UMass student farmers celebrate growing collaboration with Big Y World Class Market

Explore masslive.com (Jul 25 2014) Retail

...l is delivered Friday afternoons in Amherst and Northampton Big Y stores. Barry hopes it will soon be sold in Greenfield. He said with 61 stores, the chain will take as much as the students can grow. He said the farmers... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Big Y Foods   Springfield

Green Amherst receives $165,539 from the state for 4 energy savings projects

Explore masslive.com (Jul 17 2014) Energy , Green Region

...e complete and the money spent before applying for new grants. Projects in Easthampton, Greenfield, Holyoke, Springfield, Northampton, Hatfield, and Montague were also funded. Of the money, $56,031 will be used at Town... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Springfield   Amherst

Rail service dream needs to become reality in time for Interstate 91 viaduct construction

Explore masslive.com (Jun 27 2014) Transportation

... to rehabilitate the locomotives and passenger cars needed in order to run commuter trains from Greenfield to Springfield five times a day during the viaduct construction project. Brennan also believes there’s a future ... (Read Full Article)

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

State approves economic development incentives including Dave's Truck Repair and Advance Welding in Springfield, Kennametal in Greenfield and Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing in Lee | masslive

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...nametal is closing its Vermont facility and will move the work either to Greenfield, where the plant was once Greenfield Tap & Die, or to a plant in Ashville, N.C. To get Kennametal to expand in Greenfield, the  city  i... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   West Springfield   Springfield   Greenfield

Baystate Health names building for outgoing chief Mark Tolosky

Explore masslive.com (Jun 18 2014) Health Care

...Under Tolosky, Baystate, which includes Baystate Mary Lane, in Ware, and Baystate Franklin Medical Center, in Greenfield, was named one of the nation’s top 15 integrated health systems. Its total annual revenue, in 1992,... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Palmer   Baystate Health

Knowledge Corridor: Educated workers an asset now, but shortage looms | masslive

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...e a weakness. As a planner, it is my job to worry." Some problems are already evident. Health New England in Springfield tells organizers that routinely  10 or 15 percent of its job opening go unfilled. Paragus IT, Mass... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Pioneer Valley Planning Commission   MassMutual   Springfield

Annual State of the Region Conference Slated for June 13

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Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Greenfield   Knowledge Corridor

Baystate Health and CVS Caremark partnering to provide care at pharmacies | masslive.com

Explore masslive.com (May 27 2014) Health Care

...is what everyone wants." CVS is openingMinute Clinics at its stores in Greenfield, Northampton Amherst, West Springfield and East Longmeadow. Those nurse practitioners diagnose and treat illness according to a set of pr... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   West Springfield   Baystate Health   Springfield

Details of the proposed Tennessee Gas Pipeline expansion

Explore masslive.com (May 22 2014) Energy

...of the state and spreads through the Boston and Pittsfield areas. A portion of the pipeline runs through the Springfield area. Franklin County is the only western Massachusetts county that does not host some part of the... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Greenfield Community College   Springfield   Northampton

Plans are in the works to add local commuter runs on Amtrak passenger train line

Explore masslive.com (May 22 2014) Transportation

...communities. SPRINGFIELD - As would-be passengers eagerly await the resumption of rail service next year from Springfield to Greenfield and beyond, plans are afoot to increase the number of local runs. Amtrak's Vermonte... (Read Full Article)

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

Beer Nut: White Lion Brewing to launch in Springfield | masslive.com

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...eerfield has one, and Northampton has had one for nearly three decades. Easthampton will soon have three. But Springfield doesn't have one. What we're talking about here, of course, is a brewery. Holyoke has one; Westfie... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Amherst   Northampton

Demand Is Heating Up | BusinessWest

Explore BusinessWest (May 12 2014) Education

...high-school students who want to enhance their college applications. Debbie Bellucci Debbie Bellucci says Springfield Technical Community College is offering a number of new, free courses this summer. “It also provid... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   American International College   University of Massachusetts   Springfield Technical Community College

