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Articles mentioning both Greenfield and Holyoke

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1. Community colleges in Western Mass. report dramatic increased in enrollment
  
  Explore masslive.com Apr 19 2010 Education
  
  ...has seen the largest increase with 13 percent more students attending the college this spring than last year. Holyoke Community has seen an 11 percent increase in the number of students, and Springfield Technical Communi...
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  Mentions: Springfield Technical Community College Greenfield Community College Springfield
2. Massachusetts increases road and bridge repair money for cities and towns
  
  Explore masslive.com Apr 3 2010 Transportation
  
  ...33,795 Belchertown: $471,066 East Longmeadow: $443,062 Granby: $216,095 Greenfield: $510,025 Hadley: $282,370 Holyoke: $828,283 Longmeadow: $378,798 Ludlow: $551,647 Monson: $369,110 Northampton: $802,306 Palmer: $387,6...
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  Mentions: Domenic J. Sarno Governor Deval L. Patrick Palmer
3. Online tools are available to track stimulus spending
  
  Explore masslive.com Mar 12 2010
  
  ...ransit Center project in Greenfield. In Public Safety, stimulus spending includes a $1.2 million grant to the Holyoke police department, allowing six police officer positions to be created or saved. Springfield received ...
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  Mentions: University of Massachusetts Springfield Amherst
4. Western Mass. business leaders urge top state officials to restore $6 million in tourism grants
  
  Explore masslive.com Mar 4 2010 Tourism
  
  ...ey for marketing for Hampden and Hampshire counties. The grant for the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce in Greenfield was cut from $263,000 to $82,000, and the grant for the Berkshire Visitors Bureau in Adams was redu...
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  Mentions: Governor Deval L. Patrick Six Flags New England Springfield
5. 'Green' trades jobs await training - MassLive.com
  
  Explore masslive.com Feb 24 2010 Education , Green Region
  
  ...raining goes well, Connolly said the Workplace Education Program would like to expand it to Holyoke, Amherst, Greenfield, Pittsfield and Northampton. The Labor/Management Workplace Education Program, Carpenters Local 10...
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  Mentions: University of Massachusetts Palmer Springfield
6. Hospitals in Western Massachusetts are laboring to deal with the recession | Business - MassLive.com - - MassLive.com
  
  Explore masslive.com Feb 18 2010 Health Care
  
  ...center joined several other hospitals in suing the state over reimbursement rates. About three quarters of Holyoke’s patients are poor or elderly, and reimbursement has to change for hospitals that serve so many who a...
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  Mentions: Palmer Baystate Health Holyoke Medical Center
7. 'Hamp railroad plans on track
  
  Explore masslive.com Feb 14 2010 Education
  
  ... move the route to the other side of the Connecticut River, where it will stop in Holyoke, Northampton and Greenfield, as well as in Springfield. Amherst lobbied to keep the route on its side of the valley, forming a ...
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  Mentions: University of Massachusetts Amtrak Springfield
8. Western Mass. banks boost lending despite fewer businesses having good credit
  
  Explore masslive.com Feb 2 2010
  
  ...lace,” said Michael E. Tucker, president and CEO of Greenfield Co-operative Bank. “That’s the balancing act.” Greenfield Co-operative Bank ended they year with the total value of all its commercial loan portfolio increa...
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  Mentions: Springfield Chicopee Greenfield
9. $100 million in rail funds coming - MassLive.com
  
  Explore masslive.com Jan 28 2010
  
  ...Vermonter line in the region, a project that will include opening station service in Holyoke, Northampton and Greenfield. Another $40 million is designated for a new segment of second track for the Springfield-New Haven,...
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  Mentions: Governor Deval L. Patrick Amtrak Springfield
10. Vermonter rail line gets $70 million stimulus funds, including adding station service in Holyoke, Northampton, Greenfield
  
  Explore masslive.com Jan 27 2010
  
  ... Life, Springfield » Vermonter rail line gets $70 million stimulus funds, including adding station service in Holyoke, Northampton, Greenfield By Michael McAuliffe, The Republican January 28, 2010, 2:19AM amtrak_train.jp...
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  Mentions: Governor Deval L. Patrick Amtrak Springfield
11. Task force established to help with creation of high-speed computing center planned in Holyoke
  
  Explore masslive.com Jan 11 2010 Education , Information Technology
  
  ...ent and treasurer of James J. Dowd & Sons Insurance Agency Inc. in Holyoke * William F. Messner, president of Holyoke Community College * Kenneth A. “Kip” Foley, president of Cover Technologies Inc., of Holyoke * Larry B...
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  Mentions: Governor Deval L. Patrick University of Massachusetts Holyoke Community College
12. Pulled in different directions: Little headway in charting new energy ...
  
