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

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...op an innovative center to make it easier for educators to try new teaching methods, he said. Gov. Deval Patrick's budget proposal to include $10 million for education in 24 cities Published: Wednesday, January 2......ents with family problems and teachers who want to try new ideas in the classroom. One item in Gov. Deval L. Patrick’s proposed budget for next year is $9.9 million set aside ... (Read Full Article)

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Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick calls for new laws to reduce crime, boost job training, overhaul health care

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Holyoke Community College plans to purchase Grynn & Barrett building for health services programs

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...te it and provide for related expenses such as new equipment. The legislation has been sent to Gov. Deval L. Patrick, who is expected to sign it. The college, working with the state Division of Capital Asset Manageme......s. Currently the average tuition is $4,050 for a full-time student. State Sen. Michael R. Knapik, R-Westfield, and state Rep. Michael F. Kane, D-Holyoke, said they supported the initiative, especially ... (Read Full Article)

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Rebuild Springfield committee hears from public on plan to restore South End following June 1 tornado

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... part of a supplemental state budget that was approved in October by the state Legislature and Gov. Deval L. Patrick, serving as reimbursement for costs borne by the communities affected by the tornado. An additional......; Wilbraham, $956,000; Monson, $519,000; Brimfield, $449,000; West Springfield, $200,000, and Westfield, $70,000. Sturbridge and Southbridge also received funding. The supplemental budget included $7.3 m... (Read Full Article)

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Holyoke Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center completes first stage of construction

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...e new partnership that will allow students from Holyoke’s William J. Dean Technical High School and Westfield Vocational High School to work on the construction site to learn new building skills. Holyoke Commu......mputer training program. “We have to be about building our future, inventing our own destiny,” Gov. Deval L. Patrick said. Further reading * Report: Innovation-Based Economic Development Strategy for Holyoke and the ... (Read Full Article)

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Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick unveils education goals

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...owell, Lynn, Malden, Methuen, New Bedford, Pittsfield, Quincy, Revere, Salem, Springfield, Taunton, Westfield and Worcester. Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick unveils education goals Published: Wednesday, November 09, 2011, 12:00 PM Updated: Wednesday, N...... Massachusetts is a proficient reader by third grade and three other more broad goals comprise Gov. Deval L. Patrick’s education agenda for his second term. Patrick outlined the goals at UMass Boston on Wednesday mor... (Read Full Article)

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

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...nst the utility companies preparations for the storm and for their progress in making repairs. Gov. Deval Patrick on Thursday said he planned to speak with the heads of WMECO and National Grid in a conference call......t Springfield Senior. The center has been acting as a warming center and shelter during the crisis. Westfield Westfield’s Gas and Electric Department was nearing 100 percent completion in efforts to restore ... (Read Full Article)

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Westfield State University's Nitza Hidalgo among Latino educators honored by Massachusetts for Hispanic Heritage Month

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...nd five board members across the state. Among those honored was professor Nitza Hidalgo, center, of Westfield State University. At left is state Secretary of Education Paul Reville. By LAURA PHELON WESTFIELD - In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Gov. Deval L. Patrick recognized 19 outstanding Latino educators in public schools and five board members across the stat... (Read Full Article)

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Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick's revenue leaders plan to distribute $65 million in additional local aid to cities and towns on Halloween

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Investment News

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...ew facility will employ 100 people, in addition to the 130 people already employed by Gulfstream in Westfield. Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Westfield Mayor Daniel Knapik hailed the announcement. Knapik added that “this is just the beginning” as the ... (Read Full Article)

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$23 million Gulfstream project announced in Westfield

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House Passes Bill That Earmarks Millions To County

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Westfield property tax incentives offered to Gulfstream Corp. receive state approval

