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1. Springfield, regional unemployment creep up in January
  
  Explore masslive.com Mar 8 2011
  
  ...p from 5.3 percent last month. The unemployment rate for the Amherst region was 6 percent in January 2010. In Greenfield and its surrounding Franklin County towns, the unemployment rate was 8.9 percent in January 2011, u...
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  Mentions: University of Massachusetts Springfield Amherst
2. Amherst to consider 'green' designation allowing it to qualify for energy grants
  
  Explore masslive.com Feb 18 2011 Green Region
  
  ...ive years. Other Western Massachusetts communities with the Green designation are Athol, Hatfield, New Salem, Holyoke, Montague, and Palmer. For more information about Green status and the meeting, contact Ciccarello at ...
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  Mentions: Palmer Springfield Amherst
3. Verizon settlement with state should improve phone service throughout Western Massachusetts
  
  Explore masslive.com Feb 11 2011
  
  ...Great Barrington, Greenfield, Hadley, Hampden, Hancock, Hardwick, Hatfield, Hawley, Heath, Hinsdale, Holland, Holyoke, Huntington, Lanesborough, Lee, Lenox, Leverett, Leyden, Longmeadow, Ludlow, Middlefield, Monson, Mont...
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  Mentions: Palmer Springfield Amherst
4. Profiles In Business
  
  Explore BusinessWest Feb 2 2011
  
  ...es time for the community — he’s served on a number of boards and committees over the years, ranging from the Holyoke Chamber to the United Way, and is just getting started on what will be a two-year stint at the helm of...
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  Mentions: University of Massachusetts Palmer Springfield
5. Springfield unemployment rate increases to 13.4%
  
  Explore masslive.com Jan 25 2011
  
  ...re jobs are opening up, said David C. Gadaire, executive director of CareerPoint, a one-stop career center in Holyoke. Gadaire said a manufacturer has recently come to the center to interview in anticipation of relocatin...
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  Mentions: University of Massachusetts Springfield Amherst
6. Facilitating Job Growth
  
  Explore BusinessWest Jan 18 2011
  
  ...way cities across the Commonwealth, most of them older former manufacturing centers, such as Springfield, Holyoke, Chicopee, and Pittsfield, that are in many ways trying to reinvent themselves. In early 2010, the sta...
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  Mentions: Domenic J. Sarno Liberty Mutual Smith & Wesson Corp.
7. UMass chancellor Robert Holub warns of deep budget cuts in FY12; all Massachusetts public colleges face similar cuts
  
  Explore masslive.com Nov 15 2010 Education
  
  ...for this fiscal 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. T...
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  Mentions: Governor Deval L. Patrick University of Massachusetts Holyoke Community College
8. P.C. Richard & Son and Ultimate Electronics bet on Western Mass. and Connecticut markets in expansion push
  
  Explore masslive.com Nov 8 2010 Retail
  
  ...nfield. Colorado-based chain Ultimate Electronics Inc. opened in the former Holyoke Circuit City store in the Holyoke Crossing shopping center at 33 Holyoke Street in early fall. All of Ultimate Electronics new stores ar...
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  Mentions: West Springfield Springfield Greenfield
9. Ludlow seeking proposals for solar farm on capped town landfill
  
  Explore masslive.com Oct 29 2010
  
  ...y efficient and would result in a cost savings to the community, Harrington said. Harrington said the town of Greenfield has undertaken a similar plan and contracted with a company to build solar panels on its landfill. ...
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  Mentions: Greenfield Holyoke Western Massachusetts Electric Company
10. Springfield unemployment rate drops to 12.5%, 6th-highest in Massachusetts
  
  Explore masslive.com Oct 26 2010
  
  ...nd Fall River. Holyoke was tied with Fitchburg for seventh-highest with an unemployment rate of 11.8 percent. Holyoke had an unemployment rate of 12.6 percent in August and 12.3 percent in September 2009. Springfield and...
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11. Hartford Springfield Economic Partnership gets $4.2 million to boost Knowledge Corridor | masslive.com
  
  Explore masslive.com Oct 24 2010 Education , Transportation
  
  ...pringfield, Depot Square in Holyoke and the Chicopee bikeway. The Franklin Regional Council of Governments of Greenfield also received $425,000 and the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission has been awarded $590,700 fro...
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  Mentions: University of Massachusetts University of Connecticut Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
12. Michael Kittredge III opens Kringle Candle in Bernardston | masslive.com
  
  Explore masslive.com Oct 16 2010 Tourism
  
  ...r the new 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...
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  Mentions: Greenfield Community College Greenfield Holyoke
13. State officials present certificates of Green Communities grant eligibility to Athol, Greenfield, Montague and Palmer
  
