Archive for September 2018
Educare Springfield to Break Ground on Sept. 17
Springfield will be host to the 24 Educare early-education center to be built in the U.S., and the only one in Massachusetts, with a groundbreaking to be held at 100 Hickory St., adjacent to Brookings School, on Monday, Sept. 17 at 10 a.m. Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito will be joined by Springfield Mayor…
Read MoreBaystate Health and VertitechIT Partner to Launch baytechIT
Baystate Health and VertitechIT announced the formation of a new company to meet the increasingly complex IT needs of medical practices, clinics, and healthcare social-service organizations in the Western Mass. and Northern Conn. regions. BaytechIT is a first-of-its-kind independent joint venture, providing monitoring and management of information-technology networks, telephony, clinical engineering support, and other IT-related consulting…
Read MoreUMass Amherst Researchers Receive $953,300 NSF Grant for Technology that Records, Analyzes Complex Brain Activity
UMass Amherst Researchers Receive $953,300 NSF Grant for Technology that Records, Analyzes Complex Brain Activity September 13, 2018 Guangyu Xu David Moorman AMHERST, Mass. – A team of scientists based at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has been awarded a four-year, $953,300 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop miniature, implantable hardware that…
Read MoreFriendly’s CEO John Maguire steps down, praises company for recent progress
Friendly’s CEO John Maguire, a former Panera Bread executive who took the helm at Friendly’s just months after the chain emerged from bankruptcy, is leaving after more than six years with the Greater Springfield mainstay. Maguire is leaving to take another job in the restaurant industry, which he said will be announced at a later…
Read MoreU.S. News And World Report Declares WNEU a ‘Best Value’
Western New England University (WNEU) received multiple recognitions in U.S. News and World Report’s 2019 “America’s Best Colleges,” an in-depth look at more than 1,800 institutions of higher education nationwide. Along with its traditional place among the top tier of Regional Universities in the North, Western New England was included in such categories as Best…
Read MoreSpringfield’s Eastfield Mall looks to future as an ‘internet resistant’ community-within-a-community
Mountain Development Corp., owner of the Eastfield Mall, wants Eastfield Commons, the $200 million, open-air, mixed use development it plans for the site, to be unique, convenient and trendy. But Mountain needs it to be, in the words of Chuck Breidenbach, managing director for MDC Retail Properties Group, “internet resistant.” “It’s a problem everybody in brick-and-mortar…
Read MoreHolyoke Planning Board votes 4-1 for zone change of former John J. Lynch Middle School
The Colvest Group, a Springfield developer, proposes a 25,000 square-foot retail space, which drew praise or condemnation from residents during several public hearings, including a brief comment period Tuesday evening. The project must gain special permit and other approvals from the City Council before it can proceed. Planning Board member Mimi Panitch, the dissenting vote…
Read MoreGreens of Southwick ready for construction at former golf course
The Greens of Southwick, the residential development at the former Southwick Country Club golf course, officially opened Saturday. A ribbon-cutting took place with developers Fiore Realty Holdings and partners from Westfield Bank, Rovithis Realty, Crestview Construction, town officials and more. The Greens is divided by College Highway into two areas. The west side will have…
Read MoreCity working with property owner to bring business to Westfield Shops, continues marketing campaign
Resident Brian Hoose told City Councilors last week that the city needs to “get creative” and attract more visitors to Westfield. City Advancement Officer Joe Mitchell said the GoWestfield marketing campaign, launched at the start of the summer, aims to do just that. “The campaign is geared toward attracting businesses and people to the city,”…
Read MorePeople in Business: Holyoke Medical Center welcomes two new Sleep Lab Providers
Holyoke – Holyoke Medical Center has recently expanded the Sleep Lab services with the addition of two new providers: Dr. Rani Athreya and Kristie Harrington, FNP. Rani Udayjag Athreya, MD, a board certified sleep medicine specialist, attended the Madras Medical College in India. Read the source article at masslive.com
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