Tourism leaders in Massachusetts mark economic importance of industry

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...ly boost on June 1 and 2 with Massachusetts Democratic state convention at the MassMutual Center in Springfield and a convention of the American Truck Historical Society the same weekend at the Eastern States Ex...... while Marian Noga, office manager for the Franklin chamber, served coffee by Pierce Bros Coffee in Greenfield. Sen. Stephen M. Brewer, D-Barre, the chairman of the Senate Ways and Means Committee, and Rep. Jos... (Read Full Article)

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3 Western Massachusetts hospitals prepare to test malpractice reform remedies

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...the Future Dedication Ceremony The Republican file photo | Mark M. MurrayBaystate Medical Center in Springfield SPRINGFIELD — Three area hospitals, including Baystate Medical Center, will participate in a pilot program ......gy and compensation when necessary. Seven hospitals, including Baystate, Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield and Mary Lane in Palmer, are using the new system or will introduce it later this year, according t... (Read Full Article)

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Holyoke seeks design for platform that Mayor Alex Morse expects will lead to return of passenger train service

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...ral transportation money for the long planned high-speed passenger rail line linking New Haven with Springfield, with a plan of improving rail service through Vermont. A plan in Springfield, the Union Station Intermodal Transportation Center, is underway to reopen that station for an esti......eph C. Szabo, administrator of the Federal Rail Administration, said in a press conference in Greenfield that the federal government would support improvements to restore passenger ... (Read Full Article)

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Job scene brightens in Valley as hiring picks up

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Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray awards $4 million in grants to Massachusetts communities for providing regional services

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...uldn't get the program off the ground without this grant." The initiative includes Northampton, Springfield, Greenfield, Chesterfield, Easthampton, Granby, Montague, Turners Falls and Ware. Sullivan said the money will ... (Read Full Article)

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Anatomy of a Merger

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... include CDH in a regional care-delivery system that already includes Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Baystate Mary Lane Hospital, in Ware, and Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield. But some CDH task force members and trustees were worried about reducing competition in the Pionee... (Read Full Article)

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Westfield prepares to launch $400,000 transportation study

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...n the heels of a $6.5 million Holiday Inn Express created near the Massachusetts Turnpike Exit 3 by Springfield developer Robert L. Bolduc who owns the Pride convenience store and service stations chain. Intermo......e convenience store and service stations chain. Intermodal centers have been created in Holyoke and Greenfield but Westfield is considering a smaller scale facility to serve the transportation needs of its resi... (Read Full Article)

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Cooley Dickinson Hospital trustees vote for affiliation with Massachusetts General Hospital; Baystate Health 'extremely disappointed'

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...ley to keep its Board of Trustees. Baystate's system is vast, with affiliated hospitals in Ware and Greenfield along with Springfield's Baystate Medical Center, and 10 health centers in Springfield alone. Affiliated medical practices stretch all across the Pioneer Valley. Mass. General's partners... (Read Full Article)

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Buoyed by GM's record profits, Western Massachusetts dealers expect business ...

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...al Motors Co., shows the 2012 Chevrolet Cruze LT. (AP Photo, General Motors Co., Mark Finkenstaedt) SPRINGFIELD – General Motors posted its highest profit ever in 2011, a positive development that the region’s G......er so it is easier to sell cars,” Beauchamp said. Thomas A. Dillon, owner of Dillon Chevrolet in Greenfield, said his dealership’s sales were up about 10 percent last year and have been up 5 ... (Read Full Article)

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Cape Wind power purchase, WMECO rate freeze seal deal for Massachusetts OK of NStar-Northeast Utilities merger

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...erves 200,000 residential and other customers in Western Massachusetts including Amherst, Agawam, Greenfield, Ludlow, Springfield and West Springfield. NSTAR, based in Boston, has electric customers in 81 communities and gas customers in 51 communiti... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Northeast Utilities   West Springfield

Higher education institutions turn out a well-prepared workforce which helps attract business