  Explore masslive.com Sep 29 2010 Green Region
  
  ...eenfield where representatives of the state Department of Energy Resources presented certificates designating Greenfield, Athol, Palmer and Montague as Green Communities, which makes them eligible for portions of the sta...
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  Mentions: Springfield Northampton Greenfield
14. Springfield tied with Fall River for 4th-highest unemployment rate in Massachusetts
  
  Explore masslive.com Aug 24 2010
  
  ...mployment rate was 9.6 percent in July, up from 9 percent in June and 8.9 percent in July 2009. The rate for Greenfield alone was 9.7 percent. The state’s seasonally unadjusted unemployment was 9.1 percent in July, up f...
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  Mentions: University of Massachusetts Springfield Amherst
15. Community hospitals in Western Massachusetts struggle with balance sheet
  
  Explore masslive.com Jul 19 2010 Health Care
  
  ...en.jpg Hank J. Porten For Holyoke Medical Center, the total surplus for fiscal 2009 was almost $750,000. But, Holyoke faces the problem of operating in a poor city during a deep recession. More poor people without insura...
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  Mentions: University of Massachusetts Palmer Baystate Health
16. Western Massachusetts communities receive renewable energy grants
  
  Explore masslive.com Jul 14 2010 Energy , Green Region
  
  ...an energy management services company contract, community energy efficiency programs, and consulting services Holyoke: $321,221 for energy efficient school, traffic and street lights and to insulate City Hall Montague: ...
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  Mentions: Governor Deval L. Patrick Palmer Springfield
17. Franklin Hampshire Regional Employment Board receives $100,000 incentive grant
  
  Explore masslive.com Jun 2 2010 Health Care
  
  ...tive director of the Franklin-Hampshire Regional Employment Board, at the Franklin-Hampshire Career Center in Greenfield. Patricia H. Crosby, executive director of the Regional Employment Board, compared the designation ...
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  Mentions: Regional Employment Board of Hampden County Inc. Springfield Northampton
18. Springfield in line for $900,000 to $1 million in Massachusetts Green Communities grants
  
  Explore masslive.com May 28 2010 Green Region
  
  ...alifying communities are in the Pioneer Valley. Besides Springfield, Belchertown, Easthampton, Greenfield, Holyoke, Montague, Northampton and Palmer met the May 14 deadline for applying and were judged to have met t...
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  Mentions: Domenic J. Sarno Governor Deval L. Patrick Springfield
19. Holyoke, Northampton, Springfield among qualifiers for Massachusetts' Green Communities grants pool
  
  Explore masslive.com May 25 2010 Green Region
  
  ...ty: Belchertown, Easthampton, Northampton Franklin County: Greenfield, Montague Belchertown, Easthampton, Greenfield, Holyoke, Montague, Northampton, Palmer and Springfield have applied and met the state’s criter...
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  Mentions: Springfield Northampton Greenfield
20. Yankee Candle founder Michael Kittredge, Msnbc host Rachel Maddow and actor Bill Cosby among this year's college commencement speakers
  
  Explore masslive.com May 8 2010 Education
  
  ..., 10 a.m., O’Connell Soccer Field, students Alexander N. Pangborn, Tyrra L. Minto, and Janice M. Daley Mount Holyoke College: May 22, 10:30 a.m., Richard Glenn Gettell Amphitheater, Gail Collins, New Yorks Times column...
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  Mentions: American International College University of Massachusetts Holyoke Community College
21. Massachusetts House snuffs out effort to increase local aid
  
  Explore masslive.com Apr 30 2010 Education
  
  ...s about half the money. Holyoke Community College’s budget was set at $16.3 million, down from $18.7 million; Greenfield Community College received $8 million, down from $9.2 million and Westfield State College received ...
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  Mentions: Governor Deval L. Patrick University of Massachusetts Holyoke Community College
22. Editorial: Western Massachusetts community colleges pay big dividends
  
  Explore masslive.com Apr 20 2010 Education
  
  ...etts. Holyoke School Superintendent and HCC grad David L. Dupont said 50 percent of the graduating seniors at Holyoke High School last year chose to attend Holyoke Community College But the picture’s not all rosy. The s...
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  Mentions: Governor Deval L. Patrick Holyoke Community College Springfield Technical Community College
23. Latest Massachusetts unemployment figures show a job market that's 'clawing back'
  
  Explore masslive.com Apr 20 2010 Education
  
  ...tional rate was 9.7 percent. David C. Gadaire, executive director of CareerPoint, a one-stop career center in Holyoke, said he is sensing more optimism although the job market is still poor. “I think the job seekers are ...
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  Mentions: University of Massachusetts Springfield Amherst
24. 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
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