Baystate Health president and CEO Mark Tolosky to step down; Dr. Mark Keroack named successor

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...nd. Baystate has a total fo 831 hospital beds at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Baystate Franklin in Greenfield and Baystate Mary Lane in Ware and with 10,000 staff members is the largest employer in Western Mas... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Baystate Health   Springfield   Greenfield

Massachusetts community bankers say things going well, but state legal reforms needed

Explore masslive.com (Oct 28 2013) Financial Services

... into line with federal rules that got tougher in the wake of the financial crisis. SPRINGFIELD — In a month, Greenfield Co-operative Bank, with its $330 million in assets and five branches, will open its sixth branch, o... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Greenfield   United Bank

Massachusetts community hospitals eligible for grants as part of state health care reform

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...Holyoke Medical Center, Mercy Medical Center in Springfield, North Adams Medical Center, Baystate Franklin in Greenfield and Baystate Mary Lane in Ware, and UMass Memorial — Wing Memorial in Palmer. Established through ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Palmer   Holyoke Medical Center

Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts to honor John Gallup

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...tts Bar Association on a state committee, studying the spousal elective share statute. She is a member of the Greenfield Community College board of trustees, a board member of the Franklin Land Trust and has served as a ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Smith College   Greenfield Community College

WMECO plans to close Springfield Technology Park headquarters, Greenfield service depot; says no jobs will be lost

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...own as Route 9, in Hadley SPRINGFIELD - Western Massachusetts Electric Co. will close its headquarters in the Springfield Technology Park and its service center depot on Shelburne Road in Greenfield. The 31 office and d... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Northeast Utilities   Springfield   Chicopee

Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts unveils new funding strategy at first Power Up meeting

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...rticular counties. The first session was held in Greenfield Tuesday night and the second Thursday morning in Springfield. And while they are taking a risk with the change, they could sense some excitement from those wh... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Greenfield Community College   Springfield   Greenfield

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

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...cine, in Springfield; Baystate Children’s Hospital, also in Springfield; Baystate Franklin Medical Center, in Greenfield, and Baystate Mary Lane Hospital, in Ware. Of the total beds, 709 are at Baystate Medical Center an... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Baystate Health   Springfield

Students from Massachusetts colleges promote STEM fields to high school students in Springfield

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... community colleges are speaking this morning. A total of 450 students from Central, Putnam Voc Tech, and the Springfield High School of Science and Technology are attending. SPRINGFIELD – Students from Massachusetts com... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts   Westfield State University

Springfield Technical Community College wins grant to boost performance of Latino students; colleges in Holyoke, Greenfield and Pittsfield receive funds also

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...sident of Springfield Technical, said the grant is crucial partly because about 61 percent of students in the Springfield public schools district are Hispanic. Also, Hispanics constitute 39 percent of Springfield's estim... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College   Springfield Technical Community College

Gov. Deval Patrick hails job growth in clean energy industry in Western Massachusetts

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...contractors, for example, are important in the industry, the report said. Patrick also referred to Sandri of Greenfield, which started partly as a fuel oil business and has expanded into clean technologies such as solar... (Read Full Article)

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

UMass, Mount Holyoke, Holyoke Community and other local colleges want to be held accountable for cost; just measure them fairly

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...phics are different from Holyoke Community College to Springfield Technical Community College to Berkshire to Greenfield. So how, Messner asks, will the federal government compare and contrast community colleges in Massa... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College   Springfield Technical Community College

Pioneer Valley collaboratives join to apply for virtual school certificate

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...16. The directors said they hope to enroll up to 100 students. Mattie Knight was an inventor who worked in a Springfield factory as a girl. Among her inventions is a machine that makes the paper bags that were commonly ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Springfield   Northampton

Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund boosts job-skills programs in Hampden, Franklin and Hampshire counties

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...tomer service representatives a year to staff its call centers, each earning $30,000 a year or more. But the Springfield based financial-services giant has trouble finding people with the right technical, communications... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College   MassMutual

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

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...nsultants collected soil samples, which they intend to analyze, Skiba said. Mary Hoye, a spokeswoman with the Springfield office of OSHA, said she expects the investigation to take up to six months. “It’s too soon to giv... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Northampton   Greenfield

Western Massachusetts job training programs get a boost; Community Works provides apprenticeships for building trades | masslive

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...develop the Franklin Hampshire Middle Skills Academy to teach advanced manufacturing skills. Partners include Greenfield Community College and employers including Montague Machine, Valley Steel Stamp, Starrette Co. and B... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   MassMutual   Regional Employment Board of Hampden County Inc.

Gov. Patrick announces $31 million in federal development grants to smaller Bay

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...setts,” Gornstein said. State Rep. Michael J. Finn, D-West Springfield, and state Sen. James T. Welch, D-West Springfield, also spoke briefly. West Springfield was awarded $900,000 for projects ranging from rehabi... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   West Springfield   Palmer

Western Massachusetts companies share in work force training grants

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...y by companies in Chicopee, Granby, Greenfield, Holyoke, North Adams, Palmer, Pittsfield, Turners Falls, West Springfield and Westfield. All told, the grants total $5.7 million at 72 companies across the state, according... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   West Springfield   Palmer   Springfield

Springfield selects company for solar panel projects expected to save $2 million over 20 years

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... Inman Solar, based in Georgia; Massachusetts Electric Construction Co., of Boston, and Sandri Energy Co., of Greenfield. The public-private partnerships are made possible by the state’s “Solar Carve-Out and Renewable En... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   Springfield   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

Berkshire Bank awards $45,000 in scholarships to 30 students

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...agh, Springfield Central High School; Analy Duong, Springfield Central High School; Elizabeth Amaro Gonzalez, Springfield Central High School; James Villalobos, Springfield Central High School; John Nguyen, Springfield H... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Berkshire Bank   Springfield   Greenfield

Awards acknowledge hospitality staff

Explore WWLP 22 News Springfield (May 21 2013) Tourism

...  They’re going to go back and tell others what a great experience they had,” Mary Kay Wydra of the Great Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau said. "Obviously, we never expect it, and that's not why you do you... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Greenfield   Holyoke

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

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...60 to 143,600 passengers. Extending the Springfield shuttle north to new stations in Holyoke, Northampton and Greenfield would increase these ridership numbers further, the mayors said. Greenfield recently opened a new m... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Amtrak   Springfield   Northampton

Solar power industry sees bright future in Massachusetts

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...ey. He has 12 employees in sales, instillation and design and most are graduates of a green-energy program at Greenfield Community College. Many of the solar panels he sells are made in the United States and Canada and h... (Read Full Article)

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

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