Farms in Western Massachusetts win state grants for environmental improvements
A total of 33 farms across the state shared in $375,000 in state grants for funding environmental improvements on farms.
View ArticleWestfield mayor to fill City Council vacancy
fter lengthy and contentious debate, City Council members voted Thursday night to make the mayor responsible for filling a vacant council seat instead of rendering the appointment themselves.
View ArticleMassChallenge 2012 names 'final 26' startup teams
Boston startup accelerator MassChallenge on Friday named its "final 26" startup teams for 2012, which will compete for $1.1 million in cash prizes during the program's final ceremony Oct. 23.
View ArticleAmtrak's Vermonter project completed on time and on budget
US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood today announced the on-time and on-budget completion of a two-year project making upgrades and repairs along 190 miles of track between St. Albans and Vernon...
View ArticleR.I. college graduation rates exceed national average
Graduation rates at Rhode Island colleges are better than the national average, especially for the state's private four-year colleges, according to a study ranking 2010 graduation rates by The...
View ArticleOnline gaming firm closes Cambridge office, cutting 120 jobs
While Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios crashed and burned in a high-profile demise earlier this year, there was apparently another local online gaming firm heading for collapse that...
View ArticleUmass Farming
Students grow crops for credit and profit at the UMASS Crop Research ahd Education Center on North River Rd.South Deerfield
View ArticleVermont Community Loan Fund lends $501,800 in 3rd quarter
The Vermont Community Loan Fund (VCLF) approved $501,800 in financing to Vermont’s small businesses, affordable housing developers, and child care programs during the third quarter...
View ArticleHolyoke efforts to improve 3rd-graders' reading skills topic of meeting at...
Strategies to improve third-graders' readiing abilities will be discussed with national and statewide officials.
View ArticleNew England Air Museum opens new high-tech flight simulators
Those who have ever wanted to try their hand at flying an airplane can now get a realistic feel for it at the New England Air Museum.
View ArticleGroups partner to spur Maine innovation economy
Blackstone Accelerates Growth has had an ambitious long-term goal of adding 10,000 skilled jobs and $664 million in revenues to the Maine economy in the next decade, and now it’s created one more way...
View ArticleBanana Republic building on Newbury Street for sale
The Banana Republic building on the first block of Boston’s tony Newbury Street is for sale. The four-story, 19,041-square-foot retail property at 28 Newbury was sold to Anastasios Parafestas by the...
View ArticleMGM opens Spfld office on Main Street
MGM will open an office at 1441 Main Street in Springfield. The company is trying to persuade the gaming commission and residents that they should be able to build a resort casino in the South End.
View ArticleWestern Massachusetts Dial-A-Lawer program to offer residents free legal...
All callers must dial (413) 782-1659 during the four hour program to get through to a lawyer.
View ArticleProvidence metro ranks 94 in U.S.
The Providence area ranked 94 out of the 102 metropolitan areas across the U.S. ranked on The Business Journals' October 2012 On Numbers Economic Index.
View ArticleShumlin announces $1.8 million in Downtown tax credits, $500,000 in flood...
Governor Peter Shumlin has announced the allocation of $1.786 million in tax credits through the Downtown Program to support nearly $26 million in building improvements in downtowns and village centers...
View ArticleGreen Mountain Coffee makes deal with Snapple for single-serve ice tea
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc (NASDAQ: GMCR), a leader in specialty coffee and coffee makers based in Waterbury, and Dr Pepper Snapple Group (NYSE: DPS) have announced the...
View ArticleVaxxas sets up shop in Cambridge, names CEO
Australian biotech Vaxxas Inc., which is focused on a device to deliver vaccines just beneath the skin, on Tuesday said that it set up corporate offices in Cambridge, named its first CEO and announced...
View ArticleCitizens Bank has most deposits in R.I., says FDIC
RBS Citizens Bank remained Rhode Island's leading deposit holder during the fiscal year ended June 30, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
View ArticleBoston food truck Momogoose signs a restaurant lease near South Station
Momogoose, a food truck often found serving lunch in downtown Boston, has signed a lease for a permanent restaurant near South Station. The red Momogoose truck serves Asian-inspired sandwiches, rice...
