Archive for March 2019
United Bank puts former West Springfield headquarters on the market for $3.35M
United Bank, now based in Hartford, has put its former headquarters at 95 Elm Street in West Springfield on the market for $3.35 million. United Bank merged in 2014 with the former Rockville Bank in Connecticut. The resulting bank took the United name but moved its headquarters to Connecticut. Read the source article at masslive.com
Read MoreAmerican International College Prepares Graduates for Economic Success
American International College (AIC) is among the state’s top colleges and universities in increasing graduates’ earning potential, according to a recent study. A 2017 Harvard University study revealed that AIC ranks second among private institutions of higher education in Massachusetts in upward income mobility of its graduates. According to the report, “Mobility Report Cards: The Role of…
Read MoreUMassFive and GCC to Host Sixth Annual Reality Fair for High-school Students
UMassFive College Federal Credit Union and Greenfield Community College (GCC) will host their sixth annual Reality Fair for local high-school seniors this week. Also joining the event this year are partners from Franklin First Credit Union. The event will take place over two days from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Greenfield Community College.Students from…
Read MoreMGM Springfield says Wahlburgers will be ready in late 2019, early 2020
Wahlburgers is still coming to MGM Springfield, Michael Mathis, president and chief operating officer of the $960 million casino, said Monday. MGM is negotiating a lease with Wahlburgers — the casual restaurant company founded by actors Mark Wahlberg and Donnie Wahlberg with their chef brother, Paul Wahlberg — and hopes to begin construction later this…
Read MoreSpringfield College Announces Two Army and Air Force ROTC Grants – BusinessWest
Springfield College announced two new grants that assist with funding for Army and Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) cadets enrolled full-time and participating in the ROTC program at Springfield College. The Springfield College Room and Board Grant covers on-campus housing and basic meal-plan expenses for any Springfield College Army or Air Force ROTC…
Read MoreExcelsior! Easthampton’s Comics N’ More moves to street-level storefront, fights legions of retail doom (photos) – masslive.com
Christian W.Z. Reader pulls a white file box down from a shelf and slides it on a table. “This is all Venom and Carnage,” Reader says as the boy begins eagerly flipping through comics featuring the Marvel Comics villains. Reader owns Easthampton’s Comics N’ More with his wife, Phoebe R.R. Zax. It’s Wednesday in their…
Read MoreBerkshire Sterile Manufacturing Reaches 100-employee Milestone
Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing recently reached a milestone of 100 employees. In addition, it is actively recruiting for another 11 jobs, including entry-level professional and senior-leadership roles. Jennifer Kratovil-Moriarty, senior manager, Human Resources, said the 100-employee milestone is notable for any small business and particularly noteworthy in Berkshire County. She noted that Gov. Charlie Baker visited…
Read MoreGrant Aims to Build Pathways in a Technology-driven Workforce
When people talk about an ‘IT gap,’ Amanda Gould says, the appropriate response might be, ‘which one?’ Indeed, there’s the gap that seems to getting most of the attention these days, the one that involves the huge gender disparity in the IT workforce, with the vast majority of those well-paying jobs going to men, said…
Read MoreHazen Paper Co. Impresses AIMCAL Judges to Win 2019 Product of the Year
Turning a simple box into an unusual ‘beauty and the beast’ packaging statement, Hazen Paper Co. was honored for the second year in a row with Product of the Year honors at the annual meeting of the Assoc. of International Metallizers, Coaters, and Laminators (AIMCAL), held recently in Palm Beach, Calif. The winning entry was…
Read MoreHolyoke Community College Welcomes Lea Occhialini as Its First Ombudsperson
Holyoke Community College (HCC) recently welcomed Lea Occhialini as its first ombudsperson and chief culture officer. Occhialini is the former faculty and staff ombudsperson at Hampshire College and mediator/trainer in the Smith College Office of Inclusion, Diversity and Equity. Prior to that, she worked as a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court qualified mediator for the Mediation and…
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