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Articles mentioning both Holyoke and Westfield

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1. Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick signs $30.6 billion state budget
  
  Explore masslive.com Jul 11 2011 Education
  
  ...nding to the new budget, given the improving economy. The budget includes $671,000 to add 12 more beds to the Holyoke Soldiers Home. The budget provides $6 million in grants to local tourist councils around the state inc...
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  Mentions: Governor Deval L. Patrick University of Massachusetts Springfield
2. Leadership Pioneer Valley
  
  Explore BusinessWest Jul 5 2011 Education
  
  ...be a Springfield Day; a Five College Day to familiarize the class with the Amherst-Northampton area; a day in Holyoke, Chicopee, and perhaps South Hadley to gain perspective on that area; and a Hilltowns and Franklin Cou...
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  Mentions: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission MassMutual Greenfield Community College
3. Hasbro employees volunteer to help Springfield tornado victims
  
  Explore masslive.com Jun 27 2011
  
  ...rits Fundraiser for Tornado Relief, June 27, 2011 Enlarge Don Treeger, Republican staff photographer 6-27-11 -Holyoke- Republican staff photo by Don Treeger- The Greater Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau and the M...
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  Mentions: Springfield Holyoke Westfield
4. Blown Away
  
  Explore BusinessWest Jun 21 2011
  
  ... under the umbrella of the Center for Human Development, are grateful to be able to offer services out of its Westfield facility. “At least we have that to offer,” Gorski said. “But we’ll definitely be back up and runn...
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  Mentions: Domenic J. Sarno Governor Deval L. Patrick Palmer
5. Holyoke City Council grants zone change for proposed $16 million Big Y project
  
  Explore masslive.com Jun 7 2011 Retail
  
  ...ly approved a zone change that will allow for a project anchored by a Big Y supermarket and 250 jobs at Lower Westfield Road and Homestead Avenue. The $16 million project would occupy the former Atlas Copco factory. The ...
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  Mentions: Big Y Foods Holyoke Westfield
6. Big Y supermarket proposal draws praise
  
  Explore masslive.com May 26 2011 Retail
  
  ...o traffic in an already busy area down the road from the Holyoke Mall at Ingleside. Edward G. Miles, of Lower Westfield Road, said another concern is whether delivery trucks will make noise if they arrive and leave at ni...
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  Mentions: Big Y Foods Kathleen G. Anderson Holyoke
7. Holyoke gets first look at proposal for project anchored by Big Y on Lower Westfield Road
  
  Explore masslive.com May 23 2011 Retail
  
  ...n zone change requests. Property owner O’Connell Development, of Holyoke, wants a zone change for 161 Lower Westfield Road from the current Industrial Park to General Industry, which would permit a supermarket, officia...
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  Mentions: Big Y Foods Holyoke Westfield
8. Holyoke could be getting a Big Y supermarket near the Holyoke Mall at Ingleside
  
  Explore masslive.com May 6 2011 Retail
  
  ...pon Fark Share Email Print 2010 big y logo HOLYOKE – Big Y Foods Inc. wants to open a supermarket at Lower Westfield Road and Homestead Avenue in 2012, officials said Friday. The $12 million project near the Holyoke M...
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  Mentions: Big Y Foods Kathleen G. Anderson Holyoke
9. Massachusetts School Building Authority releases Needs Survey report
  
  Explore masslive.com Apr 29 2011 Education
  
  ...actually encouraging news," he said. In Holyoke, out of 11 schools seven received 3’s and three received 2’s. Holyoke High is already in the so-called "capital pipeline" with the authority for repairs, so it was exempt...
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  Mentions: Springfield Northampton Holyoke
10. Census 2010 data show "white flight" trend continues for Massachusetts cities
  
  Explore masslive.com Apr 29 2011
  
  ...een across many communities in Western Massachusetts, not just poorer cities such as Holyoke and Springfield. Westfield lost about 560 whites, down by 1.5 percent. Ware’s white population dipped by 175, or 2 percent....
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  Mentions: Western New England University Springfield Northampton
11. Holyoke breaks ground on new $8.1 million senior center
  
  Explore masslive.com Apr 27 2011
  
  ...l Rogers, 77, of Holyoke. She might be playing bingo in a year on the same spot from which she graduated from Holyoke High School when it was at Sargeant and Beech streets in 1951. “High school was so much fun back then,...
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  Mentions: Holyoke Westfield The Republican
12. Pioneer Valley Business etc.: Berkshire bank presents filmmaking award and more
  
  Explore masslive.com Apr 25 2011
  
  ...ement products. CareerPoint to mark its 15th anniversary HOLYOKE - CareerPoint (the one-stop Career Center in Holyoke), celebrates its 15th year anniversary on Tuesday. Since 1996, CareerPoint has been at the forefront o...
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  Mentions: MassMutual Palmer Berkshire Bank
13. Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray announces vocational program in WMass swing
  