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... Healthier Community for two-year collaborative initiative to build employee-owned companies in Springfield Greenfield Community College: •: Received state grant for comprehensive review of the school’s general-e... (Read Full Article)

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

Editorial: Community colleges in Western Massachusetts get job done

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Almost a fifth of the 100 workers at Microtest Laboratories in Agawam got their basic training at Springfield Technical Community College. Editorial: Community colleges in Western Massachusetts get job done P......in County is also worried. All of the company’s 40 employees have taken at least one course through Greenfield Community College’s renewable energy program. “Why change what is working so well?” he asked. Indee... (Read Full Article)

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

Employers fear community colleges run from Boston

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...yees who work with A.R. Sandri Inc.’s green-energy subsidiary has taken at least one course through Greenfield Community College’s renewable energy program. “We’ve had such a successful relationship,” said Laur......re close Digg Stumble Upon Fark Reddit Share Email Print Mark M. Murray/ The Republican02/02/2012 Springfield - - Springfield Technical Community College Laser Electro-Optics Technology student Rose Holloway from West Springfield , Professor Nicholas Massa, Laser Program ... (Read Full Article)

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Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts issues $717,800 in grants

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Hampden Country Club sold at auction to Connecticut businessman Jerry Antonacci | masslive.com

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Railroad developments on track for Valley

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A nearly $73 million federal project to rehabilitate the Pan Am southern tracks that extend from Greenfield through Northampton into Holyoke is slated for completion in the next few years, with some of its c......an calls for enlarging and improving an outdoor platform at the former Union Station restaurant. In Springfield, plans for a $70 million restoration of that city's Union Station are in the design phase; in ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   University of Connecticut   Palmer

Breaking Down the Report Card

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...unity colleges — we need and deserve that kind of attention,” said Pura, the long-time president of Greenfield Community College, noting that this segment of the Commonwealth’s higher-education portfolio is oft......fore answering his own question. Ira Rubenzahl Ira Rubenzahl Meanwhile, Ira Rubenzahl, president of Springfield Technical Community College, said that, while many of the report’s conclusions can be debated, its ... (Read Full Article)

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Bus service in Westfield to be study of new PVTA transportation study

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...oliday Inn Express near the Massachusetts Turnpike here. The Holiday Inn, a $6.5 million project by Springfield developer Robert L. Bolduc, owner of Pride convenience stores and service stations, opened. “The pu......f Southampton Road near Exit 3 of the turnpike. Intermodal centers have been created in Holyoke and Greenfield but the focus in Westfield will be on a smaller scale, Knapik said. City officials said earlier thi... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Westfield State University   Springfield   Greenfield

Amherst seeking $900,000 in block grant money for 9 projects

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Patrick administration plans $10.1 billion in capital projects over 5 year period

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...Service The Republican Follow 0 Tweet Share close Digg Stumble Upon Fark Reddit Share Email Print Springfield Data Center Enlarge The Republican Photo Desk Republican Photo by Mark M.Murray --Work on the steel......enovation of the Probate and Family Court in Salem; • $3.2 million to start work on a $60 million Greenfield trial court facility; • $4.2 million to complete a new $86 million Taunton trial court facility; • ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts   Greenfield Community College

Western Massachusetts food programs receive grants from Project Bread to fight hunger

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...n Massachusetts are: • The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts; • Open Pantry Community Services, of Springfield; • Northampton Survival Center; • Franklin County Community Meals Program, of Greenfield; • Salvation Army, of Holyoke; and • Berkshire Food Project, of North Adams. “We run two emergenc... (Read Full Article)

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Palmer, Amherst, Montague among communities advocating restoration of passenger rail service along New England Central rail line

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Utilities say nearly all customers to have power restored by Friday or Saturday

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...tts and was confident it would have the remaining 63,000 on line before Saturday. Most customers in Greenfield, Hadley and the Springfield area are expected to have restored service overnight Thursday. There are some sections in each comm... (Read Full Article)

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Amherst committee plans public hearing to discuss Community Development Block Grant recommendations

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