Author: HCN Staff

SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield social-justice organization Arise has received a $40,000 grant from E4TheFuture to expand its work educating residents

MONSON — The engines are revving, and the countdown has begun for the much-anticipated Cruise for Critters to Westview Farms

GREENFIELD — What began as a group of volunteers organizing to remove trash from local rivers more than two decades

HOLYOKE — Do you know how to reverse an opioid overdose? In a five-minute, easy-to-understand video, Cindy Chaplin, night nursing

LONGMEADOW — Willie Ross School for the Deaf (WRSD) announced its fall term of American Sign Language classes beginning Tuesday,

SPRINGFIELD — Feed the Kids, a local nonprofit focused on fighting childhood hunger, raised a total of $75,000 through its

PITTSFIELD — Attendees will learn how to uncover their own stress patterns and break free from their debilitating hold at

HOLYOKE — Attorney Karen Jackson of Jackson Law in Holyoke will lead three estate-planning workshops at Holyoke Community College (HCC),

NORTHAMPTON — The Wealth Transition Collective of Holyoke is partnering with Cooley Dickinson Hospital for its annual shred day. Anyone

BOSTON — NRG Energy, one of the leading energy suppliers and home-services companies in Massachusetts, announced a donation of $10,000

SPRINGFIELD — BusinessWest, the business journal of Western Massachusetts, is now accepting nominations for the sixth annual Women of Impact

SPRINGFIELD — Louis & Clark Pharmacy, an independent pharmacy that has provides prescription solutions to individuals, as well as assisted-living,

SPRINGFIELD — Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity (GSHFH) homeowner and local veteran Max needed help. The colonial home he purchased

HOLYOKE — Western Mass. college student Isabella “Izy” Hess was honored on Aug. 15 by MiraVista Behavioral Health Center with

LEVERETT — The Healey-Driscoll administration announced it is awarding $15.5 million in Coordinated Family and Community Engagement (CFCE) Grants to

BOSTON — Hundreds of aspiring nurse aides in Massachusetts can start taking their certification exams in Spanish and Chinese next

NORTH ADAMS — On Friday, Aug. 18, Andrew Fitch of North Adams will embark on his second annual Berkshires cross-state

HOLYOKE — Baystate Health and Lifepoint Health celebrated the opening of Valley Springs Behavioral Health Hospital yesterday with a commemorative

SPRINGFIELD — Four providers from the Emergency Department (ED) at Mercy Medical Center have been recognized for providing medical care

SPRINGFIELD — The Division of Occupational Therapy (OT) Services at American International College (AIC) announced its receipt of a $15,000

SPRINGFIELD — Cesar Ruiz, President and CEO of Golden Years Home Care and a one-time Springfield School Committee member, announced

AMHERST — Nutritional epidemiologist Dr. Chaoran Ma of UMass Amherst presented last month, both at the Alzheimer’s Assoc. International Conference

MASSACHUSETTS — Maryland is the state with the longest ER waiting time, according to a new study conducted by Med.ro,

SPRINGFIELD — BusinessWest, the business journal of Western Massachusetts, is now accepting nominations for the sixth annual Women of Impact

SPRINGFIELD — Dakin Humane Society recently participated in rescue efforts involving two separate hoarding cases, and has taken more than

HOLYOKE — The St. Patrick’s Committee of Holyoke announced that its 71st grand marshal is Mary Lynch, a Holyoke native

HOLYOKE — Holyoke Community College (HCC) will hold Registration Express for the fall 2023 semester on Saturday, Aug. 19, and

GREENFIELD — LifePath announced it has been certified by Points of Light, the world’s largest organization dedicated to volunteer service,

SPRINGFIELD — Mercy Medical Center leaders and supporters will gather today, Aug. 10, at 11 a.m. to unveil a sculpture

SPRINGFIELD — Mental Health Association Inc. (MHA) recently promoted Christine Palmieri to senior vice president, division of Recovery & Housing.

CHICOPEE — Elms College named Julie Beck its new dean of the School of Nursing (SON). Beck’s appointment was effective

NORTHAMPTON — ServiceNet, a leading provider of community mental-health services in Western Mass., is launching a new esketamine program at

GREENFIELD — FootCare by Nurses, a Greenfield-based foot-care business, is growing. Kate Clayton-Jones, founder and CEO of the company, announced