Holyoke Medical Center, Mercy Medical Center in Springfield awarded money to create new programs

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Mercy Medical Center in Springfield will receive $45.6 million and Holyoke Medical Center will receive $24.5 million. The money will be spread over three years. Updates a sto... (Read Full Article)

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Massachusetts awards $4.4 million to assist turnaround efforts at 8 underperforming schools in Springfield

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...id. The state released a list of 35 underperforming Level 4 schools in March 2010, including the 10 Springfield schools and two Holyoke schools. The designation was based on low Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment Systems test score... (Read Full Article)

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Pioneer Valley United Way hits fundraising goal, honors volunteers

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...ising success to applause from a crowd of more than 500 at the Log Cabin Meeting and Banquet House. SPRINGFIELD – Expressing thanks for an outpouring of community support, the United Way of Pioneer Valley announ......ommunity involvement in the past year. Recognized were Paul S. and Dianne F. Doherty of Longmeadow; Holyoke-based PeoplesBank and its assistant vice president, Charlene Smolkowicz; the Youth Empowerment Adol... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   University of Massachusetts   Springfield

Howdy winners recognized for great customer service

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... 0 Share close Digg Stumble Upon Fark Reddit Share Email Print The Republican / Dave Roback05/16/12-Holyoke-Mike Arsenault, left, valet manager of Valet Park of America was the winner in the category of ...... Cole is among eight area hospitality professionals honored with 2012 Howdy Awards from the Greater Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau. The 17th annual Howdy Awards for Hospitality Excellence were presente... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Northampton   Holyoke

Recycling brings $1.4 million to Western Massachusetts communities in 2011

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...nd the payments they received were: Westfield, $102,172; Longmeadow, $91,877; Northampton, $76,592; Holyoke, $76,524; East Longmeadow, $75,921; South Hadley, $66,259; West Springfield, $58,380; and Ludlow, $52,490. The recyclables were processed at the Springfield Materials Recycling Facility, a public facility owned by the state Department of Environmental Prot... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   West Springfield   Springfield   Northampton

Elms College in Chicopee to offer a bachelor's degree in criminal justice

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...er it added a master’s degree in business administration and earlier entered into partnerships with Holyoke Community College and Springfield Technical College to offer several bachelor’s degrees on the two campuses. The science building sho... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Holyoke Community College   Springfield   Chicopee

Mohegan Sun hopes to open first casino in Massachusetts, but keeps details confidential

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Massachusetts Gaming Commission advances plan to reduce timetable for casinos

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...nk of to expedite the process without compromising anything material," Crosby said in an interview. Springfield Mayor Domenic J. Sarno had said he hoped the commission could reduce the number of years it estimat......r off Exit 8 of the Massachusetts Turnpike. Hard Rock International of Florida proposed a casino in Holyoke, but was opposed by Mayor Alex Morse. MGM Resorts International of Las Vegas recently dropped plans... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Palmer

Penn National Gaming interested in Westfield site for casino

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...and Ameristar Casinos of Las Vegas, which bought the former Westinghouse site off Page Boulevard in Springfield for $16 million for a casino. Hard Rock had wanted to pursue a license for Holyoke, but Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse is strongly opposed to casinos. MGM Resorts International of Las Vegas pulled out ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Palmer   Springfield   Holyoke

Editorial: Western Massachusetts ready to make business connections

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...h niches. Developments include: Construction of a $168 million high-performance computing center in Holyoke; a $110 million state data center near downtown Springfield; and installation of a 1,100-mile fiber optic cable for high-speed Internet to rural parts of Weste... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Massachusetts Technology Collaborative   Springfield   Holyoke

Massachusetts Gaming Commission moves to create process for qualifying casino ...

