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

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

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...ncy, said S. 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

Forum: Human service workers make economic impact on Pioneer Valley

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Comment Mentions:   Pioneer Valley Planning Commission   Springfield   Amherst

EDC to Host Industry Sector Series

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Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Chicopee   Western Massachusetts Electric Company

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

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...al 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. U.S. Rep. Richard Neal meets with chambers... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Westfield State University   West Springfield   Springfield

Taking Center Stage

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...of real-estate acquisitions, including the Paramount Theater (seen here), that promise to transform Springfield’s downtown. The kind of long-term change Flores envisions for the City of Homes will require energy......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... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Big Y Foods   MassMutual   Springfield Technical Community College

Groundbreaking Developments

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...ude 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 Apartments, Eastbrook Apartments, and Museum Park, so-cal... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Amherst   Chicopee

Editorial: Ludlow mills gets a new lease on life

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...nnounce a senior housing project. WinnDevelopment, which recently rehabilitated Longhill Gardens in Springfield, is renovating the building into a $20 million, 83-unit apartment complex Editorial: Ludlow mills ......7 million was financed through a state grant and a consortium of local banks including PeoplesBank, Chicopee Savings, Hampden Bank, United Bank, and Nuvo Bank and trust Co.The two projects are slated for comp... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Chicopee   United Bank

Ludlow Mills complex proposed for HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital, new senior apartments

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...g family of New York City for about $7 million financed through a consortium of banks: PeoplesBank, Chicopee Savings, Hampden Bank, United Bank, Nuvo Bank and Trust Co., and First Niagara. Westmass has alread......nous mill building. Best known locally for rehabilitating the Longhill Gardens apartment complex in Springfield, WinnDevelopment has done 17 mill-redevelopment projects around the state. In Worcester, WinnDevelo... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Chicopee   United Bank

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

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...hcock 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 Avenue site; an... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Chicopee   Holyoke

Mohegan Sun officials talk with Western Massachusetts business people about proposed Palmer casino

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Jeffrey S. Ciuffreda, president of the Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield said his chamber participated simply as a way to get information to its member businesses. Neither ......t of business with them in Connecticut,” said Dennis R. King, president of King Ward Coach Lines in Chicopee. “We are hoping to improve that relationship here.” Especially because a Western Massachusetts casi... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Mohegan Sun   MassMutual Center

UMass officials say agreement with Brazil should be boon for Western Massachusetts farmers

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...population of about 250,000, Mangan said, largely in the Eastern part of the state but also in Chicopee and Springfield. That means a market for crops they are used to eating in their native country, some of which are ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts   Springfield

Vocational high schools in Western Massachusetts could offer associate degree programs in the future

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...l Print Photo by Michael Beswick / The RepublicanTaking an eight-week machinist technology class at Chicopee Comprehensive High School with instructor Robert Cantin is left to right, Greg Nash, Kham Siphanoum...... studying associate’s degree programs, especially since there are few community colleges outside of Springfield Technical Community College that offer associate’s degrees in applied science. Many community co... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Springfield Technical Community College   Regional Employment Board of Hampden County Inc.   Palmer

Holyoke Medical Center gets $3 million in state help to obtain medical, non-medical and IT equipment

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Comment Mentions:   MassDevelopment   Holyoke Medical Center   Springfield

State education officials release 5-point improvement plan for Springfield, Holyoke, Chicopee, Westfield schools

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... to be the academic leader nationwide, but the 24 so-called mid-sized Gateway cities, which include Springfield, Holyoke, Chicopee and Westfield in Western Massachusetts, are still having difficulty ensuring all children achieve. ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Chicopee   Holyoke

Walmart hopes to to add grocery store at Westfield facility

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... on the west and south sides of the current store and include new utility services to the building. Springfield and Chicopee are homes to super Walmart stores. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Chicopee   Westfield

Western Massachusetts food programs receive grants from Project Bread to fight hunger

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...n Massachusetts are: • The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts; • Open Pantry Community Services, of Springfield; • Northampton Survival Center; • Franklin County Community Meals Program, of Greenfield; • Salvati...... Center; Massachusetts School-to-Farm Ashfield: Hilltown Churches Food Pantry Athol: Salvation Army Chicopee: Lorraine’s Soup Kitchen and Pantry; Mission Center, New Jerusalem Inc. Easthampton: Easthampton Co... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Baystate Health   Springfield   Amherst

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick unveils education goals

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...o a list provided by the administration, the gateway cities in Massachusetts are Brockton, Chelsea, Chicopee, Everett, Fall River, Fitchburg, Haverhill, Holyoke, Lawrence, Leominster, Lowell, Lynn, Malden, Me......awrence, Leominster, Lowell, Lynn, Malden, Methuen, New Bedford, Pittsfield, Quincy, Revere, Salem, Springfield, Taunton, Westfield and Worcester. Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick unveils education goals Publish... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts   Springfield

Big Y at 75: Grocery chain's history follows path of opportunities

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...ery route, a 900-square-foot store in the Willimansett section of the Western Massachusetts city of Chicopee at an intersection where two roads converged to form a “Y,” was available for purchase. Big Y at 75......company. The year 1984 was an important year for the D’Amour family, when Big Y expanded beyond the Springfield area to other areas of Western Massachusetts and into Connecticut. The acquisition of a supermarket... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Big Y Foods   Springfield   Northampton

Emergency responders convene in Springfield for education and networking

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...at the MassMutual Center. About 145 first responders are attending. Emergency responders convene in Springfield for education and networking Published: Friday, November 04, 2011, 5:55 PM Updated: Friday, Nov...... conference. Among the frequent attendees was Steve Draghetti, a paramedic working for Alert EMS in Chicopee. “I come to this conference every year,” Draghetti said. Draghetti said that after coming to one of... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   MassMutual Center   Springfield   Chicopee

Utilities say nearly all customers to have power restored by Friday or Saturday

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... Republican staff photo by Don Treeger- Utility crews work on a pole on Williams st. in Longmeadow. SPRINGFIELD – Electric company officials said Thursday that nearly all of the remaining 126,000 customers acro......hool ready for the students. Updates are being provided on the town’s website, www.belchertown.org. Chicopee All but about 500 homes have power restored, and Chicopee Electric Light and Power is now repairing problems at ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Michael D. Bissonnette

Holyoke Community College focuses on computer literacy with the new Thomas Gill III Community Technology Center

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...or seeking jobs was computer literacy,” Kohout said. “We heard that many people downtown and in the Chicopee area did not have access to the Internet or low-cost computer classes.” 092111-picknelly-hcc-center......G The Republican | Michael S. GordonPeter A. Picknelly, center, president of Peter Pan Bus Lines in Springfield, attends a ceremony recently at the Holyoke Transportation Center on Maple Street to mark the offic... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College   Springfield

Stories Worth Telling

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...investment than other plastic molding processes. Valley Communications Systems Inc. 201 First Ave., Chicopee, MA 01020 (413) 592-4136 www.valleycommunications.com Edward Tremble, President Valley is a diversified....... Whalley carries name-brand computers as well as low-cost performance compatibles. YMCA of Greater Springfield Inc. 275 Chestnut St., Springfield, MA 01104 (413) 739-6951 www.springfieldy.org Kirk Smith, CEO The YMCA focuses on youth development, wi... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Palmer   Springfield   Northampton

Springfield and Holyoke get $700,000 grant to promote higher education

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Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Chicopee   Holyoke