  Explore recorder.com Jan 11 2010 Green Region
  
  ... consider themselves environmentalists. As one of about 200 people attending a biomass information meeting in Holyoke recently asked, ''If we gave this level of scrutiny to every other form of power production, would we ...
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  Mentions: Greenfield Holyoke
13. Success sweet for horseradish maker
  
  Explore masslive.com Dec 21 2009
  
  ...achusetts at ... Success sweet for horseradish maker Monday, December 21, 2009 Story and photos by CORI URBAN GREENFIELD - Warren T. Grinnan remembers that his father - who owned a supermarket and butcher shop in Rochest...
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  Mentions: University of Massachusetts Holyoke Community College Amherst
14. Lunt Silversmiths' decision to shut down operations, prompts Greenfield to seek ways to reuse property
  
  Explore masslive.com Nov 19 2009
  
  ...ntory to Reed & Barton, of Taunton. Greenfield » Lunt Silversmiths' decision to shut down operations, prompts Greenfield to seek ways to reuse property By Jim Kinney November 19, 2009, 7:00PM Lunts1119.jpg File photo by ...
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  Mentions: Greenfield Holyoke Robert Pyers
15. Public colleges in Western Mass. to use federal stimulus funds to delay making cuts
  
  Explore masslive.com Oct 30 2009 Education
  
  ...55,462 budget. Also: Springfield Technical Community College, $1,603,101, from its $20,619,201 budget; and Greenfield Community College, $598,594 from its $7,699,155 budget. Westfield State College also plans to use ...
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  Mentions: Governor Deval L. Patrick University of Massachusetts Holyoke Community College
16. Western Mass. job fair comes as state reports increase in jobless rate from 9.1% to 9.3%
  
  Explore masslive.com Oct 15 2009
  
  ...of Chicopee, at the Best Local Job Fair at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Conference Center in Holyoke on Thursday.HOLYOKE – Richard N. Blais of Chicopee voiced a common complaint Thursday while waiting in line to puck up job...
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  Mentions: Chicopee Greenfield Holyoke
17. Springfield median home price falls 11 percent as sales increase 9.5 percent
  
  Explore masslive.com Sep 30 2009
  
  ...e, Westfield and Palmer, sales and prices decreased. In Northampton, sales decreased while prices rose and in Greenfield, sales remained steady at 75 while the median prices rose 2.86 percent. The Massachusetts Associati...
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  Mentions: Palmer Springfield Northampton
18. Springfield's unemployment rate hits 13%; foreclosure bids up nearly ...
  
  Explore masslive.com Sep 22 2009
  
  ...OCAL NEWS Breaking news from Western Massachusetts #alternate Amherst, Business, Franklin County, Greenfield, Holyoke, Springfield » Springfield's unemployment rate hits 13%; foreclosure bids up nearly 182% By The Republ...
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  Mentions: University of Massachusetts Springfield Amherst
19. State aid helps green projects
  
  Explore masslive.com Sep 16 2009 Energy , Green Region
  
  ...tions of the $1.2 million in technical assistance are Northampton, Easthampton, Rowe, Belchertown, Buckland, Greenfield, Hadley, Bernardston, Deerfield, Sunderland, Gill, South Hadley, Palmer, Ludlow, Becket and Montagu...
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  Mentions: Palmer Springfield Northampton
20. Hospital finances hurting
  
  Explore masslive.com Sep 8 2009 Health Care
  
  ..., a dozen Western Massachusetts legislators, alarmed about the finances of community hospitals in Greenfield, Holyoke, Springfield and Westfield, are mounting a major effort to secure more money for the providers. The P...
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  Mentions: Governor Deval L. Patrick Holyoke Medical Center Springfield
21. First meal, hotel tax date passes
  
  Explore masslive.com Sep 1 2009 Education , Tourism
  
  ...of three Uno Chicago Grill locations on West Columbus Avenue in Springfield, the Holyoke Mall at Ingleside in Holyoke and Worcester. "I personally don't think we will see an impact," Hurwitz said. "I think there's been e...
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  Mentions: Big Y Foods West Springfield Springfield
22. Enrollment soars at area community colleges
  
  Explore masslive.com Aug 31 2009 Education
  
  ...e President Robert L. Pura said. There are also more high school students who are choosing dual enrollment at Greenfield Community College, and adults are returning to college to learn new job skills. Holyoke Community C...
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  Mentions: Holyoke Community College Springfield Technical Community College Greenfield Community College
23. Jobless rate jumps in area
  
  Explore masslive.com Aug 27 2009 Education
  
  ...rcent, down from 17.1 percent in June. Unemployment was less in some other parts of Western Massachusetts. In Greenfield and surrounding towns, the unemployment rate increased to 9.1 percent from 8.8 percent. It was much...
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  Mentions: University of Massachusetts Springfield Amherst
24. Force hoping to save rail stop
  
  Explore masslive.com Aug 25 2009
  
  ...the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission began looking at opening train service to Holyoke, Northampton and Greenfield by upgrading the Connecticut River line. Such a switch eliminates the current stop in Amherst. The ...
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  Mentions: University of Massachusetts University of Connecticut Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
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