Taking Center Stage

Explore BusinessWest (Jan 3 2012)

...usinesswest.com Previous Top Entrepreneurs • 2010: Bob Bolduc, founder and CEO of Pride • 2009: The Holyoke Gas & Electric Department • 2008: Arlene Kelly and Kim Sanborn, founders of Human Resource Solution......sident of Balise Motor Sales • 2004: Craig Melin, president and CEO of Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton • 2003: Tony Dolphin, president of Springboard Technologies in Springfield • 2002: Timm Tobin, then... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Big Y Foods   MassMutual   Springfield Technical Community College

Railroad developments on track for Valley

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...lion 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 components already in the works. ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   University of Connecticut   Palmer

Northampton Community and Economic Development Coordinator Teri Anderson to leave post for private sector

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Anderson became Northampton’s first economic development director 11 years ago after Mayor Mary Clare Higgins created the post.......derson will assume the newly created position of business development director at Common Capital, a Holyoke-based organization that provides assistance to expanding businesses in the four western counties. A... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Northampton   Holyoke   The Republican

Editorial: Western Massachusetts construction projects sign of brighter days

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...nline at MassLive.com to learn about projects that are under way from Springfield to Longmeadow and Holyoke to Northampton. But in case you’re unaware of the uptick in construction activity – funded by both public and priv... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   American International College   University of Massachusetts   Baystate Health

Vocational high schools in Western Massachusetts could offer associate degree programs in the future

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...r licenses, Widelo said. A number of other high schools, including Smith Vocational Agricultural in Northampton, Pathfinder Regional in Palmer and Franklin County Regional Technical also offer adult programs, sa......based Collaborative for Educational Services that now helps run William J. Dean Technical High in Holyoke and also offers vocational programs for the Department of Youth Services and for youth with learnin... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Springfield Technical Community College   Regional Employment Board of Hampden County Inc.   Palmer

Holyoke computing center contractors to teach project details to vocational students

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... The Republican Follow 0 Tweet Share close Digg Stumble Upon Fark Reddit Share Email Print 111511 holyoke high performance computing center.JPG The Republican | John SuchockiSteel workers set beams in plac......opportunity,” said William Diehl, deputy director of the Collaborative for Educational Services, of Northampton. The collaborative is a private, nonprofit company that is managing Dean Technical High School here... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts   Northampton

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick awards grants to boost cultural attractions

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...ts for nonprofit arts, history, and science groups across the state including money for projects in Holyoke, Northampton, Springfield and Sturbridge. Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick awards grants to boost cultural attra... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Springfield   Northampton

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

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... 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 emergency food shelters in Hampshire C... (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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Comment Mentions:   Palmer   Amtrak   Springfield

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

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...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 fallen trees and branches ne......id they have had people from other towns, such as Wales and Wilbraham, stay at the shelter as well. Northampton All but about 6,000 National Grid customers in Northampton had power by mid-afternoon ... (Read Full Article)

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

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick's revenue leaders plan to distribute $65 million in additional local aid to cities and towns on Halloween

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Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Palmer   Springfield

Stories Worth Telling

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...hanges, brakes, suspension, and more. Delaney Restaurant Inc. / The Log Cabin 500 Easthampton Road, Holyoke, MA 01040 (413) 535-5077 www.logcabin-delaney.com Peter Rosskothen, President The Delaney House restaur......ment, on-site project management, and strategic recruitment in the Springfield, Hartford, and Northampton areas, specializing in administrative, professional, medical, and light-industrial staff. Universal... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Palmer   Springfield   Northampton

EDC Hosts French Delegation

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...   Since we had the delegation in the region for the day, we worked with partners in Springfield, Holyoke and Northampton to share best practices and opportunities for future collaboration, as well as to inform the French... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Smith College   Associated Industries of Massachusetts   Springfield

