HCN News & Notes

WILBRAHAM — Baystate Health announced plans to expand its MIGHTY program to Scantic Valley YMCA beginning in January 2020. MIGHTY,

LONGMEADOW — The Willie Ross School for the Deaf will hold its annual gala and testimonial dinner on Thursday, Oct. 17 beginning at

SPRINGFIELD — Handlers and owners of dogs, cats, birds, and other pets, as well as service and farm animals, are

WEST SPRINGFIELD — In celebration of its 30th anniversary, Lexington Group will host an Aeron chair hockey tournament on Wednesday,

SPRINGFIELD — The Foundation for TJO Animals board of directors recently welcomed Kelvin Molina-Brantley as the organization’s new executive director.

WARE — In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Baystate Mary Lane Outpatient Center will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony and

BELCHERTOWN — Christopher Heights of Belchertown will host an autumn open house at the assisted-living facility on Saturday, Sept. 28

WARE — Carlotta Vachon has joined the Baystate Mary Lane Wound & Hyperbaric Medicine Center in Ware. Vachon will see

WESTFIELD — The College of Graduate and Continuing Education at Westfield State University (WSU) will host an information session for

SPRINGFIELD — Thousands of visitors to Six Flags New England entered the park last weekend carrying boxes of diapers for

WARE — Holyoke Community College (HCC), in collaboration with the Quaboag Valley Community Development Corp. and Emergency Medical Training Solutions,

LONGMEADOW — Glenmeadow announced it has received a $2,000 increase in grant funding from Greater Springfield Senior Services Inc. (GSSSI)

SPRINGFIELD — Dakin Humane Society has received a $35,000 grant from the American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

PIONEER VALLEY — Today, Sept. 20, marks United Way of Pioneer Valley’s 25th annual  Day of Caring, as about 250

CHICOPEE — Dr. David Momnie and Dr. Camille Guzek-Latka, owners of Chicopee Eyecare, recently welcomed Dr. Brett Burns to their

WEST SPRINGFIELD — Glenmeadow will offer a presentation on technology and the many ways it can be used for entertainment

SPRINGFIELD — Springfield College and Loomis Lakeside at Reeds Landing have partnered in developing an intergenerational Students in Residence program.

EASTHAMPTON — Mary Ann’s Dance and More will partner with the Pediatric Hydrocephalus Foundation (PHF), as well as Bella Sacharczyk,

SPRINGFIELD — Unify Against Bullying announced it will award $21,000 in microgrants to 22 recipients at its combination grant awards

WESTFIELD — Armbrook Village will host a Dementia Experience program on Wednesday, Oct. 9 at 6 p.m. at the 551

HOLYOKE — Holyoke Medical Center announced the opening of a new service location at 5 Hospital Dr., which will include

WEST SPRINGFIELD — In celebration of its 30th anniversary, Lexington Group will host an Aeron chair hockey tournament on Wednesday,

SPRINGFIELD — Mercy Medical Center is the first hospital in Massachusetts to receive the community-hospital Center of Excellence (COE) designation

EAST BROOKFIELD — Second Chance Animal Services announced it has earmarked the proceeds from its upcoming anniversary celebration to rescue

WORCESTER — Kimberly Nolen-Mott has joined AdCare Hospital as director of Care Coordination. “In this newly created position, Ms. Nolen-Mott

GREENFIELD — The Massachusetts Legislature’s Joint Committee on Public Health and the Legislature’s Food System Caucus announced they will hold

CHICOPEE — The National Student Speech Language Hearing Assoc. (NSSLHA) has awarded the NSSLHA chapter at Elms College 2019 Gold

HOLYOKE — Attorney Karen Jackson of Jackson Law, an elder-law and estate-planning firm, will teach a series of classes at

BOSTON — Any suspected cases of unexplained e-cigarette or vaping-associated pulmonary disease must be immediately reported to the Massachusetts Department of

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Community College (GCC) recently welcomed Joanne Marqusee, president and CEO of Cooley Dickinson Health Care (CDHC), to

AMHERST — Ernest Pharmaceuticals, a startup venture based at UMass Amherst’s Institute of Applied Life Sciences (IALS), is one of four

WHATELY — Mutts and mimosas will share the spotlight with the Dakin Humane Society’s Humane Awards during the seventh annual Mutts &

SPRINGFIELD — Michael Ostrowski, president and CEO; John Lund, chief financial officer; and Michael Kelley, mortgage originator at Arrha Credit

SPRINGFIELD — Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin, P.C. announced that attorney Michele Feinstein, a shareholder in the firm, has been certified

GREENFIELD — Gentle Yoga for Cancer, a complimentary program sponsored by Baystate Franklin Medical Center’s Oncology department, will begin an

HOLYOKE — River Valley Counseling Center, in conjunction with Valley Health Systems, will host “The Healing Project: Healing Hearts of Childhood

WEST SPRINGFIELD — In celebration of its 30th anniversary, Lexington Group will host an Aeron chair hockey tournament on Wednesday,

SPRINGFIELD — Louis & Clark Pharmacy owners Skip Matthews and Kara James announced a grand-opening ceremony at their new, state-of-the-art,

WARE, PALMER — Just before the start of the new school year, Marlene DiLeo, superintendent of Ware Public Schools, and

SPRINGFIELD — The Western Massachusetts Sports Commission (WMSC) and the Miracle League of Western Massachusetts recently joined forces to produce