Western Massachusetts students attend Youth Conference to Prevent Underage Drinking at Greenfield Community College

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...1212.jpg Photo by Cori UrbanGlen A. Franklin, center with arms folded, leads a workshop Thursday at Greenfield Community College during the Youth Conference to Prevent Underage Drinking. Franklin is the leadership development an...... Franklin, leadership development and diversity coordinator for Community Action! Youth Programs in Greenfield, acknowledged the importance of youth working with youth to provide information about underage drin... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Greenfield Community College   Greenfield   The Republican

UMass President Robert Caret asks legislature for increase in state funding

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...tem. The proposal to centralize would do more good than harm, he said. Robert L. Pura, president of Greenfield Community College, was planning to testify later. During a break, he said that he has the utmost respect for Patrick,... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts   Greenfield Community College

Higher education institutions turn out a well-prepared workforce which helps attract business

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...Community for two-year collaborative initiative to build employee-owned companies in Springfield Greenfield Community College: •: Received state grant for comprehensive review of the school’s general-education curriculu... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   American International College   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College

Northampton hopeful for economic revival in downtown, long-term projects

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... adult education center in lieu of selling it for quick cash. Now fully occupied by tenants such as Greenfield Community College, it could become an incubator for the training – and re-training – of the local workforce. Narkewic... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Colvest Group   Greenfield Community College   Northampton

Editorial: Community colleges in Western Massachusetts get job done

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...in County is also worried. All of the company’s 40 employees have taken at least one course through Greenfield Community College’s renewable energy program. “Why change what is working so well?” he asked. Indeed. There are other... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Springfield Technical Community College   Greenfield Community College

Employers fear community colleges run from Boston

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...yees who work with A.R. Sandri Inc.’s green-energy subsidiary has taken at least one course through Greenfield Community College’s renewable energy program. “We’ve had such a successful relationship,” said Laurence H. “Jake” Goo... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Springfield Technical Community College   Greenfield Community College

Breaking Down the Report Card

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...unity colleges — we need and deserve that kind of attention,” said Pura, the long-time president of Greenfield Community College, noting that this segment of the Commonwealth’s higher-education portfolio is often overlooked due ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Holyoke Community College   Springfield Technical Community College   Greenfield Community College

Patrick administration plans $10.1 billion in capital projects over 5 year period

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...enovation of the Probate and Family Court in Salem; • $3.2 million to start work on a $60 million Greenfield trial court facility; • $4.2 million to complete a new $86 million Taunton trial court facility; • ......lding project; a $25 million library project at Mass Maritime Academy; a $31 million project at Greenfield Community College; a $34.4 million building at the Danvers campus of North Shore Community College, a ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts   Greenfield Community College

Care Center in Holyoke receives National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award from the White House

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...des GED preparation, The Care Center offers an Introduction to the Humanities in collaboration with Greenfield Community College, a Poetry Project, a Readers and Writers Series and the Clemente Course in the Humanities, which ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College   Greenfield Community College

Community colleges in Greenfield, Holyoke and Springfield win grants in new Massachusetts competition

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Community colleges in Greenfield, Holyoke and Springfield on Tuesday won awards from a new state grant program designed to encourage......gher education campuses, 18 won grants. Springfield Technical Community College received $144,125; Greenfield Community College, $122,004 and Holyoke Community College, $70,000. Ira H. Rubenzahl, president of Springfield Techni... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Holyoke Community College   Springfield Technical Community College

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

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... The Republican file photoRichard Sullivan According to Sullivan, two stations will be installed in Greenfield at Greenfield Community College and at the Miles Street parking lot; two at the Holyoke Mall; four in Northampton, including two a... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Greenfield Community College   Northampton

Leadership Pioneer Valley

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...eminars will be held at venues across the region, said Wondoloski, listing the Springfield Museums, Greenfield Community College, and Yankee Candle as examples of potential sites chosen to connect participants with the businesse... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Pioneer Valley Planning Commission   MassMutual   Greenfield Community College

Entrepreneurial Fuel

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...eral institutional, commercial, and residential renewable-energy systems, including facilities at Greenfield Community College, the Greenfield fire station, and other locations. “We want to be a one-stop shop, and the energy company of the fu... (Read Full Article)

