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The City of Springfield and local businessman Peter Picknelly are proposing a major development along the Connecticut River that would include a replacement for the Roderick Ireland Courthouse. Plans for the proposed development were announced late Thursday morning. It would be located on more than 14 acres of land Picknelly owns along the river between…

A grand opening event is scheduled for Goodwill’s new job training and operations center in Springfield. Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno will be joined by Goodwill President and CEO Joanne Hilferty and the Goodwill Board of Directors at the event as well as a Goodwill participant who will share his story of how Goodwill has helped him gain greater…

Pat Goggins and Brian Megliola say the talks concerning an acquisition and merger of their companies began more than a year ago. They started — and then continued to a successful conclusion — because of similar philosophies and the shared belief that a union made sense on many different levels. The new company, with two…

On Wednesday, a closing of construction financing and conveyance announcement was made on a historic former Court Square Hotel at 31 Elm Street in Springfield turning into 74 new mixed-income rental homes. The announcement came after project milestones from the City of Springfield, MassHousing, MassMutual, and MGM Springfield. WinnDevelopment and Opal Real Estate Group have…

The town of Amherst has committed to a stream of funding for its reparations fund. They created it last year to address the harm that slavery and racism has had for black residents, and has committed $2 million over two years, modeling it after their cannabis tax revenue. The idea is that the town can…