Amherst native Alex Krogh-Grabbe named director of Amherst Business Improvement District

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... last October adopted the district proposed by business leaders along with representatives from the University of Massachusetts and Amherst College. That group had been working for more than two years to establish the district,......improvements and supplement services downtown. It is only one of eight such districts in the state. Northampton created a Business Improvement District in 2009. Districts have also been established in Westfield ... (Read Full Article)

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Amherst chooses first BID director

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... of ideas for the area, including more decorative lighting and a shuttle bus that would connect the UMass, Amherst College and Hampshire College campuses. He also wants to encourage cooperation between the......e returns to the town in which he was born and raised to run the BID, just the eighth in the state. Northampton also has a BID. He begins work June 1. "One of the first things will ... (Read Full Article)

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TigerPress cuts ribbon for new East Longmeadow plant

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...cutting at the Plant Tuesday, even though it’s been moving operations from now-closed operations in Northampton and Deerfield for nearly a year. The East Longmeadow building, once home to a wire company, allowed......1985. TigerPress still prints a large number of brochures and booklets, including materials for the University of Massachusetts, University of Connecticut, Westfield State University and Bay Path College,. The company also prin... (Read Full Article)

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Fiksu expands with Northampton office

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“We found people here [in Northampton] that we were unable to hire in Boston. We need to hire people where they are rather than where we ......d authority on mobile and pervasive computing and an associate professor on extended leave from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, the company said. He added, “There is a nice synergy with all the universities in western... (Read Full Article)

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Cooley Dickinson Hospital trustees vote for affiliation with Massachusetts General Hospital; Baystate Health 'extremely disappointed'

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...husetts General Hospital (left) and Cooley Dickinson Hospital in 2007 (right) in a composite image. NORTHAMPTON – The Board of Trustees of Cooley Dickinson Hospital has voted to join forces with Boston's Massach......ere Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Lahey Clinic of Burlington, University of Massachusetts Medical Center and Vanguard Health. “We are truly humbled that the leadership of Cooley Dickinson H... (Read Full Article)

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STCC shows would-be entrepreneurs the road for taking their ideas to market

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...market. The two teams – Team CTC-Closet Clothing System, including Christina Lyman-Sandoz, 25, of Northampton; Taquawn Daniels, 21, of Springfield; and Catherine Reynolds, 27, of East Longmeadow; and Team Sle......ship awards ceremony and banquet. Today, Lare continues work on his invention while studying at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. “Students gain a lot from the class,” said Sabato. “They learn what can be possible–tha... (Read Full Article)

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Amherst business district picking up steam

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Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz taps Alan Seewald as new city solicitor

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Class Trip

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...ngfield School Department’s move to the former federal building on Main Street and the soon-to-open UMass design center in Court Square. The Main Street location makes sense for Cambridge College as well, ......t working adults, has had a regional center in Western Mass. since 1977, when it was established in Northampton. The center moved to Cottage Street in Springfield in 1991, and later to a larger building on that ... (Read Full Article)

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Getting Down to Business

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... area chambers of commerce and other economic-development-related agencies. We start with Northampton Area Young Professionals. From left, Suzanne Beck, Lynn Kennedy, Rich Horton, and Kate Glynn. From ......s a need for that developing generation of businesspeople in the region. “With all the colleges and UMass, there’s always been the question of what happens to those kids who have been very well-educated an... (Read Full Article)

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Students at Springfield's Rennaissance School get a kick out of Five College volunteers

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... Digg Stumble Upon Fark Reddit Share Email Print s4s-7.JPG SPRINGFIELD - Emily Hagan, a 23-year-old UMass grad student, teaches a sneaker-oriented curriculum to Renaissance School students during a week-lo......g a tour of Reebok headquarters in Canton, Mass., designed their own sneakers and pitched them to a Northampton sneaker store owner. “Sneakers 4 Success,” used the popularity of urban sneaker culture to teach st... (Read Full Article)

