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Massachusetts community hospitals eligible for grants as part of state health care reform

Explore masslive.com (Oct 28 2013) Health Care

...Holyoke Medical Center, Mercy Medical Center in Springfield, North Adams Medical Center, Baystate Franklin in Greenfield and Baystate Mary Lane in Ware, and UMass Memorial — Wing Memorial in Palmer. Established through ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Palmer   Holyoke Medical Center

Valley Steel Stamp in Greenfield named 2013 Workforce Champion Employer of the Year

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...hat a lead business partner in its current Middle Skills Manufacturing Initiative, Valley Steel Stamp Inc. in Greenfield, received the Workforce Solution Group’s statewide Workforce Champion Award at the WSG’s annual Wor... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Greenfield Community College   Greenfield

Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts to honor John Gallup

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...tts Bar Association on a state committee, studying the spousal elective share statute. She is a member of the Greenfield Community College board of trustees, a board member of the Franklin Land Trust and has served as a ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Smith College   Greenfield Community College

Holyoke to host design contest on ways to be innovative using energy

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...nt. The competition is organized by the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association, an organization founded in Greenfield in 1974 that works on efficient building techniques and finding ways to bring clean, renewable ener... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Greenfield   Holyoke

WMECO plans to close Springfield Technology Park headquarters, Greenfield service depot; says no jobs will be lost

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...nney said Tuesday. "It is going to take a long time to get a response. Especially if I was further north than Greenfield, in Bernardston for instance, I would be really worried. If I was a fire or police chief in these t... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Northeast Utilities   Springfield   Chicopee

Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts unveils new funding strategy at first Power Up meeting

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...nd while they are taking a risk with the change, they could sense some excitement from those who attended the Greenfield event, said Carla Oleska CEO of the women's fund. The women's fund was created in 1996 with a miss... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Greenfield Community College   Springfield   Greenfield

Baystate Health and UMass Memorial Health Care in Worcester set to collaborate | masslive

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...cine, in Springfield; Baystate Children’s Hospital, also in Springfield; Baystate Franklin Medical Center, in Greenfield, and Baystate Mary Lane Hospital, in Ware. Of the total beds, 709 are at Baystate Medical Center an... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Baystate Health   Springfield

Revisions in Greenfield Commonwealth Virtual School contract sought by Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

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...the new rules and standards established by the state. GREENFIELD – Dissatisfied with the contract between the Greenfield Commonwealth Virtual School and the K12 corporation, the state Department of Elementary and Seconda... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Greenfield   The Republican

Students from Massachusetts colleges promote STEM fields to high school students in Springfield

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...t, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, Westfield State University as well as Springfield Tech, Holyoke and Greenfield community colleges are speaking this morning. A total of 450 students from Central, Putnam Voc Tech... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts   Westfield State University

Springfield Technical Community College wins grant to boost performance of Latino students; colleges in Holyoke, Greenfield and Pittsfield receive funds also

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...for a new program in Western Massachusetts calls for $239,334 to be shared among Berkshire Community College, Greenfield Community College, Holyoke Community College and the four-year Massachusetts College of Liberal Art... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College   Springfield Technical Community College

Walmart withdraws controversial plan for Holyoke supercenter, citing site pollution

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...that that would be the nail in the coffin for a multimillion-dollar corporation," Marrero said. Al Norman of Greenfield has written books and gained a national reputation fighting sprawl retailers like Walmart. He worke... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Big Y Foods   Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce   Kathleen G. Anderson

Gov. Deval Patrick hails job growth in clean energy industry in Western Massachusetts

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...contractors, for example, are important in the industry, the report said. Patrick also referred to Sandri of Greenfield, which started partly as a fuel oil business and has expanded into clean technologies such as solar... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Springfield Technical Community College   Springfield

News of Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant's planned shutdown surprises environmentalists, businesses

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...rising day,” said Andrew Fisk, executive director of the Connecticut River Watershed Council headquartered in Greenfield. Decommissioning Yankee Rowe in Rowe, Mass., cost $600 million, or about twice the estimates, and ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Greenfield

UMass, Mount Holyoke, Holyoke Community and other local colleges want to be held accountable for cost; just measure them fairly

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...phics are different from Holyoke Community College to Springfield Technical Community College to Berkshire to Greenfield. So how, Messner asks, will the federal government compare and contrast community colleges in Massa... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College   Springfield Technical Community College

Pioneer Valley collaboratives join to apply for virtual school certificate

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...as on-line. Only three of these certificates are available through 2016. The Massachusetts Virtual Academy at Greenfield, which has been in operation since 2010, is already certified. The virtual schools were conceived ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Springfield   Northampton