  Explore masslive.com Apr 14 2011 Education
  
  ...husetts. In Holyoke, Murray administered the oath of office to Paul Barabani as the new superintendent of the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, though Barabani began the $106,000-a-year job March 7 and the state confirmed he got t...
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  Mentions: Smith & Wesson Corp. Springfield Chicopee
14. Megabus adds Holyoke to its list of stops, joining Amherst
  
  Explore masslive.com Apr 11 2011 Transportation
  
  ...-school and daycare facilities and adult education programs provided by Holyoke Community College. Lyons said Holyoke is a good location to attract students at other colleges and universities, including Westfield State U...
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  Mentions: Holyoke Community College Westfield State University Amtrak
15. Western Massachusetts census marked by boom and bust
  
  Explore masslive.com Apr 3 2011
  
  ...reenfield suffered small population losses, for example. Cities such as Chicopee, Holyoke, Springfield and Westfield enjoyed incremental gains, because they added more Hispanics, according to census numbers. Take away...
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  Mentions: University of Massachusetts Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Palmer
16. Springfield logistics conference to focus on the cost of moving goods in a time of rising oil prices
  
  Explore masslive.com Mar 20 2011 Transportation
  
  ...ays through Franklin County and the Pioneer Valley Railroad, a short line serving Westfield, Southampton and Holyoke. The Massachusetts Motor Truck Association will also send a representative. Lowell Richards, director ...
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  Mentions: Bradley International Airport Associated Industries of Massachusetts Springfield
17. Regional Approach
  
  Explore BusinessWest Mar 15 2011
  
  ...rence shared by the Holyoke and Chicopee chambers, which have rejected invitations to join the ACCGS, and the Westfield chamber, which was affiliated for a few years before striking out on its own again. At the same time...
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  Mentions: Russell Denver Springfield Chicopee
18. Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation: Retiree health care benefits burden cities, put local services at serious risk
  
  Explore masslive.com Feb 15 2011 Education , Health Care
  
  ... by enrolling eligible retirees in Medicare and generally requires that employees pay 35 percent of premiums. Westfield pays about $13.2 million a year for health insurance. Knapik said Westfield could save at least $1.2...
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  Mentions: Governor Deval L. Patrick Michael D. Bissonnette Springfield
19. Verizon settlement with state should improve phone service throughout Western Massachusetts
  
  Explore masslive.com Feb 11 2011
  
  ...d, Stockbridge, Sunderland, Tyringham, Tolland, Wales, Ware, Warren, Washington, Wendell, West Brookfield, Westfield, Westhampton, West Stockbridge, Whately, Wilbraham, Williamsburg, Williamstown, Windsor, and Worthin...
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  Mentions: Palmer Springfield Amherst
20. Profiles In Business
  
  Explore BusinessWest Feb 2 2011
  
  ...es time for the community — he’s served on a number of boards and committees over the years, ranging from the Holyoke Chamber to the United Way, and is just getting started on what will be a two-year stint at the helm of...
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  Mentions: University of Massachusetts Palmer Springfield
21. A Matter of Agglomeration
  
  Explore BusinessWest Dec 21 2010 Energy
  
  ... Western Mass., clusters have existed in Springfield (gunmakers), Holyoke (paper and textiles manufacturers), Westfield (buggy-whip makers), and other communities, as well as the region as a whole. But while clusters hav...
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  Mentions: University of Massachusetts Springfield Technical Community College Springfield
22. Defense, Homeland Security contracts key for many Western Massachusetts businesses, colleges
  
  Explore masslive.com Dec 6 2010 Aerospace/Defense , Manufacturing
  
  ...The University of Massachusetts had $949,000 in research contracts. Western New England College and Mount Holyoke College also received defense-related research funding, according to the report, but amounts were no...
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  Mentions: University of Massachusetts Mount Holyoke College Associated Industries of Massachusetts
23. UMass chancellor Robert Holub warns of deep budget cuts in FY12; all Massachusetts public colleges face similar cuts
  
  Explore masslive.com Nov 15 2010 Education
  
  ...al year including $1.7 million in stimulus. The campus budget was cut 7 percent from the prior fiscal year. • Holyoke Community College’s budget for this fiscal year is $17.452 million including $1.3 million in stimulus....
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  Mentions: Governor Deval L. Patrick University of Massachusetts Holyoke Community College
24. Getting an Education
  
  Explore BusinessWest Nov 12 2010 Aerospace/Defense , Manufacturing
  
  ... high school in the next few months. These schools exist locally in Palmer, Westfield, Chicopee, Springfield, Holyoke, and Northampton. “These communities are also the home base of most of our manufacturers,” said Cruise...
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  Mentions: Regional Employment Board of Hampden County Inc. Palmer Springfield
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