Community Profiles
Community Profiles
The Berkshire Economic Recovery Project, a program of 1Berkshire and Berkshire Regional Planning Commission, with funding from the United States Economic Development Administration, announced the launch of its women- and […]
LENOX — The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Home, announced its 2022 Summer Lecture Series line-up. Now in its 29th year, the Summer Lecture series brings leading biographers and historians to the […]
LEE — Evan Collins has joined Lee Bank as a mortgage originator and will be working out of the Pittsfield branch. Colins was previously employed as a sales associate at […]
SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield Regional Chamber (SRC) is seeking nominations for its annual Super 60 awards program. Super 60 recognizes the success of the fastest-growing and privately owned businesses in […]
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Community Spotlight By Mark Morris Roughly 60 years ago, McGill Hose and Coupling opened on Benton Drive in East Longmeadow. About six months ago, it moved into a new building […]
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Community Spotlight By Mark Morris Jennifer Nacht describes the beginning of the summer season in Lenox as a light switch that clicks on to a time of “happy mayhem.” […]
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Community Spotlight By Mark Morris In some ways Hadley is a tale of two communities. One is a small farming town, known locally — and even beyond — for its […]
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Community Spotlight By Mark Morris Four months into his new job, Westfield Mayor Michael McCabe says he loves his work. “I’m able to make an impact in areas that I […]
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Community Spotlight By Mark Morris If business openings are any indication, Amherst is poised for a strong rebound from a pandemic that has been very rough on its mostly […]
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Community Spotlight By Mark Morris Three years ago, when Ryan McNutt took the job as Palmer’s town manager, he observed that, when people entered town from Mass Pike exit 8 […]
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Getting Reconnected While the past two years haven’t exactly been kind to co-working spaces, Jeff Sauser said, the long-term view is much rosier. “COVID has really accelerated the trend […]
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Lighting the Way Yankee Candle has long been a national and even global powerhouse in the scented-candle business, but the company will always have special appeal in Western […]
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Community Spotlight By Mark Morris When it comes to her city, Mayor Roxann Wedegartner takes the long view. “In five years or less,” she said, “you will not recognize Main […]
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Community Spotlight By Mark Morris Deerfield is one busy town these days. Residents there are engaged in 22 different boards and committees planning several ambitious projects to better […]
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Holyoke Looks to Build on the Momentum from Cannabis, Entrepreneurship Joshua Garcia, Holyoke’s first Puerto Rican mayor and a lifelong resident of this historic community, says that, in many […]