Bulkley Richardson to Present ‘Assessing Your Security Practices’ on Oct. 23
When was the last time you evaluated your information-security practices, or considered the technical, legal, and financial risks a cybersecurity incident could pose to your business? In the second segment of its CyberSafe series, Bulkley Richardson will help businesses of all sizes assess the scope, risks, and value of both administrative and technical information-security practices. Read the…
East Longmeadow Seeks Balance, Progress – BusinessWest
Balance. That’s a word you hear quite often in East Longmeadow’s Town Hall these days — and for good reason. This growing community of roughly 16,000 people on the border with Connecticut has long enjoyed a solid balance of business and industry, attractive residential neighborhoods, and a large amount of agricultural land, although the total…
Kenefick Park in Springfield to receive $800,000 makeover – masslive.com
Kenefick Park located in Springfield’s Brightwood neighborhood will get a new playground, picnic tables, landscaping and a renovated splash pad due to various grants and $150,000 in funding from the city. The largest grant of $400,000 comes from the state’s Parkland Acquisitions and Renovations for Communities (PARC) grant program, another $250,000 is coming from a…
Mercy Medical Center, Cigna reach agreement; avoid disruption of service
Mercy Medical Center and Cigna announced Thursday that they have reached a new three-year contract and there will be no disruption of in-network coverage for Cigna members at Mercy or its affiliate, Weldon Rehabilitation Hospital. Read the source article at masslive.com
Paragus It Ceo Delcie Bean to Speak at Talking Tech 2019
Today, Oct. 17, the Assoc. of Developmental Disabilities Providers (ADDP) and the Department of Developmental Services will hold Talking Tech 2019, an event celebrating the promise of technology for empowerment and social inclusion of individuals with disabilities. Delcie Bean, CEO of Hadley-based Paragus IT, will be a featured guest speaker alongside other experts in a wide…
SPARK EforAll Holyoke to Host Mentor Mixer for Prospective Volunteers
The entrepreneurship program SPARK EforAll Holyoke will host an informal networking event on Wednesday, Oct. 23 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Unicorn Inn, 126 Main St., Holyoke. Anyone with a passion for entrepreneurship and helping local businesses is encouraged to stop by to learn more about becoming a mentor this winter. Accelerator mentors come…
Hampshire College unveils new model for coursework, fundraising goal of $60M by 2025
Still less than a year removed from nearly ceasing to exist, Hampshire College announced Wednesday plans to reinvent its curriculum in a bid to attract students as well as donations and support form philanthropic foundations. Read the source article at masslive.com
CRRC jobs in Quincy ‘troubling’ to Springfield Rep. Angelo Puppolo
A Springfield lawmaker left a meeting with Chinese rail officials last week concerned that the headquarters of CRRC MA, where most of the high-salaried executives work, is in Quincy and not Western Massachusetts, where the new Red Line and Orange Line MBTA cars are being assembled. “This is troubling to me,” Rep. Angelo Puppolo wrote…
Donna Levin to Speak at Bay Path’s Innovative Thinking & Entrepreneurship Lecture
Donna Levin, executive director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and co-founder of Care.com, will deliver the 2019 Innovative Thinking and Entrepreneurship Lecture at Bay Path University on Thursday, Oct. 17 in the Blake Student Commons on the Longmeadow campus. There will be a networking continental breakfast beginning at 7:30 a.m., with…
Baystate Health adds $1.7M upgrade to Mary Lane’s Imaging Center in Ware – masslive.com
Baystate Health will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday afternoon and showcase the $1.7 million upgrade of a unit at Baystate Mary Lane Outpatient Center that detects and treats breast cancer. The Springfield-based health care organization has inatalled 3D mammography at Mary Lane’s Imaging Center. Read the source article at masslive.com
Proposed Holyoke Mall movie theaters gets needed zone change
The Planning Board and Ordinance Committee on Tuesday held public hearings tied to a height-variance special permit for the Holyoke Mall. Both boards recommended the zone change. The full City Council passed the zone change amendment 13-0. The mall wants to exceed the current height limitations, exceeding the 50-foot roof. Read the source article at…
Square One Receives $25,000 Grant from Tufts Health Plan Foundation
Square One has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the Tufts Health Plan Foundation. The grant is part $1 million the Tufts Health Plan Foundation is donating to area nonprofits that are focused on health equity and the social determinants of health in honor of Tufts Health Plan’s 40th anniversary and its longstanding tradition of…