Holyoke job fair lets hundreds of seekers mingle with 25 companies

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In tough economy, some Valley employers are creating jobs

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...RT-NO-HEADLINE CAROL LOLLIS Jake Levin, left, of West Springfield, and Janet Graves, an employee at Yankee Candle, pick candles for a gift Levin is buying for a friend. 3 Photo: IMPORT-NO-HEADLINE CAROL LOLLIS Deb......anagement organization in charge of the "school restart initiative at Dean Technical High School in Holyoke. It will hire a program evaluator and at least four teachers for the project, said collaborative Ex... (Read Full Article)

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Leadership Pioneer Valley

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...oss the region, said Wondoloski, listing the Springfield Museums, Greenfield Community College, and Yankee Candle as examples of potential sites chosen to connect participants with the businesses and institutions ......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)

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Greater Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau says Howdy to award winners

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...1 Howdy Awards for Hospitality Excellence are (from left) Amanda Malone of Chandler's Restaurant at Yankee Candle Flagship in South Deerfield (Food category), Khia Eagan of the 7-Eleven store in Sunderland ......e hospitality employees in the Pioneer Valley, were held at the Log Cabin Banquet & Meeting Room in Holyoke on Tuesday, May 10. HOLYOKE – Nine front-line employees in the Pioneer Valley’s hospitality industry received Howdy Awards and ... (Read Full Article)

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Greater Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau unveils 2011 Howdy Award finalists

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5 Great reasons to attend the Howdy Awards

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...10 at 6pm, the GSCVB will present the 2011 Howdy Awards at The Log Cabin Banquet & Meeting House in Holyoke. There’s a cocktail hour, then a plated dinner and awards presentation. It’s a special evening…hono......ield's John Hesslein with 2010 Beverage category winner Michelle Hunter of Chandler's Restaurant at Yankee Candle Village. Photo by Paul Schnaittacher. 1. A room with a view – The Log Cabin ... (Read Full Article)

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Springfield logistics conference to focus on the cost of moving goods in a time of rising oil prices

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...h Franklin County and the Pioneer Valley Railroad, a short line serving Westfield, Southampton and Holyoke. The Massachusetts Motor Truck Association will also send a representative. Lowell Richards, direct......r of the Pioneer Valley Railroad, said his company already supports about 3,000 jobs in the region. Yankee Candle gets its wax through Pioneer Valley Railroad for example. “I’m seeing a lot of new business,” he sa... (Read Full Article)

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Some bright spots for local business in a year dominated by unemployment, a struggling housing market and ...

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...t seven years as part of an incentive deal with the state. 4) Michael “Mick” Kittredge III, son of Yankee Candle founder Michael Kittredge II, opened his own venture, Kringle Candle Co. in Bernardston in October.......500 now. 10) Plans were announced for the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center in Holyoke. At cost $168 million the new high-performance computer center’s real value as an economic developm... (Read Full Article)

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Michael Kittredge III opens Kringle Candle in Bernardston | masslive.com

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...ing which Kittredge Industries LLC purchased in March for $480,000, is not too far up the road from Yankee Candle in Deerfield which Michael Kittredge II founded and turned into a multi-million dollar business and......and sub-contractors. Among the many new employees at the store on Saturday was Tim Morgan, 25, from Holyoke who is part of the maintenance crew. “Word of mouth led me to apply for a ... (Read Full Article)

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Yankee Candle founder Michael Kittredge, Msnbc host Rachel Maddow and actor Bill Cosby among this year's college commencement speakers

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Kittredge, the well-known, self-made entrepreneur who founded Yankee Candle Co. four decades ago, will be the commencement speaker at Bay Path College this year, hoping to imp......Hampshire College: May 22, 11 a.m., Harold F. Johnson Library Lawn, Peter Cole, poet and translator Holyoke Community College: May 22, 10 a.m., O’Connell Soccer Field, students Alexander N. Pangborn, Tyrra L... (Read Full Article)

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Hundreds seek employment at Best Local Job Fair in Holyoke

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...and a number of sales people around the region. Hundreds seek employment at Best Local Job Fair in Holyoke By Jim Kinney, The Republican April 21, 2010, 3:00PM JobFair421.jpg Photo by Michael S. Gordon / Th... (Read Full Article)

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Conservative Nature

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...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......tions, and prospects for the future. Martha LaCroix, executive vice president of Human Resources at Yankee Candle in South Deerfield, said the company had a small number of layoffs last year, but worked diligently... (Read Full Article)

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Lunt Silversmiths' decision to shut down operations, prompts Greenfield to seek ways to reuse property

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...nd raw materials provided they sell finished goods overseas, Pyers said. A similar center exists in Holyoke, Pyers said. Possible beneficiaries could include Bete Fog Nozzle Inc., located in the Interstate 9......“It was an attempt to really develop a retail following,” Hamilton said. “Two million (people) from Yankee Candle will find their way north. It was a lovely restaurant. They had beautiful gardens.” Changing tastes... (Read Full Article)

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Mass. unemployment rate rises from 8.6% to 8.8% in July

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... July, down from 9.5 percent in June but up from 5.8 percent in July 2008. Job fairs CareerPoint in Holyoke is hosting the following job fairs at their offices at 850 High St. For Westover Job Corps in Chico......ident of operations for United Personnel in Springfield and Easthampton, said manufacturers such as Yankee Candle Co. in South Deerfield, Smith & Wesson in Springfield and Berry Plastics, the former ... (Read Full Article)

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