Arts Walk in Holyoke promotes cultural renaissance of downtown

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...re more than 60 tenants. “This has all happened in just the last five or six years,” said Aubin, an Amherst native and former New York architect who returned to the Pioneer Valley in 1999. The rebirth of dow......e and former New York architect who returned to the Pioneer Valley in 1999. The rebirth of downtown Holyoke’s canal district, which had anchored the city’s economy since the ... (Read Full Article)

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'Geek Gathering' event planned to give Pioneer Valley techies some face-to-face networking time

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...lon of Fit Soultions, are putting together a local computer -industry event called Geeks Gathering. HOLYOKE – A “Geeks Gathering” might not sound like a boon to the region’s economy and it certainly doesn’......with Candice J. Serafino, assistant director of career services for the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Dawn Creighton, a regional director for Associated Industries of Massachusetts, a Boston... (Read Full Article)

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Link to Libraries celebrates over 50,000 donations

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...hat is a collaboration to engage active senior residents at Reeds Landing and Loomis Communities in Holyoke, Amherst and Springfield. In June, the program will launch a new program, RAP (Reading Any Place). The initi... (Read Full Article)

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Northampton Country Club clubhouse sold to former owner at foreclosure auction

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...ly area course seeing a sale. Next week, TD Bank will auction off the Hickory Ridge Country Club in Amherst a foreclosure auction. The 18-hole course also includes restaurant, banquet facility and pro shop. ......, promising to keep it operating as a golf course. And entrepreneur Eric Suher bought the nine-hole Holyoke Country Club for $850,000 last summer, and the course is slated to reopen April 1 provided the weat... (Read Full Article)

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Westfield prepares to launch $400,000 transportation study

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...ransportation Engineers and Planners of Taunton and Wendell Duchscherer Architects and Engineers of Amherst, N.Y.. The study will address current and future bus transportation needs in the city and commercia......wns the Pride 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 ne... (Read Full Article)

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

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...gena, Five College Community based Learning Partnership Coordinator, at her 206 Maple St. office in Holyoke. Recognizing the growing involvement of students in places like Holyoke, Five Colleges Inc., the consortium of Smith, Mount Holyoke, Amherst and Hampshire colleges and UMass, opened the Five College Community Based Learning office this fall... (Read Full Article)

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Harvard to Receive High Performance Computing Grants

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Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Amherst   Holyoke

Momentum Building

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...s and education (she’s in both, technically), Michel, who splits her time between the SEC and UMass Amherst, where she serves as executive director for economic development and regional partnerships, has...... to the college, such as T.W.O., the workforce-training initiative undertaken in collaboration with Holyoke Community College, and the MassGreen Initiative, a program designed to train people for jobs in gre... (Read Full Article)

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

Fledgling Holyoke computer center gives $600000 in grants

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Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   MassDevelopment   Amherst

UMass president Robert Caret discusses economic development with businesses in Holyoke, Springfield

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...t it would be great to have the new president speak,” said Doris Ransford, president of the Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce. UMass president Robert Caret discusses economic development with businesses i...... said there are plans to build a $95 million life sciences research and development facility at the Amherst campus, specifically designed for university-industry collaboration, which could help attract indus... (Read Full Article)

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Westfield State University President Evan Dobelle: education equals jobs

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...es in Westfield,” he said. “And without it, that is money that would have been spent in the mall in Holyoke or in some other city.” Dobelle and Michael F. Konig, a former Westfield State professor who is now......gion refers to 26 colleges and universities, the largest being the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and the University of Connecticut. Closer to home, Westfield State has an annual economic impact ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   University of Connecticut   Springfield College

Railroad developments on track for Valley

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...ect 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 components already in the works. ......hat the town will retain passenger rail service. Without it, some 14,000 passengers who now use the Amherst train depot will have to take buses or find other means of transportation to Northampton to get ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   University of Connecticut   Palmer

