Massachusetts officials to present arguments against cuts at Westover Air ...

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...ve Base in Chicopee is slated to lose 17 jobs. The 104th fighter wing at Barnes Regional Airport in Westfield stands to be cut by three posts. It could also lose its explosives unit and eventually Westover may...... have a lieutenant colonel at a base working on military technology to be able to go down to MIT or UMass,” said Martin Romitti, director of economy and policy research for the ... (Read Full Article)

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Westfield State University president Evan Dobelle and wife Kit Dobelle have followed path of public service to serve their community

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...ege president,” said Evan Dobelle during a recent interview together with his wife in his office at Westfield State.He said he was “called to political action” in the late 1950s and ‘60s when his family lived ......lved in studying education,” Kit Dobelle recalled. She became a “non-traditional student” at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst where she earned her bachelor’s degree in education. Their shared interest in education ... (Read Full Article)

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College building continues in the Pioneer Valley

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Also at UMass, work began in March on an $85 million Academic and Classroom Building on the north end of campus n...... Share close Digg Stumble Upon Fark Reddit Share Email Print The Republican / John Suchocki04/19/12-Westfield - Staff Photo by John Suchocki - Construction update on the $50 million dollar dorm complex as seen... (Read Full Article)

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TigerPress cuts ribbon for new East Longmeadow plant

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...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 prints a magazine aimed at the modeling in... (Read Full Article)

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

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...meadow; and Team Sleek, including Kristina Richard, 21, of East Longmeadow; Marius Bragagiu, 21, of Westfield; and Giselle Hernandez, 19, of Agawam – presented their work to members of the college community on......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)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Springfield Technical Community College   Springfield

Holyoke looks to new mayor, computing center, ways to make city attractive to ...

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..., which is building the computing center. Juniors and seniors from Dean Technical High School here, Westfield Vocational-Technical, Cathedral and Chicopee Comprehensive high schools, are all eligible to partic... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts   Big Y Foods

Chicopee's Westover Air Reserve Base may fall victim to federal budget squeeze

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...C-like conditions exist in Washington right now. This is serious.” Anderson’s group, along with the University of Massachusetts’ Donahue Institute in Hadley, is studying defense spending in Massachusetts and New England in hope......enlist community support for them. He began a tour of bases on Feb. 3 at Barnes Regional Airport in Westfield. Westover, the country’s largest Reserve facility, is not only home to the 439th Airlift Wing ... (Read Full Article)

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Higher education institutions turn out a well-prepared workforce which helps attract business

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...ed a spectre of its past and became Western New England University. The move came just a year after Westfield State and most of its sister state institutions went from being colleges to universities. “The prim......he city, says John Kennedy, vice chancellor for university relations. Students and faculty from the UMass Amherst Design Center in Springfield, launched in the spring of 2010, have been working on such ... (Read Full Article)

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UMass president Robert Caret discusses economic development with businesses in Holyoke, Springfield

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“We always do an annual breakfast focusing on economic development and because UMass is one of the economic drivers of our region we felt it would be great to have the new president sp......he Republican Follow 1 Tweet Share close Digg Stumble Upon Fark Reddit Share Email Print HOLYOKE– University of Massachusetts President Robert L. Caret said Thursday he is looking forward to developing new relationships wi... (Read Full Article)

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Westfield State University President Evan Dobelle: education equals jobs

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...e marketers use to brand the region refers to 26 colleges and universities, the largest being the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and the University of Connecticut. Closer to home, Westfield State has an annual economic impact of $194 million on its annual budget of $84.1 million. The univ......f $84.1 million. The university has a 629 employees, Dobelle said. In fiscal 2010, the impact of UMass Amherst ... (Read Full Article)

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UMass offering grants to professors to help them save students money on textbooks

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Holyoke Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center completes first stage of construction

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...p of world class institutions,” Lt. Gov. Timothy P. Murray. said. Partners in the center are the University of Massachusetts, Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston University, Northeastern Uni......e new partnership that will allow students from Holyoke’s William J. Dean Technical High School and Westfield Vocational High School to work on the construction site to learn new building skills. Holyoke Commu... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick unveils education goals

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...owell, Lynn, Malden, Methuen, New Bedford, Pittsfield, Quincy, Revere, Salem, Springfield, Taunton, Westfield and Worcester. Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick unveils education goals Published: Wednesday, Novem......omprise Gov. Deval L. Patrick’s education agenda for his second term. Patrick outlined the goals at UMass Boston on Wednesday morning. The Milton Democrat’s other goals include entitling every child to a... (Read Full Article)

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Amherst Select Board voted to establish downtown Business Improvement District

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House Passes Bill That Earmarks Millions To County

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Amherst business owners moving ahead to create Business Improvement District downtown

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... said. Northampton created an improvement district in 2009. Districts have also been established in Westfield and Springfield. Maroulis said joining the district is not mandatory. Property owners will have 30 ......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 members ... (Read Full Article)

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Western Massachusetts Hospital in Westfield breaks ground on new $85,000 therapeutic garden

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...oal last year when the hospital celebrated its 100th anniversary. Western Massachusetts Hospital in Westfield breaks ground on new $85,000 therapeutic garden Published: Monday, September 12, 2011, 12:45 PM By ......nation of 13 different design proposals recently submitted by an architecture design class from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. The hospital currently serves 65 long-term acute care patients. "This will provide a ... (Read Full Article)

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2011 Big E Daily Schedule

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...dlers Contest – Coliseum 7 a.m. – FFA Forestry Contest – Forest Park FFA Horse Evaluation Contest – UMass Intercollegiate, FFA, 4-H Dairy Judging Contest – Coliseum 7:30 a.m. – FFA Farm Business Management...... Honor Stage Mardi Gras Parade 10 p.m. – Last Shuttle to West Springfield Hotels Thursday, Sept. 29 Westfield Day big929.jpg 8 a.m. – Now Open – Mallary Complex Llama Jackpot Obstacle – Mallary Arena 4 8:30 a.... (Read Full Article)

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Rebuilding Springfield

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... Gerald Hayes “They’re pretty intense,” said Hayes, vice president of Administration and Finance at Westfield State University, former president of the Springfield Economic Development Corp., and one of two me......and Development, and director of the Center for Economic Development in the School of Management at UMass Amherst. He would later serve as president of the Springfield Economic Development Corp., and wo... (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...... 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 reached agreement Friday ... (Read Full Article)

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Westfield State University marks upswing after name change

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...r authority granted by the board of higher education, concurred in by the boards of trustees of the University of Massachusetts and of said state universities.” Dobelle hints that while Westfield does not yet offer doctoral programs, plans may be in the works to have the University of Massachusetts at Amherst offer doctorate-level courses on his campus. Westfield’s name change was approved last July and took effect on Oct ... (Read Full Article)

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Profiles in Business

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...fit, if it all works.” Blair has been honing this definition since not long after he graduated from UMass Amherst and took that job with the Division of Employment Security, one that made a lasting impress......e spoke of. Such parks have been created in Chicopee at Westover, and also Agawam, East Longmeadow, Westfield, and other communities, resulting in the creation or retention of thousands of jobs. Individual suc... (Read Full Article)

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Economic Impact Zone for Westfield downtown gains City Council support

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Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Amherst   Westfield

Western Massachusetts census marked by boom and bust

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...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 awa......er-to-bumper for a mile on Route 9 on Friday afternoons in Belchertown, coming from Amherst and the University of Massachusetts, Albertson said. (Read Full Article)

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