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Franklin County health-care field bolstered by $200,000 stimulus fund grant

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...e 0 Share close Google Buzz Digg Stumble Upon Fark Share Email Print GCC nurses training 2010.jpg GREENFIELD – A federal stimulus grant bolstered training for adult learners and non-native English speakers to......0,000 grant last year to train those who are still in school and those already in the work force. Greenfield Community College, partnered with the Center for New Americans, was subcontracted to hold certified nursing assistant... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Holyoke Community College   Greenfield Community College   Northampton

4 Western Massachusetts students among 29 statewide to be issued 'Who Shine' awards by Board of Higher Education

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...e to the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education. Jacob S. Powers, 23, of Montague, is this year’s Greenfield Community College honoree. He has been on the college’s board of trustees and has consistently made the Dean’s List... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Holyoke Community College   Amherst College

Greenfield Community College, C.S. Lewis Great Books College projects have positive impact on Franklin County

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The $34 million renovation project at Greenfield Community College makes the façade more inviting and creates much-needed student-centered spaces for efficiency and g......Mount Hermon School in Northfield. C.S. Lewis Great Books College hopes to open there in 2012.  GREENFIELD - The president of the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce is forecasting “bright” times ahead as t... (Read Full Article)

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Massachusetts programs take new approaches to energy efficiency training

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...rgy Center, has seen courses reach completion so far at Springfield Technical Community College and Greenfield Community College in Turners Falls. Editorial: Educational innovation – go beyond the classroom [January 5, 2011] Ve... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Springfield Technical Community College   Greenfield Community College   Springfield

UMass chancellor Robert Holub warns of deep budget cuts in FY12; all Massachusetts public colleges face similar cuts

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...iscal year is $17.452 million including $1.3 million in stimulus. The budget is down 6.9 percent. • Greenfield Community College’s budget for this fiscal year is $8.582 million including $665,758 in stimulus. The budget is down ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College

Michael Kittredge III opens Kringle Candle in Bernardston | masslive.com

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...Kringle Candle date back to 2009 when the younger Kittredge was enrolled in a marketing course at Greenfield Community College. Challenged to create a new brand and marketing campaign, it was a no-brainer for the then-student ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Greenfield Community College   Greenfield   Holyoke

Greenfield Savings Bank Focuses on Economic Development

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...e bank, working with institutions ranging from the Economic Development Council of Western Mass. to Greenfield Community College, spearheaded a unique development model that brought together about six property owners, representi......ice said. Rebecca Caplice, president and CEO With almost a century and a half of history behind it, Greenfield Savings Bank has woven itself into the fabric of the community like few banks have — not just by do... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Greenfield Community College   Amherst   Greenfield

Attorney General Martha Coakley opposes plan by Western Massachusetts Electric Co. to hike electric rates

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...ess Follow Share this story Story tools coakley.jpg AP PhotoFile photo: Martha Coakley. 0 0 Share GREENFIELD (AP) - A proposal by Western Massachusetts Electric Co. to hike rates by more than $28 million is ......c hearings on the company’s request for rate increases will be held: • Thursday, August 19, 2010 at Greenfield Community College's Sloan Theater, at 7:00 p.m • August 24 at the Berkshire Athenaeum ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Greenfield Community College   Springfield   Greenfield

Doing Business In: Franklin County

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A renaissance is taking place in downtown Greenfield. Old, vacant buildings are being completely renovated, and new retail, office, and living space, an......cial coating for the jugs it manufactures to hold maple syrup, which gives it a longer shelf life. “Greenfield Community College also does an amazing job of working with local companies, and it is going to play a role in develop... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Greenfield Community College   Amherst

Federal officials announce expansion of broadband access at Greenfield Community College Thursday

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Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Greenfield Community College   Springfield

Journalism and Justice Award presented to Larry McDermott, retired publisher and CEO of The Republican

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...MassLive.com Previous story Springfield fire causes $10K damage to High Street apartment Next story Greenfield Community College Practical Nursing Program graduation held at Northampton VA Medical Center Comments are now closed ... (Read Full Article)

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