Taking Center Stage

Explore BusinessWest (Jan 3 2012)

...ssets, the city has clean water and natural resources. We have companies like Big Y, Peter Pan, and MassMutual. We have three TV stations in this city. We have Baystate Medical Center — how many people would ki......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... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Big Y Foods   MassMutual   Springfield Technical Community College

Peoples Bank donates $43,000 for scoreboard at proposed new West Springfield High School

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Comment Mentions:   Holyoke Community College   TD Banknorth   MassMutual

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

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...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......struction started. Upson admits that the ball was dropped before his group got involved. Last year, MassMutual promised to donate a large black-and-white press to Putnam, focusing attention on the program. But ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   MassMutual   West Springfield

Rebuilding Springfield

Explore BusinessWest (Jul 19 2011)

...ty of Homes. The other is Nick Fyntrilakis, assistant vice president of community responsibility at MassMutual and current chairman of DevelopSpringfield, a nonprofit organization focused on commercial real...... a number of cities, institutions, and governmental organizations. He was executive director of the Holyoke Redevelopment Authority in the mid-’70s, for example, and later assistant city manager for Planning... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   MassMutual   Westfield State University

Leadership Pioneer Valley

Explore BusinessWest (Jul 5 2011) Education

...a’s young-professionals organizations. Meanwhile, she’s reaching out to LPV sponsors, which include MassMutual, Baystate Health, PeoplesBank, United Bank, Westfield Bank, and others — who are each contributing ......gfield 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 ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Pioneer Valley Planning Commission   MassMutual   Greenfield Community College

Pioneer Valley Business etc.: Berkshire bank presents filmmaking award and more

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...ay of a competitive proposal process, to provide window, roof and boiler repairs for this program. MassMutual receives award for energy saving SPRINGFIELD - MassMutual Financial Group has been awarded LEED Silver certification for Existing Buildings at its corporate office in Spring...... and is using green cleaning and pest management products. CareerPoint to mark its 15th anniversary HOLYOKE - CareerPoint (the one-stop Career Center in Holyoke), celebrates its 15th year anniversary on ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   MassMutual   Palmer   Berkshire Bank

The State We’re In

Explore BusinessWest (Feb 1 2011)

...y of Housing & Economic Development. He noted that so-called gateway cities such as Springfield and Holyoke need investments from the state to stimulate private spending and create new sources of jobs and ......a measure of our success should be that those industries are in our gateway cities. In Springfield, MassMutual was already there, but getting Liberty Mutual was big — these are Fortune 100 companies, and they b... (Read Full Article)

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

Defining Diversity

Explore BusinessWest (May 20 2010) Education

Lorie Valle-Yanez, chief diversity officer for MassMutual, said that diversity means much more than implementing hiring practices that encourage the inclusio......s; men were the primary breadwinners,” said Idelia Smith, assistant vice president for diversity at Holyoke Community College. “But today, we cannot ignore the fact that women, people of color, and different... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Holyoke Community College   Big Y Foods   Springfield College

People in business: Peter Novak honored by Gama ...

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Peter S. Novak, general agent of Charter Oak Insurance and Financial Services Co., in Holyoke, is the recipient of GAMA International’s James H. Kreuger First in Class Award for his excellence ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   MassMutual   Holyoke   Peter S. Novak

Conservative Nature

Explore BusinessWest (Feb 4 2010) Manufacturing

...imarily through temp services.” Bud Delphin, director of programs and services at Career Point, the Holyoke-based one-stop career center, is seeing the same trend. “Things remain quite slow,” he said. “Emplo......towards the back part of the year. We are cautiously optimistic about the hiring front.” Meanwhile, MassMutual is looking to fill about 100 positions along with adding additional staff members in its agency sys... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Big Y Foods   MassMutual   Baystate Health

Stimulus Money Gives a Real Boost to Summer Jobs Programs

Explore BusinessWest (Jun 9 2009)

... from across Hampden County, the YSJP specifically targets the cities of Springfield, Chicopee, and Holyoke, she said. In this issue, businesswest looks at the bright prospects for youths and summer jobs, ........ets.” The program will involve dozens of area companies, from larger employers such as Big Y Foods, MassMutual, and Baystate Medical Center down to small businesses with fewer than 10 employees. The common deno... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Big Y Foods   MassMutual   Palmer

MassMutual Financial Group lays off 58 employees from retirement income business

Explore masslive.com (May 20 2009) Education , Financial Services , Information Technology

Comment Mentions:   MassMutual   Springfield   Holyoke