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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.

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Westfield 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.

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MassChallenge 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.

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Amtrak'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...

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R.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...

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Online 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...

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Umass Farming

Students grow crops for credit and profit at the UMASS Crop Research ahd Education Center on North River Rd.South Deerfield

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Vermont 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...

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Holyoke 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.

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New 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.

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Groups 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...

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Banana 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...

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MGM 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.

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Western 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.

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Providence 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.

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Shumlin 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...

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Green 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...

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Vaxxas 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...

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Citizens 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.

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Boston 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...

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Gov. 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.

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Vermont 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...

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Raytheon 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...

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Vermont 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...

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Vermont 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...

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Rhode 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.

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UMass 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...

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Home 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

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UMass 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...

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Spfld 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.

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Holyoke open house will highlight more than 30 available homes around city

Morse will begin the citywide open house tour at 101 Cabot St.

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GE 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.

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Cambridge 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...

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MA promoting low-interest loan programs

The state is offering financial help to people in need of wheelchairs and other assistive technology.

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Local 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...

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Vermont 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...

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Encouraging 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.

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UMass 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.

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CustomWeather 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...

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Federal 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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