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HCC Awarded Grants to Support Childcare Professionals
Holyoke Community College (HCC) has been awarded two grants worth more than $1 million to continue educating and training early-childhood educators and supporting the programs they work for in Western Mass. Both the Career Pathways Grant, for $680,000, and the Strong Start Training and Technical Assistance Grant, for $360,000, come from the Massachusetts Department of…
Read MoreBikes on a train: Amtrak allowing carry-on bicycles on Hartford-Springfield and Valley Flyer trains
Amtrak will now allow passengers to bring along their bicycles on Hartford Line and Valley Flyer trains, a change in service announced just in time for fall sightseeing on the lines serving commutes from New Haven, Connecticut, north to Greenfield. Read the source article at masslive.com
Read MoreChicopee receives $526,000 more in federal money to help small businesses through coronavirus pandemic
Business owners struggling with a downturn in the economy and a myriad of restrictions because of the coronavirus pandemic will have another chance to get some help. The Community Development Department has received an additional $526,000 in federal assistance from the federal CARES Act. The money will be used to provide grants to small businesses…
Read MoreStudent Prince and Fort Restaurant adds ‘fair food’ while Big E shuttered by COVID-19 regulations
Saying its making the “best out of a Wurst situation,” The Student Prince and The Fort Restaurant will add “Fort Fair Food” to its lunch and dinner menu outdoors under a Fort Street big top in place of the cancelled The Big E. Read the source article at masslive.com
Read MoreHolyoke Mall Arcade reopens following Gov. Charlie Baker’s coronavirus order
Round1 Bowling and Amusement at the Holyoke Mall will reopen Friday, Sept. 18, one week following Gov. Charlie baker’s announcement that he would ease coronavirus pandemic restrictions that had kept amusement arcades closed since March. Read the source article at masslive.com
Read MoreAssumption University names liberal arts college in honor of Donald and Michele D’Amour
Assumption University announced this week the naming of one of its schools as the D’Amour College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in honor of philanthropists Donald D’Amour and wife, Michele. In its mission statement, Assumption University, sponsored by a religious order, says its students “will benefit from 2,000 years of the Catholic intellectual tradition and…
Read MoreWomen’s Leadership Luncheon Series Continues on Sept. 30
Tanisha Arena, executive director of the nonprofit advocacy group Arise for Social Justice, and Pam Victor, owner of Happier Valley Comedy, will be the featured presenters on Wednesday, Sept. 30, during the third session of the 2020 Virtual Women’s Leadership Luncheon Series. Arena and Victor will present “Comfortable in Your Own Skin, Finding Your Voice”…
Read MoreAIC to Offer Virtual Graduate, Undergraduate Information Sessions
The American International College (AIC) Admissions office is offering virtual information sessions for prospective undergraduate and graduate degree program applicants. Information sessions are available Monday through Friday and provide an opportunity for attendees to speak with admissions counselors virtually to learn more about the admissions process, available programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels, financial…
Read MoreDespite COVID-19, there’s room for a workplace like MassMutual’s Boston tower, CEO Roger Crandall says
Roger Crandall is optimistic that COVID-19 won’t stop MassMutual from opening its doors in Boston by next fall. The insurance company’s chief executive not only anticipates the swift delivery of a vaccine, but one that works. He expects employees will be able to work inside the new 17-story commercial tower in the Seaport District, spending…
Read MoreBig Y Expands Legacy of Helping Farmers and Small Businesses
In 1936, Paul and Gerry D’Amour were passionate about providing fresh local food to their customers at the Y Cash Market in Chicopee. Today, close to 85 years after its founding, Big Y World Class Markets have more than 500 partnerships with local farmers like Meadowbrook Farms and local food producers like Millie’s Pierogi. The…
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