Archive for July 2019
Massachusetts Department of Public Health demands Baystate Health provide more detail on plans to close ICUs, pediatric unit in Westfield, Palmer
The intensive care units at Baystate Noble Hospital in Westfield and Baystate Wing Hospital in Palmer, along with a pediatric unit at Noble, are essential services “necessary for preserving access and health,” the Massachusetts Department of Public Health has ruled. That means that Baystate Health must submit detailed information before it can move forward with…
Read MoreLt. Gov. Karyn Polito announces $175K workforce grant for Dielectrics in Chicopee
Medical device manufacturer Dielectrics is seeing its business grow thanks to new technologies and products — but it is having trouble hiring workers to keep up with demand. “Finding skilled people with experience is very difficult,” said Mario Godbout, senior director of manufacturing for the 300 Burnett Road business. “We are always hiring. We’ve taken…
Read MoreHolyoke Planning Board OKs Lower Westfield Road distribution center, over traffic objections from neighbors – masslive.com
The Planning Board approved plans by BL Companies, Inc. to open a distribution center at 161 Lower Westfield Road during a rare Friday night session to continue the hearing and site plan review. Residential neighbors again voiced their opposition to the distribution center, which would see up to 700 vehicles a day entering and exiting…
Read MoreWest Springfield, Holyoke, Westfield anticipate $2M from carbon credit program preserving forests, watershed
Trees covering 15,000 acres of watershed and parkland in West Springfield, Holyoke and Westfield stand to make more than $2 million for the three cities over the next 10 years. And all the trees must do is breathe. The Tri-City Carbon Sequestration Program converts those trees — and what they take in in carbon dioxide…
Read MorePeoples United Bank buys United Bank for $759 million
People’s United Financial, the parent company for People’s United Bank of Bridgeport, Connecticut, will buy United Financial Bancorp, the holding company for United Bank, for $759 million. Read the source article at masslive.com
Read MoreRiver Valley Co-op exceeds $5 million financing goal for Easthampton store
River Valley Co-op said this week that members have loaned $5.2 million toward its new store in Easthampton. That exceeded the co-op’s goal of raising $5 million. The loans came form 300 members. Total development costs are projected to be about $17 million. The co-op expects more economic development financing from other sources, according to…
Read MoreBradley International Airport looks for local vendors to add ‘sense of place’ to terminal
Bradley International Airport wants to highlight local businesses and is looking for vendors who want to rent kiosks in a refurbished food court within the security checkpoints in Terminal A. The offer is good to local businesses across Bradley’s service territory in Connecticut and Western Massachusetts that sell specialty retail items or fully prepared, prepackaged…
Read MoreWork begins on Westfield Planet Fitness project; contracts go out to bid soon for Route 20 improvements
Construction has begun on a Planet Fitness, a nearly 18,000-square-foot commercial building, at 99 Springfield Road (Route 20) on Westfield’s busy commercial corridor. Owner Nabil Hannoush said the hope is to have the building completed in January. The existing Expert Fitness gym next door will be folded into the new Planet Fitness business and the…
Read MoreFunZ Trampoline Park approved for Bon-Ton space in Westfield Shops
FunZ Trampoline Park, part of a plan to help the Westfield Shops bounce back from the loss of key retail tenants, has its special use permit from the Westfield City Council. Jia Min “Johnny” Chen of Groton, Connecticut, said he has plans to build an indoor trampoline park with rope course, “ninja-warrior” obstacles and basketball…
Read MoreCrepes Tea House of West Springfield prepares Southwick location; 9-year-old restaurant focuses on Eastern European fare
Promising farm-fresh ingredients and Eastern European foods made in the authentic, old-country way, Crepes Tea House will open a Southwick location later this summer. Arturas Ribinskas, an owner, said Crepes has closed restaurants in the Enfield Square Mall and Holyoke Mall and will focus now on the location in West Springfield, at 261 Union St.,…
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