Author: HCN Staff

SPRINGFIELD — Future dental assistants celebrated their academic accomplishments and looked to their future at a pinning ceremony at Springfield

PALMER — The Baystate Health Blood Donation team will host its first blood drive of 2024 at Baystate Wing Hospital

SPRINGFIELD — The Zoo in Forest Park & Education Center has received a $3,000 community grant from the Springfield Rotary

SPRINGFIELD — Mercy Medical Center has acquired a second da Vinci Xi surgical system by Intuitive, designed with the goal

SPRINGFIELD — Through Feb. 29, Freedom Credit Union is inviting its members, employees, and community to “Paws for a Cause”

EASTHAMPTON — Matthew Sosik, president and CEO of bankESB, announced that the bank’s third annual Neighbors Helping Neighbors fundraising drive

FRAMINGHAM — A new analysis examines how each state’s mental-health data compares across the country, with Massachusetts ranking significantly above

BOSTON — As part of Gov. Maura Healey’s ongoing commitment to regional and racial equity, the Healey-Driscoll administration recently laid

SPRINGFIELD — Revitalize Community Development Corp. (CDC) announced it has received a $2,000 grant from the Springfield Rotary Club to

SPRINGFIELD — Caring Health Center recently welcomed Dr. Ryan Lee as its new chief dental officer. Lee holds a doctorate

BOSTON — More than 72,000 people enrolled in new health-insurance plans with the Massachusetts Health Connector during Open Enrollment 2024,

BOSTON — State Sen. Adam Gomez recently joined the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development (EOLWD) in announcing grant

SPRINGFIELD — The Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts (PHIWM) announced that it has received a grant from Health New

NORTH ADAMS — MCLA Physics Professor Emily Maher, one of 65 scientists in the MINERvA collaboration at Fermi National Accelerator

SPRINGFIELD — BusinessWest is currently accepting nominations for the 40 Under Forty class of 2023. The deadline for nominations is

EAST BROOKFIELD — Tickets for the 25th annual Second Chance Dinner Auction are now available for purchase. This significant fundraising

BOSTON — The Healey-Driscoll administration announced it has selected eight Massachusetts schools or school districts to receive funding to support

SPRINGFIELD — Teach Western Mass (TWM) has won a $950,000, two-year grant from the Barr Foundation. This generous award will

WORCESTER — Fallon Health, a not-for-profit healthcare services organization with a focus on improving access, quality, and affordability in government

NORTHAMPTON — ServiceNet, a large mental-health and human-services agency based in Northampton and serving all four counties of Western Mass.,

SPRINGFIELD — Baystate Health’s Loyalty Programs will offer four free virtual events in February, beginning with “Navigating the Menopause Transition”

GREENFIELD — LifePath announced that Marvin “Marv” Kelley, Rides for Health volunteer and citizens advisory board member, has been recognized

BOSTON — The Executive Office of Economic Development (EOED) launched the Immediate Needs Grant Program, which will provide financial assistance

HOLYOKE — Trauma-informed care rooted in cultural competence and compassionately delivered to support recovery of adolescents in psychiatric crisis was

FRAMINGHAM — The Assoc. for Developmental Disabilities Providers (ADDP), a statewide association representing community-based human-services providers, announced that Cheryl Fasano,

BOSTON — On Monday, state Sen. John Velis (D-Westfield) shared his outrage regarding the lack of access and visibility to

SPRINGFIELD — The Loomis Communities announced a new resident member of its board of directors, Sanford Belden, who has resided

SPRINGFIELD — Holyoke Chicopee Springfield (HCS) Head Start will host its 2024 Kindergarten Fair on Wednesday, Jan. 24 from 4

EASTHAMPTON — bankESB and its employees recently donated $50,000 to the United Way of the Franklin & Hampshire Region. Employees

SPRINGFIELD — As winter continues in New England, shovels are being put to good use once again. But shoveling sometimes

HOLYOKE — PeoplesBank announced its final total for 2023 philanthropic grants to area nonprofits and causes was $1.6 million, for

BOSTON — The Healey-Driscoll administration has proclaimed January Braille Literacy Month in Massachusetts to raise awareness of the importance of

EAST BROOKFIELD — Second Chance Animal Services broke a record in 2023 by assisting 49,036 pets in living healthier lives.

HADLEY — UMassFive College Federal Credit Union is always looking for opportunities to educate members and the local community on

NORTH ADAMS — BFAIR promoted Deb Harpin to assistant director of Employment Services and Savannah Lysko to assistant director of

HOLYOKE — The Western Mass Runners Hall of Fame (WMRHoF) board of directors announced the inductees of the third class,

SPRINGFIELD — Bulkley Richardson announced that Stephen Holstrom and Lauren Ostberg were promoted to partner, effective Jan. 1. Holstrom is