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Springfield BID Announces More Initiatives to Support Local Restaurants and Spread some Much-Needed Holiday Cheer
In a continued effort to help support our restaurants, the Springfield Business Improvement District has teamed up with Bright Nights and MGM Springfield to try to add some extra holiday cheer. For a limited time only, the Springfield Regional Visitor Center will be selling gift cards to participating downtown restaurants. For every purchase, customers will…
Read MoreMercedes-Benz Partners with Springfield Museums on Holiday ‘Beep & Greet’
The holiday season may look and feel a little different this year, but Springfield Museums have teamed up with Mercedes-Benz of Springfield to spread some holiday cheer with a family-fun “Beep & Greet” drive-thru experience. “Peter and I know it might be difficult for families to see Santa this year. We hope this event hosted…
Read MoreHolyoke Medical Center Earns Leapfrog Top Hospital Award for Quality, Safety
Highlighting its nationally recognized achievements in patient safety and quality, Holyoke Medical Center was named a Top General Hospital nationally by the Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers widely acknowledged as the toughest standard setters for healthcare safety and quality. “Holyoke Medical Center is proud to once again accept the…
Read MoreWomen Business Owners Alliance Helps Members Grow Through Education
When the Women Business Owners Alliance launched in 1982, there wasn’t anything quite like it, Anita Eliason said. “Because there were so few women business owners in the Valley, they felt a need to get together and kind of strengthen their bond and share the experiences they were having that, maybe, were different than the…
Read MoreCommunity Colleges Bear the Brunt of the Pandemic
Yves Salomon-Fernández says the region’s community colleges were facing some pretty severe headwinds before the COVID-19 pandemic reached Western Mass. in March. Indeed, these institutions, like all colleges and universities, have been seriously impacted by demographic trends — specifically, a decade or more of consistently smaller high-school graduating classes, said Salomon-Fernández, president of Greenfield Community…
Read MoreSTCC Creates Affordable Transfer Agreements with Post University
Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) partnered this fall with Post University in Waterbury, Conn. to offer seamless transfer pathways in six programs. Students in the following STCC associate-degree programs have an opportunity to transfer to Post University and pursue a bachelor’s degree: applied psychology, business transfer, communication and digital media, criminal justice transfer, early childhood…
Read MoreUMass Amherst Study to Assess Impact of Dual-use Solar-agriculture Installations
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technology Office announced that a team led by Dwayne Breger, extension professor at UMass Amherst, has been selected for a three-year, $1.8 million award to study the effects of co-locating solar-energy panels and agriculture operations at up to eight different farms across the Commonwealth. The work will…
Read MoreWhen a smartphone won’t cut it: Rise of remote world ups demand for retired Boston Fed laptops – Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
On a recent October weekend, a minivan picked up 96 of the laptops at the Boston Fed and carted them back to western Massachusetts. About 30 went to Dress for Success, a program that provides women with attire and training for professional jobs. A handful went to the Springfield Works, a Working Cities Challenge-funded initiative…
Read MorePut your money where your heart is’: Groups mount promotional push for Springfield restaurants
Local organizations are urging the public to rally in support of Springfield restaurants by purchasing meals over the next 10 days. The citywide promotion, named Springfield’s Restaurant Rally, starts Friday and continues through Dec. 13. It’s intended to help the businesses as they cope with the coronavirus pandemic. The event is presented by the Springfield…
Read MoreSix Flags New England Sends Holiday Thrills to Square One
Six Flags New England will donate more than 200 toys valued at more than $1,000 to Square One’s children. “Six Flags New England is honored to support Square One this holiday season,” said Jennifer McGrath, the park’s Communications manager. “Now more than ever, we need to rally as a community and support causes and families…
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