HCN News & Notes

LONGMEADOW — The sad reality is that one in six kids in the U.S. goes hungry every day. No Kid

CHICOPEE — Sunshine Village held its 29th annual golf tournament fundraiser on Aug. 1 at Chicopee Country Club. The event

WEST SPRINGFIELD — The 38th annual Brightside Golf Classic at Springfield Country Club proved a success, with golfers raising $90,180.

HOLYOKE — Loomis House offers a free dementia support group on the first Wednesday of each month from 4 to

HOLYOKE — Holyoke Medical Center recently opened the Comprehensive Care Center to address opioid dependence. This program provides comprehensive, confidential

SPRINGFIELD — Greater Springfield Senior Services Inc. (GSSSI) is seeking grant proposals for innovative programming ideas designed to reduce social

SPRINGFIELD — Springfield College will collaborate with New England Business Associates (NEBA) to introduce the first cohort of interns participating

SPRINGFIELD — New England Orthopedic Surgeons recently announced that Dr. Connor Ziegler will join its team on Aug. 13 and

NORTHAMPTON — Radiation oncologist Dr. Genevieve Maquilan has joined the Mass General Cancer Center at Cooley Dickinson Hospital effective Aug.

HOLYOKE — Colleen Desai, Holyoke Medical Center’s chief Nursing officer, has been selected by the Massachusetts Emergency Nurses Assoc. (ENA)

SPRINGFIELD — All 32 Rocky’s Ace Hardware stores in Connecticut, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island will take

HOLYOKE — Dr. Ursula McMillian, a board-certified surgeon, has joined Holyoke Medical Center. Specializing in bariatric and general surgery, she

LENEXA, Kan. — Mediware Information Systems Inc., a portfolio company of TPG Capital and a leading supplier of software solutions

GREAT BARRINGTON — Dr. Frederic Hyman, who has been practicing general dentistry for 34 years, has limited his practice to

SPRINGFIELD — Shriners Hospitals for Children – Springfield recently welcomed Carlene Bailey as director of Patient Care Services and nurse

SPRINGFIELD —  One out of every four kids will be bullied sometime during their adolescence, according to the American Justice

SPRINGFIELD — BusinessWest magazine is currently accepting nominations for a new recognition program to honor a specific segment of the local population: women

GREENFIELD — Baystate Franklin Medical Center (BFMC) has earned the American Heart Assoc./American Stroke Assoc. Get with the Guidelines –

BOSTON — Last week, Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law legislation that will increase the statewide age of sale for

SPRINGFIELD — The third installment of the BusinessWest lecture series Future Tense, titled “Change Considerations: An Examination of Lean Process, Market Disruption,

SPRINGFIELD — Are you ready to walk for love? Join the fun at Shriners Hospitals for Children – Springfield for the

GREENFIELD — The accreditation committee of the College of American Pathologists (CAP) has awarded accreditation to Baystate Franklin Medical Center’s

CHICOPEE — Mercedes-Benz of Springfield announced the winner of a new Mercedes-Benz. William Morrissey won the vehicle at the LETR

HOLYOKE — River Valley Counseling Center (RVCC) will hold its third annual golf tournament fundraiser on Friday, Sept. 14 at

SPRINGFIELD — A group of Springfield young women participating in the Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts’ Young Women’s Initiative (YWI) recently

HOLYOKE — Holyoke Community College recently welcomed Clare Lamontagne as its new dean of Health Sciences. Lamontagne, a registered nurse

HOLYOKE — Kelly Marcroft, Holyoke Medical Center’s director of Emergency Services, has been selected to join an expert panel to

SPRINGFIELD —  Are you already a babysitter looking to further your skills, or considering becoming a babysitter to earn extra

SPRINGFIELD — United Way of Pioneer Valley and Peter Pan Bus Lines will launch the annual Stuff the Bus campaign

HOLYOKE — Holyoke Medical Center announced the appointment of Kathleen Anderson as the hospital’s director of Community Benefits. She begins

SPRINGFIELD ― Baystate Medical Center’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment — using nationally recognized, research-based

SPRINGFIELD — Effective July 30, Mika Nash will join American International College (AIC) as executive vice president for Academic Affairs.

WARE — Dr. Emily Urquhart joined Medical Director Dr. Scott Siege, Dr. Ramune Garniene, and nurse practitioner Denise Finn Rizzo at

SPRINGFIELD — Thinking of going back to school, but don’t want the hassles of homework, tests, and endless reading and

HOLYOKE — The Boston Business Journal has announced the region’s Top Corporate Charitable Contributors, and, for the 11th year in

SPRINGFIELD — For the third year in a row, Subaru of America and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) will

BOSTON — The American Lung Assoc. congratulated the Massachusetts Legislature for voting on and passing HB 4486, following its approval

SPRINGFIELD — BusinessWest magazine is currently accepting nominations for a new recognition program to honor a specific segment of the local population: women

NORTHAMPTON — Cooley Dickinson’s commitment to patient safety and infection prevention is expanding to welcome a new member to its

SPRINGFIELD — Alta Stark has been named director of Communications for the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield. She is