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Great Barrington Is Taking Big Steps Forward

Community Spotlight Jennifer Tabakin acknowledged that, figuratively speaking, at least, City Hall in New York and Town Hall in Great Barrington are much more than 125 or so miles apart. […]

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East Longmeadow Embraces Change, Progress

Community Spotlight When East Longmeadow switched from a town-meeting style of government to a Town Council and town manager, Denise Menard said the change wasn’t meant to be simply […]

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Hadley Boasts Winning Commercial-rural Mix

Community Spotlight What a difference 300 feet makes. “I often talk about the different views from Route 9 and the bike path,” Hadley Town Administrator David Nixon said, referring to […]

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Westfield Thrives by Making Solid Connections

Community Spotlight By the middle of 2018, Dan Howard says, close to 75% of Westfield residents and businesses will have access to high-speed Internet through Whip City Fiber, a […]

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Enfield Aims to Become a Multi-track Destination

Community Spotlight Commuters whisking past Enfield, Conn. on I-91 — especially exits 47E and 48, which drain into the heavily trafficked corridors of Routes 220 and 190, peppered with shopping […]

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Lee Builds on Identity as Gateway to Berkshires

Community Spotlight By Alta J. Stark Ask a Lee business leader or owner what the key to their success is, and you’ll hear one resounding answer: “location, location, location.” Lee’s […]

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West Springfield Aims for Balance, Smart Growth

Community Spotlight Will Reichelt says he was only 15 when he started working at the Donut Dip on Riverdale Street. His father arranged an introduction with the owner, a fellow […]

Town Officials Say Wilbraham Is Open for Business

Community Spotlight By Kathleen Mellen Ask Wilbraham Selectman Bob Russell what his town’s main business is, and he’ll tell you: quality of life. The town of nearly 15,000, located about […]

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Hampden Grows While Retaining Its Character

Community Spotlight By Kathleen Mellen In many ways, the town of Hampden seems like a throwback to an earlier way of life. The Western Mass. community of just over 5,000 […]

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Northampton Is Not About to Rest on Its Laurels

Community Spotlight By Kathleen Mellen You could say Northampton has “good bones.” Once dubbed “the paradise of America” by opera singer Jenny Lind, it is home to one of the […]

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Agawam Is Building a Bridge to a Better Future

Community Spotlight Richard Cohen is now halfway through his 16th year as mayor of Agawam — a tenure marked by four two-year terms, a two-year hiatus of sorts, and then […]

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Ludlow Builds Off Mill Project’s Momentum

Community Spotlight When it comes to economic development in Ludlow, the sprawling project known as Ludlow Mills has been the lead story for several years. But it’s far from […]

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Easthampton Strives to Become Destination City

Community Spotlight Moe Belliveau says it’s certainly not the most important part of her job. But it just might be the most meaningful. She was talking about the ribbon cuttings […]

Multi-faceted Plan in Greenfield Reaps Success

Community Spotlight Mayor William Martin recently acquired a book about Greenfield that was published in 1912. He keeps it in his office, and during a recent visit by BusinessWest, he […]

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Public-safety Plan Spurs Springfield Development

Community Spotlight Most people are familiar with the major projects underway in Springfield: the $950 million MGM casino, the $90 million renovation of Union Station, and the $95 million CRRC […]