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Outside the Classroom What does a career in solar energy actually look like? That question moved from abstract to tangible when a group of Holyoke Community College students in […]
Marking a Milestone For the Rocky’s Ace Hardware chain, there are many numbers of significance to consider. Let’s start with 100. That’s the round-number anniversary the family business that started […]
Beyond the Quick Fix When Kristin Wampler and Kristen Sgroi met, they became fast friends. And now, they’ve turned that friendship into a women-owned electrical contracting company that has carved […]
Spring in Their Step After the long, hard winter of 2025-26, Brian Campedelli notes, “people are saying, ‘get me outside — I don’t want to be in my house anymore.’” […]
Music to Their Ears For Andrew Bagge, the ongoing CitySpace project in Easthampton is a meaningful endeavor in more than one way. “Two of the greatest assets in Western […]
Home Team Growing a company from within is a philosophy Tim Drost has lived out for a long time. So is the value of a family business. That much […]
Air Time Scott Cernak recalls that, during the pandemic, the HVAC company he had just started was doing a lot of work with indoor air quality. “But it certainly wasn’t […]
Getting Down to Business Kelly Kapinos says it started with one of those cereal box records that were prevalent in the ’60s and ’70s. Her husband, Jay, was looking […]
Building Momentum Bill Laplante says it wasn’t that long ago when a whole-house renovation with a price tag of $400,000, $500,000, or more was extremely rare. Now, it’s […]
Thinking Outside the Box Elizabeth Gosselin Kouflie says she can’t pinpoint the time when she first came to realize the COVID pandemic was likely to be the best thing to […]
Innovative Approach In recognition of its ongoing commitment to sustainability in providing safe, reliable electric service to customers, Eversource has been honored with a 2025 Achievement Award from the […]
Something to Build On Among the courses Mike Rust teaches at Western New England University (WNE) is “Introduction to Engineering,” a very hands-on class that teaches the engineering design […]
Something to Build On On Nov. 20, students from 19 schools across Berkshire, Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin, and Worcester counties gathered in Holyoke to explore life-changing opportunities in the union […]
Sustainable by Design Greg Bossie jokes that negative ideas around building with straw starts in childhood. “We all grew up with the Three Little Pigs,” he said. “So people […]
Community Appeal Red Fire Farm, a cornerstone of local organic farming and sustainable food production in Western Mass. and across the state, announced last month that construction has begun […]