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...t. This might pick up three to six months. This can make a material difference." Critics, including Springfield Mayor Domenic J. Sarno, have questioned if the commission is moving fast enough to approve casino r...... Paper City Development, may select a new site in Western Massachusetts after being rebuffed by the Holyoke mayor for a casino in Holyoke. In late March, MGM Resorts International dropped out of a casino project ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Palmer

Community health centers in Holyoke and Springfield win federal grants to expand dental services

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Boston conference promotes potential of new computing center, high-speed Internet in Western Massachusetts

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Critics assail cutbacks to machine technology program at Springfield's Putnam Vocational Technical Academy

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...illed work force, the Machine Technology program at Roger L. Putnam Vocational Technical Academy in Springfield, specifically designed to meet local manufacturing needs, is being cut back. With the $114-million ......comprise much of the Putnam student body, that rate is almost double. Andrew Luis Melendez, Greater Holyoke director of the Massachusetts Latino Chamber of Commerce, said, “the unemployment rate among Hispan... (Read Full Article)

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

Graduates of New England Farm Workers Council's youth program celebrate earning GEDs

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...Workforce Investment Act Youth Program took part in a graduation ceremony at the Paramount Theater. SPRINGFIELD – Youthful graduates of a program run by the New England Farm Workers’ Council were told Friday tha......ou will learn from all your mistakes.” The ceremony was hosted by the Farm Workers’ Council and the Holyoke Education Programs. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Springfield   Holyoke

Marcos Marrero named Holyoke director of planning and economic development

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... economics and political science from the University of Puerto Rico. He currently lives in downtown Springfield with his wife, Wanda Colón, and will be moving to Holyoke within the next few months, Morse said. Marrero is a board member of the Pregones Theater, an ensem... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Pioneer Valley Planning Commission   Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce   Kathleen G. Anderson

College building continues in the Pioneer Valley

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...rtments of Communications, Journalism, Media, Film Studies, and Linguistics, according to UMass. At Holyoke Community College, the state has already approved $7 million in borrowing to buy and renovate the G......ng was originally constructed in 1964 at a cost of $748,600 and named West Building. Last summer, Springfield College completed $5 million in repairs to tornado-damaged buildings. Four buildings that were hit... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College   Springfield College

Northampton Community Music Center scores with renovation grant

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Pioneer Valley Culinary Associates building bonds among peers

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Leigh, who's a teaching chef in Holyoke Community College's Culinary Arts program, lives in the Forest Park neighborhood of Springfield. A native of Lake Placid, NY, he first came to the Springfield area in 1985 to join the kitchen staff at the Yankee Pedlar in Holyoke and subsequently worked at or owned several area restaurants, including Madeline's in Windsor, CT a... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Holyoke Community College   Palmer   Springfield

Pioneer Valley Planning Commission celebrates 50th birthday

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...commerce secretary presented the official paperwork to commission chairman, Edward C. Peck, of West Springfield.  From helping to clean up the Connecticut, Deerfield, Westfield and Chicopee rivers and spearheadi...... Reversing decades of neglect, the Connecticut River is suitable for swimming and boating above the Holyoke Dam, the standard for rivers. Work remains on the lower stretches, where sewer pipes in older, urba... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Pioneer Valley Planning Commission   West Springfield   Springfield

Greater Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau names Howdy finalists

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... Republican Follow 1 Tweet Share close Digg Stumble Upon Fark Reddit Share Email Print HOWDYT.jpg HOLYOKE – The Greater Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau has announced the finalists for the 2012 Howdy Awards. The awards p... (Read Full Article)

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Holyoke seeks design for platform that Mayor Alex Morse expects will lead to return of passenger train service

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Holyoke is included in the Knowledge Corridor Passenger Rail project that is making repairs to the Connecti......ral transportation money for the long planned high-speed passenger rail line linking New Haven with Springfield, with a plan of improving rail service through Vermont. A plan in Springfield, the Union Station Intermodal Transportation Center, is underway to reopen that station for an esti... (Read Full Article)

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Westfield being eyed by casino developers for possible facility former ...

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Westfield District Court gets new 5-year lease, as state officials announce it will remain open

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...ng is now owned by University Housing LLC, a Peter Pan Bus Lines company. Opal Real Estate Group of Springfield, also a Peter A. Picknelly company, is spending $5 million to rehabilitate the building and create ......ase payments will be about $568,000 annually. Picknelly also has an active lease with the state for Holyoke Juvenile Court. Officials would not discuss specific terms of the new lease Friday, other than ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Westfield State University   Springfield   Holyoke