View ArticleGov. Deval Patrick's capital plan includes $5.4 million for Springfield Union...
The 480-space parking garage will be used in conjunction with the redevelopment of the Union Station Regional Intermodal Transportation Center, a $45 million project with multiple funding sources.
View ArticleVermont Business Roundtable survey shows increasingly stable outlook into...
The chief executives of Vermont’s leading businesses demonstrated an increasingly stable outlook in their economic forecasts for the coming six months, compared against the previous...
View ArticleRaytheon nabs two Phase 2 Navy contracts
Waltham-based Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has received two Phase 2 contracts from the Office of Naval Research to develop a new power distribution system to improve fuel efficiency and enable ship and...
View ArticleVermont Tech joins United States Green Building Council
With the goal of creating a sustainable environment through “green” building, Vermont Tech has joined the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), a 15,000-member organization...
View ArticleVermont Tech announces business plan competition winners
Six of Vermont’s burgeoning business stars have won a total of $19,000 in prizes in Vermont Tech’s 2012 Food and Farm Business Plan Competition. The competition for food- and...
View ArticleRhode Island jack-o'-lantern fest lights up fall nights
The Jack-o'-lantern Spectacular at the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, R.I., features 5,000 lit pumpkins along the zoo's wetlands trail.
View ArticleUMass professor receives nearly $900,000 grant to increase number of minority...
According to the National League for Nursing 2012 Annual Survey, just 12 percent of those admitted into bachelor's degree programs in 2011 were African-American, 8 percent Asian or Pacific Islander and...
View ArticleHome buyer fair held in Springfield
After the foreclosure crisis it's difficult for some people to think of owning their own home, but one group is trying to make home ownership possible
View ArticleUMass Lowell opens $80M academic facility
Officials celebrated the opening this week of the University of Massachusetts Lowell’s $80 million Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center (ETIC), the first new academic building constructed on...
View ArticleSpfld casino process enter 2nd phase
When it comes to a possible casino in Springfield, all the cards are on the table. The city has to decide which of three proposals will appear on a ballot for a referendum vote.
View ArticleHolyoke open house will highlight more than 30 available homes around city
Morse will begin the citywide open house tour at 101 Cabot St.
View ArticleGE gives UConn $7.5M for research, professorship
The University of Connecticut (UConn) will receive $7.5 million in a five-year investment from GE (NYSE: GE) designed to spur innovation in new electrical distribution technology in the Nutmeg State.
View ArticleCambridge school board approves energy project
Thursday October 11, 2012 ZEKE WRIGHT Staff Writer CAMBRIDGE, N.Y. -- An energy project left on the table last month was approved by the Cambridge Central School Board of Education Tuesday after...
View ArticleMA promoting low-interest loan programs
The state is offering financial help to people in need of wheelchairs and other assistive technology.
View ArticleLocal colleges make Princeton Review's 'best business' and 'best law' schools...
Bryant University, the University of Rhode Island and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth all earned places on The Princeton Review's 2013 list of the 'Best 296 Business Schools,' and Roger...
View ArticleVermont governor's race: Shumlin confident of re-election
Saturday October 27, 2012 RICHMOND -- Politicians often are criticized for telling people what they want to hear rather than being fully open with them, and Gov. Peter Shumlin says he doesn't want to...
View ArticleEncouraging students to go to college
A college awareness initiative, called "College? YES!" will kick-off with a rally Friday morning on the steps of City Hall in Springfield.
View ArticleUMass celebrates $95 million academic classroom building slated for 2014 opening
UMass celebrates $95 million academic classroom building slated for 2014 opening. The state is contributing $65 million to the project cost.
View ArticleCustomWeather US Ski Outlook for Winter 2012-2013 promising for Vermont
With the caveat that the weatherman sometimes gets the forecast wrong even the morning of the day he gives it, a national weather service is suggesting much better snow conditions in Vermont this...
View ArticleFederal court dismisses Entergy's challenge to Vermont energy tax
If the owner of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon wants relief from a state tax, it will have to go to state court to get it. The Vermont federal district court issued...
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