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 ......outh Action Coalition for “Girls EyeView” ($7,000 in 2011, $6,000 in 2012). Õ¤Academy of Music in Northampton, for the “Women’s Work” initiative ($5,000), for its support of women in ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Regional Employment Board of Hampden County Inc.   Palmer   Springfield

In tough economy, some Valley employers are creating jobs

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...Truckey said. "We're seeing it just on a month-to-month basis," he said. In July, 42 clients of the Northampton career center reported they got jobs, and those posts came with an average rate of pay of that was ......anagement organization in charge of the "school restart initiative at Dean Technical High School in Holyoke. It will hire a program evaluator and at least four teachers for the project, said ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Coca-Cola   Springfield   Northampton

South Hadley applying to team of experts for help in improving former industrial district

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Comment Mentions:   Mount Holyoke College   Northampton   Holyoke

SAT scores drop statewide but more students take the exam

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...re taking the test and Hispanic students’ participation grew 10.6 percent, state officials said. At Northampton High School there was a 1 percentage point gain in reading but math dropped 10 points and writing d......e because it means more kids are considering four-year colleges, he said. Several schools including Holyoke High, Longmeadow High and Ware High saw increases. At Holyoke High School, which is frequently struggling, 17 more ... (Read Full Article)

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The Republican to publish special section celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

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... the state’s Hispanic residents live in Western Massachusetts, particularly in Springfield and Holyoke where Hispanics make up 38.9 and 48 percent of the population respectively, according to the 2010 c....... Martin Carrera, is the owner of La Veracruzana, Mexican restaurants with locations in Amherst and Northampton. Carrera’s family moved here from Mexico when he was just a baby. “I remember when everyone was ver... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Amherst   Northampton

Western New England University opens pharmacy college, only one in Western Massachusetts

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...uding the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Cooley Dickinson Hospital, both in Northampton, Holyoke Medical Center, Mercy Medical Center in Springfield, and Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenf... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   University of Connecticut   Big Y Foods

Printing experts urge Springfield's Putnam High School to get larger printing press for student graphics instruction

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...print1.JPG View full sizeRepublican staff photo by John SuchockiReza Shafii, owner of TigerPress in Northampton, stands next to his company-owned press similar to the model industry leaders are eyeing for Roger ......f Putnam sticks with smaller presses, said Todd A. Collier one of the owners of Mansir Printing, in Holyoke. “Basically, we want the best for the kids,” he said. “With everyone dragging their feet over there... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   MassMutual   West Springfield

Western Massachusetts Enterprise Fund Inc. strengthens small businesses with ...

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The Enterprise Fund, which has offices in Holyoke, is a nonprofit community development financial institution that makes loans to small businesses in......ingfield, a video service for athletes; Dr. Jill Esz Smith of Berkshire Animal Chiropractic in Northampton; Berkshire Animal Chiropractic; Mark DiNicola of Hampshire Antique Furniture in Hadley; and Kelly H... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Bank of America   Western Massachusetts Enterprise Fund

In tight economy, Pioneer Valley experts look to fire up regional job engines

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...uth rail route from Vermont to New Haven, Conn. Along the way, it will pass through new stations in Northampton, Greenfield and Holyoke before linking up with Springfield. The offshoot of that, of course, is more travelers, new busine... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Pioneer Valley Planning Commission   Coca-Cola   Springfield

New charter schools proposed for Springfield, Holyoke

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Two proposals are for schools in Springfield and a third would be focused in Holyoke but draw students from West Springfield, Chicopee, Westfield, South Hadley and Northampton. Organizers of the Paulo Freire Social Justice Charter School, to be based in Holyoke, and the Springfield Preparatory Charter School had submitted proposals last year. Both made it thr... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Baystate Health   Springfield   Northampton

Amherst Select Board to vote on fuel efficency policy so town can apply for green status

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... 74 communities have received the green designation including Springfield, Easthampton, Greenfield, Holyoke and Northampton. It enables them to receive grants for energy efficiency projects. Granby, Monson and Deerfield rec... (Read Full Article)

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