Groundbreaking Developments

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...ition to a portfolio that boasts a number of local projects. They include Mill Valley Estates in Amherst, Edgewood Apartments in Westfield, Churchill Homes in Holyoke, Chicopee Village Townhouses, and several projects in Springfield, including Allen Park I & II, For... (Read Full Article)

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More than 1,000 Pioneer Valley third graders learning about film through program at Amherst Cinema

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...hird graders moved from the Edward N. White Elementary School to the cushioned theater seats of the Amherst Cinema. Some of these students have never left Holyoke nor been to a theater quite like this non-profit, but they are having the kind of time where it was... (Read Full Article)

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Holyoke to benefit from $250,000 grant for middle school science students thanks to computing center

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..., officials said. Rick Adrion, a computer science professor at the University of Massachusetts, in Amherst, and Christopher Hill, a geoscientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Boston, are ......ool students study weather patterns using computer simulations. (AP Photo/National Weather Service) HOLYOKE – The pending presence of a high performance computing center downtown has led to a $250,000 grant ... (Read Full Article)

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

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...ton Survival Center; • Franklin County Community Meals Program, of Greenfield; • Salvation Army, of Holyoke; and • Berkshire Food Project, of North Adams. “We run two emergency food shelters in Hampshire C......rams in Western Massachusetts. Here is a list of the agencies, by community where they are located: Amherst: Amherst Survival Center; Massachusetts School-to-Farm Ashfield: Hilltown Churches Food Pantry Athol: Salvat... (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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...s to collect tree limbs and other debris from the storm if the waste is placed along the tree belt. Amherst Amherst Town Manager John P. Musante reported Thursday afternoon that about 20 percent of the town was stil......ectrician to repair damage to their homes, such as if downed wires ripped off part of their houses, Holyoke Mayor Elaine A. Pluta said. The city will begin curbside collection of ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Michael D. Bissonnette

Care Center in Holyoke receives National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award from the White House

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... current and former professors, including author Christopher Couch, Ph.D., who has taught at Smith, Amherst, Hampshire and Mount Holyoke colleges and the University of Massachusetts. Administrator of the course is Bard College in New Yo... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College   Greenfield Community College

Holyoke Community College focuses on computer literacy with the new Thomas Gill III Community Technology Center

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... program that supports the work of students and faculty from the University of Massachusetts, Mount Holyoke, Smith, Amherst and Hampshire colleges who are volunteering with community organizations in the area. Mt. Joe to Go... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College   Springfield

Editorial: New UMass president Robert Caret setting right tone

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Caret visited Springfield, Holyoke and Amherst on Tuesday, Day 2 of a four-day listening tour that will take him across the Bay State, courtesy of... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   University of Massachusetts   Baystate Health

UMass receives $2.5 grant to help train health care workers in Holyoke, Springfield

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..., “We’re keeping very good company.” UMass receives $2.5 grant to help train health care workers in Holyoke, Springfield Published: Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 5:00 AM Diane Lederman, The Republican By Diane ...... Risa Silverman, Gloria DiFulvio, Dan Gerber, Elaine Puleo, Linda Downs-Bembury and Stuart Chipkin. AMHERST – To say University of Massachusetts researchers are pleased with a recent $2.5 million grant to... (Read Full Article)

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High-tech conference coming to Holyoke

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...r universities and corporations, will only have about 25 employees. High-tech conference coming to Holyoke Published: Monday, October 03, 2011, 6:01 AM Updated: Monday, October 03, 2011, 7:27 AM Jim Ki......Digg Stumble Upon Fark Reddit Share Email Print Mass High Speed Computing Associated PressHOLYOKE - Amherst computer science professor Jim Kurous takes a cell phone picture of the construction site for the f... (Read Full Article)

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Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts distributes grants to four counties

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...deeper social issues,” Kumble said in a prepared release. The grant recipients are: Õ¤Girls Inc. of Holyoke ($5,000 a year for two years). Õ¤Hilltown Safety at Home, in Amherst, for its “Advocacy Services to Domestic Violence Victims” program ($6,500 in 2011, $6,000 in 2012).... (Read Full Article)

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