Hampshire County Regional Tourism Council launches new website to make visiting easier

Explore masslive.com (Jun 14 2013) Tourism

...scale to whatever device is being used. The Hampshire County Regional Tourism Council is a partnership of the Amherst Area, Greater Easthampton, and Greater Northampton chambers of commerce. ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Amherst   Northampton   Michael A. Tautznik

Northampton I-91 Exit 19 interchange goes into design phase; work projected to be done by 2019

Explore masslive.com (May 31 2013) Transportation

... approach.” The plan for a new exchange stems from a 1992 study of traffic on Route 9 between Northampton and Amherst. Planners expect a 25 percent increase in that traffic by 2025. The original idea to accommodate the t... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Amherst   Northampton   Massachusetts Department of Transportation

Massachusetts legislative leaders propose to increase gas, cigarette taxes to finance transportation improvements | masslive

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...ides fixed-route bus service and paratransit service to 24 communities, including Amherst, Chicopee, Holyoke, Northampton, Palmer, Springfield and Westfield. Here are key details of a plan by leaders of the state Legisla... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts   West Springfield

Monson gets ready to welcome Upper Crust Bakery, Tea & Coffee Shop

Explore masslive.com (Feb 26 2013) Retail

...a big presence here," Gendron said. While no one is likely to clump Monson in the same category as Amherst or Northampton – communities known for their left-of-center politics – the eastern Hampden County town is arguabl... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Amherst   Northampton   Easthampton

Massachusetts energy officials tap local communities and regional planning agencies to help promote clean-energy initiatives

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... said. The Pioneer Valley Planning Commission is participating in the pilot program on behalf of the towns of Amherst, Hadley, Holyoke, Easthampton and East Longmeadow, while the Franklin Regional Council of Governments ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Pioneer Valley Planning Commission   Amherst   Northampton

Hampshire County Regional Chamber draws support from Cooley Dickinson Hospital

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...as first discussed. He said a regional body can help the three major communities in the county — Northampton, Amherst and Easthampton — avoid duplication of effort where economic growth is concerned. "It's about partneri... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Amherst   Northampton   Cooley Dickinson Hospital

Springfield Business Improvement District, other districts, no longer have to worry about opt-outs

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...tate law means that downtown business improvement districts like those in Springfield, Westfield, Amherst and Northampton, no longer have to worry about new owners opting out of paying BID fees when properties change han... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Amherst   Northampton

PeoplesBank invests $30,000 in Hampshire County Regional Chamber

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...2004 to 2008. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst's Isenberg School of Management and is a certified public accountant. Senecal is the director of the H... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College   Springfield

Paradise City Arts Festival wows visitors to Northampton

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...id Houle, marveling at the level of artistry. “There’s no junk here,” Young agreed. Janet and Roy Williams of Amherst had just arrived on the festival’s last day, although they had dropped by on Saturday as well. “We com... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Amherst   Northampton

Passenger rail service returns to Palmer for a day

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...Jonathan Tucker, Amherst's planning director, said keeping passenger rail service is important; he noted that Amherst's rail service is slated to end once train stops in Holyoke, Northampton and Greenfield are added thro... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   University of Connecticut   Mohegan Sun

New UMass Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy helps kick off academic year at Amherst Community Breakfast

Explore masslive.com (Aug 29 2012) Education

...including state representatives Ellen Story, D-Amherst, John W. Scibak, D-South Hadley, and Peter V. Kocot, D-Northampton; and state Sen. Stanley C. Rosenberg, D-Amherst. Incoming Police Chief John K. Horvath, who starts... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Amherst   Northampton

Massachusetts to buy Knowledge Corridor right-of-way for Springfield-to-Vermont passenger rail

Explore masslive.com (Aug 23 2012) Transportation

... Washington, D.C., to Burlington, Vt. Currently, the route veers east from Springfield to Palmer and stops in Amherst. The line ran through Northampton until 1989, when it was deemed unsafe for passenger trains because o... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Pioneer Valley Planning Commission   Palmer   Springfield

Local arts groups get creative with DIY fundraising

Explore GazetteNET (Aug 15 2012) Education

...r is work by Amherst artist Chelsea Granger. 3 Photo: Learning to share JERREY ROBERTS Julia Handschuh in her Northampton home with artwork by Jeff Havens, far left, and Chris Millette. Handschuh says shes been inspired ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Amherst College   Amherst

Boston to Washington rail corridor -- including Springfield area -- focus of federal review

Explore masslive.com (Aug 13 2012) Transportation

...Department of Transportation. Am existing stop in Amherst would no longer be offered on the line. Riders from Amherst would need to travel to Northampton. Timothy Brennan, executive director of the Pioneer Valley Plannin... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Pioneer Valley Planning Commission   Amtrak   Springfield

Massachusetts energy officials to present Green Community status award to 7 Pioneer Valley towns

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..., Middlefield, Palmer, Monson, Northampton and Shutesbury and Springfield have already received green status. AMHERST — State energy officials will be in town Monday to present the official Green Community status awards ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Palmer   Springfield   Amherst

Greenfield saves on energy costs with solar array

Explore masslive.com (Aug 11 2012) Energy

...in Holyoke and Springfield, and Amherst has been planning to build a solar array atop its capped landfill. In Northampton, the Board of Public Works is considering a proposal to locate a solar array on land that the city... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Amherst   Northampton

Massachusetts Sen. Stanley Rosenberg, Rep. Ellen Story hold office hours at Atkins Country Farm Market in Amherst to give business a boost

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... very important.” She worries about it. Others took the opportunity of proximity to visit. Wilfred Morin from Northampton, who was working on the road project for the state Department of Transportation, stopped on his lu... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Amherst   Northampton

Tepid job market affecting grads

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Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Springfield   Amherst

Legislators approve more than $60 million for transportation projects in Western Massachusetts | masslive

Explore masslive.com (Aug 2 2012) Transportation

...ater and drainage improvements in the Meadows area along Interstate 91 corridor to the Northampton Airport. • Northampton: $1 million for drainage systems repairs, slope stabilization and Norwottuck rail trail abutment s... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   West Springfield   Springfield

Grant will make two downtown Northampton buildings greener

Explore GazetteNET (Jul 23 2012) Green Region

...s a member of the Board of Health for the town of Amherst and has been the asthma and tobacco intern for the Northampton Health Department. Her position is a shared position with the town of Amherst. Meanwhile, city off... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   University of Massachusetts   Springfield

Grants totaling $605,000 awarded by Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts

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Comment Mentions:   Amherst College   Springfield   Amherst

Hadley convention center plan hailed by area businesses

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Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   West Springfield   Springfield

Holyoke second only to Boston in solar-energy capacity in Massachusetts, study

Explore masslive.com (Jul 17 2012) Energy

...s opened in November and were built using panels built in California. According to the study, Northampton and Amherst are tied for the sixth most small-scale solar projects of any town or city in the state with 81 arrays... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Amherst   Northampton

Pioneer Valley Hotel Group president Shardool Parmar plans $1 million conference center in Hadley

Explore masslive.com (Jul 12 2012) Tourism

... is nothing to the scale we're proposing,” in the area, he said. While the Lord Jeff in Amherst and the Hotel Northampton in Northampton provide banquet and meeting space, they’re more “of higher end meeting space.” He s... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Amherst   Northampton