North Adams Regional Hospital to close Friday, according to nurses association

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...Neighboring alternatives include Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield, Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield and Southwestern Vermont Health Care in Bennington. The c... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Northampton   Greenfield   Cooley Dickinson Hospital

Community Spotlight: Northampton | BusinessWest

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Mayor David Narkewicz said the dealerships are among a bevy of exciting new projects that will increase vitality in Paradise City. “There is a lot of investment going on right now, which we are very pleased about,” he told BusinessWest.
Terry Masterson agreed. “There are 13 projects with a total value of $88.6 million that will add 203,000 square feet of office/professional floor space, 110 new hotel rooms, 73 housing units, and 83 assisted-living units,” said the city’s economic development director.

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Comment Mentions:   Northampton   Greenfield

Q&A with Transportation Secretary Richard Davey: Davey responds to your questions on the I-91 viaduct, a commuter rail in the Pioneer Valley and more

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...e to resume along a route that travels through East Northfield at the Vermont border and stops at Greenfield, Northampton, Holyoke, and Springfield. The work involves replacing some 95,000 ties, installing new continuou... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   Palmer   Amtrak

Greenfield train platform to go out to bid in project that will return Amtrak service to city

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...xt, giving that option to travelers in Greenfield, Northampton and Holyoke for the first time in decades. For Northampton, it will be a boon for those going to Vermont in the north and to New York and other points south.... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Palmer   Springfield   Amherst

Business Growth Center focuses on helping small businesses

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...on at the Business Growth Center in Springfield and from the chambers of commerce in Amherst, Northampton and Greenfield. Dianne F. Doherty, director of the network, said the programming is based on client needs. She sa... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Springfield Technical Community College   Springfield

Auto dealerships retool operations to create a better buying experience

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...ps, the switch of Burke from GMC trucks to the more varied Chevrolet and the relocation a year ago of Ford of Northampton to the former Dana Chevrolet Volkswagen location. "It makes it easier for people to shop," says C... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Northampton   Greenfield   Balise Motor Sales

Western Mass. rail travel expansion, Springfield Union Station project, on track for 2014

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... begin this spring on new rail platforms in Greenfield, Northampton and Holyoke. Funding for the projects in Greenfield and Northampton was covered in the stimulus money, and Holyoke got a $2 million grant under Masswor... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Pioneer Valley Planning Commission   Amtrak   Springfield

Talk of high-speed rail between Springfield and Boston heats up; meeting next

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...h-speed rail service will begin in early 2015, ushering in the return of passenger trains through Greenfield, Northampton and Holyoke for the first time since the late 1980s. Those plans call for a shift in the Amtrak V... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Pioneer Valley Planning Commission   Palmer

Friends Greg Lawrence, Brian Bucala open Indie Automotive repair shop in Hatfield

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Comment Mentions:   Amherst   Northampton   Greenfield

Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts to honor John Gallup

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... Florence section of Northampton, has previously served as vice president for advancement at Smith College in Northampton, and vice president for development at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. She has been a member ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Smith College   Greenfield Community College

Baystate Health and UMass Memorial Health Care in Worcester set to collaborate | masslive

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...ther, said John W. Polanowicz, state secretary of Health and Human Services. He pointed to the affiliation of Northampton's Cooley Dickinson Hospital with Massachusetts General Hospital earlier this year as well as other... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Baystate Health   Springfield

Walmart withdraws controversial plan for Holyoke supercenter, citing site pollution

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...ore would have offered, and we remain committed to serving customers in the area with our stores in Chicopee, Northampton and Westfield,” Walmart is in the process of expanding its Westfield store to include a full rang... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Big Y Foods   Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce   Kathleen G. Anderson

Pioneer Valley collaboratives join to apply for virtual school certificate

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...he Massachusetts Virtual Academy at Greenfield, which has been in operation since 2010, is already certified. NORTHAMPTON – The Collaboration for Educational Services and the Lower Pioneer Valley Educational Collaborativ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Springfield   Northampton

Former Kollmorgen site in Northampton inspected for contamination after fumes detected during construction work

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... one of them ill. The Northampton Fire Department has no record of responding to a medical call at that site. NORTHAMPTON – State and federal officials are looking into possible contamination at the former Kollmorgen sit... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Northampton   Greenfield

Railroad upgrades are underway in Mass.

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... at least from Springfield, will start at Union Station an there will be stations in Northampton, Holyoke and Greenfield and then into Vermont and people will be able to go up and down the northeast on this new, renovate... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Michael D. Bissonnette   Amtrak   Springfield

Mayors urge more Amtrak shuttles between Springfield and Vermont | GazetteNet.com

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...tions in Holyoke, Northampton and Greenfield would increase these ridership numbers further, the mayors said. Greenfield recently opened a new multimodal transportation center along the route, and Northampton will upgrad... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Amtrak   Springfield   Northampton

With demand up, Western Massachusetts builders see a housing revival

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...natural disasters are making materials more expensive,” said Corrinne Fitzgerald of Fitzgerald Real Estate in Greenfield. Michael E. McDowell, of Wilbraham, is president of the Home Builders Association of Massachusetts ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   West Springfield   Springfield   Northampton

Massachusetts Broadband Institute opens fiber-optic link from Springfield to Otis and Sandisfield

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... any meaningful way in Western Massachusetts. Clearly Springfield has the pipes, and Northampton, Pittsfield, Greenfield,” she said. “But nowhere else.” But without connectivity, schools and libraries find themselves cut... (Read Full Article)

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

New England farmers look to sell directly to consumers

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...f Porth’s business, he said. Direct-to-consumer channels such as farm shares and farmers markets, as close as Northampton and as far away as Boston, are just a third of the business. “But wholesale business is less stabl... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Northampton   Greenfield

Massachusetts energy officials tap local communities and regional planning agencies to help promote clean-energy initiatives

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...hampton and East Longmeadow, while the Franklin Regional Council of Governments is participating on behalf of Greenfield, Montague, Buckland and Shelburne. Also taking part are the communities of Watertown and Newburypor... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Pioneer Valley Planning Commission   Amherst   Northampton

Northampton in 2012 was 'hugely active' in economic development

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...iniums. The plan includes connections to the Manhan Rail Trail behind the property and would most likely free Northampton of a lawsuit by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield, which has balked at the city’s demand t... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Colvest Group   Baystate Health   Springfield

Gateway Cities $1.7 billion investment proposal could drive projects in Springfield, Holyoke, Pittsfield and Westfield

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... from Springfield to Vermont, which would allow Amtrak to run trains to Springfield, Holyoke, Northampton and Greenfield. Work is underway on that project, and Brennan said the half mile around those train stops could be... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Brian M. Connors   Pioneer Valley Planning Commission

Valley Gives on track to meet $1 million fund-raising goal

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...eer Valley in Springfield, United Way of Hampshire County in Northampton and United Way of Franklin County in Greenfield; and the Jewish Federation of Western Massachusetts, Jewish Endowment Foundation, Women’s Fund of W... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Northampton   Greenfield

Northampton's former Hill & Dale Mall on King Street to be new home of Pioneer Valley Family Practice

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...ing renovated by Colvest, Inc., a Connecticut-based company that bought the property in 2007. NORTHAMPTON – A Northampton medical practice affiliated with Baystate Health will be among the new tenants at a complex on Kin... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Colvest Group   Baystate Health   Springfield