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...pproved Tuesday were incentives aimed at attracting Seal Ryt, an Easthampton manufacturing firm, to Westfield and Armbrook Senior Living LLC which is planning a 107 unit complex for senior and assisted living ......niel M. Knapik, joined by other city officials at the state meeting, announced the approval. Gov. Deval L. Patrick has scheduled a formal announcement on the incentive package for Oct. 7. Gulfstream's announcement ... (Read Full Article)

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Grassroots Appeal

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...energy “revolution” will take a broad, street-level conversation — and that’s something this former Westfield mayor feels comfortable initiating. When Gov. Deval Patrick, at the start of his second term, brought the state’s various energy, utility, conservation, and ag... (Read Full Article)

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Deval Patrick administration announces energy incentives for Massachusetts tornado victims

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Greenfield, Holyoke, Northampton and Orange win grants for stations to charge electric cars

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Gov. Deval Patrick's environmental secretary on Friday unveiled plans to install 105 charging stations for electric ve......uding units for Greenfield, Holyoke, Lenox, Northampton and Orange. Richard K. Sullivan Jr. of Westfield, secretary of energy and environmental affairs, said it will be the state's first widespread ins... (Read Full Article)

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Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick signs $30.6 billion state budget

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BOSTON – Gov. Deval L. Patrick on Monday signed a $30.6 billion budget for this fiscal year that includes a provision expected to ......e 1990 that a governor has approved a budget with no vetoes to spending items. Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick signs $30.6 billion state budget Published: Monday, July 11, 2011, 11:30 AM Updated: Monday, Ju... (Read Full Article)

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Comcast Donates $50000 to Western Massachusetts Tornado Relief Efforts

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Blown Away

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...ok much more of a hit than we did.” For now, Cancer House of Hope has moved all operations into its Westfield location. Other companies and nonprofit agencies alike are making do in temporary facilities, but w......mpden and Worcester counties a federal disaster area, responding to a formal request issued by Gov. Deval Patrick the previous weekend. This is crucial because a major disaster declaration provides public assist... (Read Full Article)

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Massachusetts request for federal disaster assistance forwarded to White House, Gov. Patrick hopes for swift response

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Gov. Deval L. Patrick on Monday said he is hopeful that Obama will make a speedy decision on his request which is needed ......s: Path of the tornado, one week later (part 1) Enlarge John Suchocki, The Republican June 1, 2011. Westfield - The funnel cloud appeared above the former Columbia Manufacturing Company property. The swirling... (Read Full Article)

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Gov. Deval Patrick announces $931 million in road and bridge projects

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Gov. Deval Patrick is kicking off the 2011 construction season by announcing $931 million in road and bridge projects ...... or sustained about 30,000 jobs. The projects include a $57.5 million Great River Bridge project in Westfield and bridge projects along the Charles River basin. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Westfield   The Republican

State buys pristine Berkshires site for $3m

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...reate one of the largest swaths of outdoor recreation space in Massachusetts. Officials in Governor Deval Patrick’s administration said yesterday that the state will pay $3 million to acquire the undeveloped prope......erties of more than 200 acres rarely come on the market. And this one is about an hour’s drive from Westfield on curvy country roads through thousands of acres of unspoiled forest. Its nearest neighbors are ... (Read Full Article)

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Westfield's legislative delegation seks to restore Western Massachusetts Hospital funding

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...ason said. “We are looking to Sen. Knapik and the Senate to be a little more successful,” he said. Westfield's legislative delegation seks to restore Western Massachusetts Hospital funding Published: Wednesda......om our delegation the Senate will be asked to restore the remaining $250,000 proposed in cuts. Gov. Deval L. Patrick had recommended a budget for the hospital, one of four public facilities throughout the state, of $... (Read Full Article)

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Springfield's Western New England College to become Western New England University

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... there are no national statistics, but he knows there is a trend of colleges becoming universities. Westfield State changed its name to Westfield State University in October as a result of a new state law signed by Gov. Deval L. Patrick on July 28. That legislation also changed Bridgewater, Fitchburg, Framingham, Salem and Worcester s... (Read Full Article)

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