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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......tain an Amherst stop, the new rail service would include a loop that would tie together both the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Conn., with stops in Palmer and other ... (Read Full Article)

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Editorial: Western Massachusetts construction projects sign of brighter days

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...ssLive.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......es and more jobs. The venture has some heavy-hitters as backers. Partners in the center include the University of Massachusetts, Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston University, Northeastern Uni... (Read Full Article)

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Holyoke computing center contractors to teach project details to vocational students

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...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......“It’s cool stuff. I want to make sure we get the word out,” he said. Partners in the center are the University of Massachusetts, Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston University, Northeastern Uni... (Read Full Article)

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Patrick administration plans $10.1 billion in capital projects over 5 year period

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...enter Construction gallery (8 photos) By MICHAEL NORTON BOSTON - A $152 million science building at UMass Boston, $102 million related to the Big Dig and $45 million to continue construction of a state dat......lion to complete a new $86 million Taunton trial court facility; • Funds for the state to work with Northampton to develop a master plan for court facilities there; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT • $60 million to support ... (Read Full Article)

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Amherst Select Board voted to establish downtown Business Improvement District

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Profiles in Business

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...s,” he continued, noting, as just one example, the launching of the company’s second supermarket in Northampton in the late ’50s, which took some time to get on solid footing. That was a major struggle, but like......nother college in Worcester, Assumption, with the caveat that he be allowed to take math courses at UMass instead of work in the family buiness. But upon taking calculus and also getting ... (Read Full Article)

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Amherst business owners moving ahead to create Business Improvement District downtown

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...is doing the exact same thing as a BID. It’s good to see everyone working together,” Maroulis said. Northampton created an improvement district in 2009. Districts have also been established in Westfield and Spri......perty owners will have 30 days after it’s approved to opt out, Roberts said. Roberts said that the University of Massachusetts and Amherst College officials have signed on and have been extremely supportive. Committee ... (Read Full Article)

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

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...ossible,” he said. But before this fall, Harnois, who has a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, would have had to leave the region to continue his pharmacy education. Instead, he’s in......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 ... (Read Full Article)

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Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton planning for the future as it considers merger options

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...General Hospital and Vanguard Health Systems about a possible merger. Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton planning for the future as it considers merger options Published: Sunday, August 28, 2011, 12:36 PM......nson has approached has shown interest. The hospital had also been exploring a partnership with the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester, but the UMass facility decided it could not afford the additional investment, according to Melin ... (Read Full Article)

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

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...mature athlete,” he said. “Everything from triathletes to marathon runners to golfers.” Sullivan, a University of Massachusetts at Amherst graduate who lives in Springfield, built his year-old gym at 18 Maple Court in East Long......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)

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State grant to kick-start $4.6 million boathouse Connecticut River Community Boathouse project in Northampton

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...that will help kick-start a $4.67 million project to create a boathouse on the Connecticut River in Northampton. State grant to kick-start $4.6 million boathouse Connecticut River Community Boathouse project in......house would greatly enhance the use of the Connecticut River by many parties. “It could serve the University of Massachusetts and others of the Five Colleges,” he said. “We don’t have a quality facility of this ... (Read Full Article)

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Back to the Drawing Board

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...hing,” Edgin said, referring specifically to two current clients at work on new police stations, in Northampton and at UMass Amherst. Back to the Drawing Board Posted on 19 July 2011. Written by: Dan Chase Architects Say an ... (Read Full Article)

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Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick signs $30.6 billion state budget

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... municipal health insurance. The budget also includes cuts to higher education that have forced the University of Massachusetts and almost every other campus to raise mandatory fees on students for the upcoming academic year. P......t will be restored. The provision, for example, means that Springfield will get back $2.3 million; Northampton, $270,000; Westfield, $385,000 and West Springfield, $219,000. Patrick and legislative leaders reac... (Read Full Article)

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