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While soaring gas prices and the rising cost of plane tickets have most people seeing red, Betsy Andrus sees some opportunity. Indeed, the exploding cost of traveling far away might […]
Powering the Future The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) recently issued $13.4 million in grants to 13 Massachusetts community colleges to expand career training programs in clean energy fields. Greenfield […]
What Comes Next? “Stay tuned. This is going to be fun.” With that, Barry Roberts, a developer who has reshaped downtown Amherst and handled projects across that college town, summed […]
Vote of Confidence Plans to redevelop the long-idle former Monson Developmental Center took a big step forward recently as town residents resoundingly approved a vote to establish a planned village […]
In 2015, BusinessWest, created a new recognition program that would eventually be called the Alumni Achievement Award (AAA), recognizing those individuals who have most expanded upon the résumés that earned […]
Partner at Meyers Brothers Kalicka, P.C It’s called ‘Barrett’s Barracks.’ It’s named after the late Jim Barrett, long-time managing partner at Meyers Brothers Kalicka, P.C., and it’s actually his former […]
Evening Anchor, WWLP-22 News When Ciara Speller thinks back to 2023, she remembers a bittersweet year. That’s the year she was elected to 40 Under Forty due to her success […]
Executive Director, Libertas Academy Charter School When Modesto Montero-Forman was named to the 40 Under Forty class of 2020, the school he founded — Libertas Academy Charter School in Springfield […]
President, Adam Quenneville Roofing & Siding “Under Our Roof.” That’s the name Adam Quenneville, president of Adam Quenneville Roofing & Siding, has affixed to a podcast he started a few […]
Baystate Merger Is a Lifeline for Mercy — but Poses Some Risks, Too At a recent community forum where leaders of Baystate Health and Mercy Medical Center discussed why Mercy […]
Numerous Factors Are Complicating the Region’s Job Market Whatever else can be said for the job market — both nationally and in Western Mass. — job seekers have lost some […]
It’s Now a Family Business Ben Bolotin was working in Boston, handling office leases and coping with the many forms of turmoil that came with the pandemic, when his father, […]
Dean’s Beans Named Rural Business of the Year ORANGE — The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) named Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee as the Rural Business of the Year for Massachusetts, […]
The following building permits were issued during the months of April and May 2026. CHICOPEE Agilent Technologies Inc. 711 East Main St. $45,000 — Install RF cable, DAS antennas, and […]
By Michael Lewis, Esq. Federal workplace enforcement has picked up speed. The EEOC continues to pursue discrimination, accommodation, and retaliation claims. OSHA has renewed its focus on heat hazards. The […]
