide the Economic Assistance Coordinating Counc... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Smith & Wesson Corp.   Springfield   Chicopee

Link to Libraries celebrates over 50,000 donations

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...ny Place). The initial target is 1,000 to 1,200 homeless children in Springfield, West Springfield, Holyoke, Chicopee and Westfield who will receive a tote bag, bookmark, parent/caregiver educational materials and s... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   West Springfield   Springfield   Amherst

Gov. Deval Patrick appoints former Springfield City Councilor Bruce Stebbins to Massachusetts Gaming Commission

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...te. Several casino companies are already pitching plans, including proposals in Palmer, Brimfield, Holyoke and Springfield. Chicopee has also been mentioned as a potential site for a casino. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts   Massachusetts Office of Business Development

Charters for two new proposed schools granted in Springfield and Holyoke

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Comment Mentions:   Springfield Technical Community College   West Springfield   Springfield

Elms College in Chicopee to construct new science building

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...of the college helps build the education corridor in the Springfield Street area that also includes Holyoke Catholic High School. It should also help with efforts to improve the nearby downtown Chicopee. In his state of the city address last week, Bissonnette called Elms College the city’s “hidden jew... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Michael D. Bissonnette   Springfield   Chicopee

Western Massachusetts electric customers benefited from having local workings following storms, municipal utilities say

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...ks crews in area communities, played a major role in emergency line repairs required in Westfield, Holyoke, Chicopee and South Hadley, all communities which have municipally-owned utility companies. South Hadley Elec... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Chicopee   Holyoke   Westfield

New charter schools in Springfield, Holyoke recommended by Massachusetts Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester

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...ecember letter to the state. The Paulo Freire Social Justice Charter School is planned in downtown Holyoke but will serve six primary communities of Holyoke, Chicopee, Westfield, West Springfield, South Hadley and Northampton, said Robert K. Brick, a founding board ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Springfield Technical Community College   West Springfield   Baystate Health

Holyoke looks to new mayor, computing center, ways to make city attractive to ...

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...re that the new mayor and a culture of innovation can begin to loosen poverty’s grip on this city. Holyoke looks to new mayor, computing center, ways to make city attractive to new businesses Published: Mon......ors and seniors from Dean Technical High School here, Westfield Vocational-Technical, Cathedral and Chicopee Comprehensive high schools, are all eligible to participate, said Jim Wachala, Turner senior projec... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts   Big Y Foods

Friendly Ice Cream CEO Harsha Agadi resigns following company's emergence from bankruptcy

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Comment Mentions:   West Springfield   Springfield   Chicopee

No Child Left Behind waiver granted to Massachusetts, 9 other states

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Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Chicopee   Holyoke

Stephen Jendrysik: Chicopee Chamber of Commerce celebrates 50 years

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...on, we lacked our own telephone exchange and had no daily newspaper, hospital or first-class hotel. Chicopee’s major companies were members of the chambers of commerce in Springfield and Holyoke. While local merchants advertised their stores as being located in Chicopee Center, Chicopee Falls, Willimansett and Aldenville, ironically in the 1950s, the small neighborhood stores survi... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Big Y Foods   Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce   Springfield

Holyoke job fair lets hundreds of seekers mingle with 25 companies

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Comment Mentions:   Smith College   Chicopee   Holyoke

Gov. Deval Patrick's budget proposal to include $10 million for education in 24 cities

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...Paul Reville, the state’s secretary of education. It targets 24 communities, including Springfield, Holyoke, Chicopee and Westfield, which are mostly former mill cities with a large number of poor children who do not ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Springfield   Chicopee

U.S. Rep. Richard Neal meets with chambers of commerce from current and future congressional districts

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The purpose was to introduce Neal to communities that are not part of the congressional district he represents now, but will be part of the new 1st Congressional District, said Jeffrey S. Ciuffreda, president of the Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield. There were more than 60 business leaders at the event. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Westfield State University   West Springfield   Springfield

Taking Center Stage

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...le. “I think very highly of Herbie,” said Russ Omer, vice president of Commercial Lending for Chicopee Savings Bank, the lead lender on the Paramount project. “He’s been involved in the neighborhood for......usinesswest.com Previous Top Entrepreneurs • 2010: Bob Bolduc, founder and CEO of Pride • 2009: The Holyoke Gas & Electric Department • 2008: Arlene Kelly and Kim Sanborn, founders of Human Resource Solution... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Big Y Foods   MassMutual   Springfield Technical Community College

Groundbreaking Developments

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...hey include Mill Valley Estates in Amherst, Edgewood Apartments in Westfield, Churchill Homes in Holyoke, Chicopee Village Townhouses, and several projects in Springfield, including Allen Park I & II, Forest Park A... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Amherst   Chicopee

Over $86,000 in tornado relief funds awarded by Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts

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...es; Hitchcock Free Academy, with $14,900 to support special education programs for tornado victims; Holyoke Chicopee Springfield Head Start with $3,500 for construction of playground improvements at their Madison Ave... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Chicopee   Holyoke