Springfield Technical Community College student Anthony Grandoit wins pitch contest

Explore masslive.com (May 7 2014) Entrepreneurship

...eenfield Community College, Hampshire College, Holyoke Community College, Mt. Holyoke College, Smith College, Springfield College, Springfield Technical Community College, University of Massachusetts, Western New England... (Read Full Article)

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

Massachusetts $12.7 billion transportation bond bill includes funding for PVTA garage, Interstate 91, commuter rail

Explore masslive.com (Apr 18 2014) Transportation

...could receive $30 million to rehab surplus MBTA trains and use them to increase the frequency of service from Springfield's Union Station to Greenfield or beyond.... (Read Full Article)

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

North Adams Regional Hospital emergency room wins state approval: still awaiting federal OK

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...mbulance, or Souorthwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, Vt., or Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield. North Adams Regional Hospital's parent company subsequently field for bankruptcy listing its asse... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Springfield   Greenfield

Western Massachusetts Electric Co. to conduct aerial inspections throughout service area Wednesday and Thursday

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...Erving, Wendell, Warwick, Montague, Greenfield, Leverett, Shutesbury, Pelham, Amherst, Granby, Chicopee, West Springfield, Springfield, Belchertown, Ludlow, Wibraham, Hampden, East Longmeadow, Longmeadow, Agawam, Westfie... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   West Springfield   Springfield   Amherst

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

Explore masslive.com (Feb 28 2014) Transportation

...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 continuously welded rail, new warni... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   Palmer   Amtrak

Massachusetts Broadband Institute completes construction and testing of fiber-optic network

Explore masslive.com (Feb 24 2014) Information Technology

...hools, libraries and town halls in 120 undeserved communities in Western Massachusetts and along Route 2 from Greenfield east to Ayer. Construction should be completed this summer. According to the MassBroadband123 webs... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Comcast   Springfield Technical Community College   Springfield

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

Explore masslive.com (Feb 14 2014) Transportation

...or next, giving that option to travelers in Greenfield, Northampton and Holyoke for the 1st time in decades. GREENFIELD — The John W. Olver Transit Center is up and running. Next stop: a train platform at the facility f... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Palmer   Springfield   Amherst

Business Growth Center focuses on helping small businesses

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...ork offers workshops and programs, including “Basics of Starting a Business,” once monthly in Springfield and Greenfield, and “Preparing for a Small Business Loan Application.” The network offers business advisory servi... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Springfield Technical Community College   Springfield

Pioneer Valley focuses on filling skills gap says Tim Brennan

Explore masslive.com (Feb 8 2014) Manufacturing

...dation’s “Cherish Every Child” early childhood development program that is pursuing the goal of 80 percent of Springfield’s children reading proficiently by 2016 by employing a set of strategies that are especially targe... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Holyoke Community College   Pioneer Valley Planning Commission   Springfield Technical Community College

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

Explore masslive.com (Feb 6 2014) Transportation

...possibility of Amtrak running it’s shuttle trains, which now only stop as far north as Springfield, as far as Greenfield. The shuttle runs between New Haven and Springfield, Brennan said. In New Haven, people get on tra... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Pioneer Valley Planning Commission   Amtrak   Springfield

Outlook 2014: Community colleges target programs to Pioneer Valley workforce needs

Explore masslive.com (Feb 3 2014) Education

...oration is key. And, when employers speak, community college officials listen. Robert L. Pura, president of Greenfield Community College, and members of his team work with employers, community partners, the Regional Em... (Read Full Article)

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

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

Explore GazetteNET (Jan 13 2014) Transportation

...ns to the Amtrak Northeast Corridor. The Boston-to-Montreal corridor takes the same route between Boston and Springfield. From Springfield, the rail corridor runs north through Holyoke, Northampton and Greenfield. In Ve... (Read Full Article)

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