HCN News & Notes

WEST SPRINGFIELD — Mercy LIFE will present a discussion on “Prediabetes — What Is It? What Are the Risk Factors?

SPRINGFIELD — The law firm of Pellegrini, Seeley, Ryan and Blakesley this week donated $6,000 to the Red Cross as

WILLIAMSTOWN — Williamstown Commons will host a discussion about accessing veterans services on Friday, Nov. 3 from 1 to 2

WEST SPRINGFIELD — Mercy LIFE will present a discussion on “Mental Health and the Elderly” on Tuesday, Oct. 17 from

EAST LONGMEADOW — East Village Place, at 50 Benton Dr., East Longmeadow, will host a wine-and-cheese reception on Wednesday, Oct.

SPRINGFIELD — The Business & Innovation Expo of Western Mass., the seventh annual business-to-business show produced by BusinessWest and the

SPRINGFIELD — Big Y Pharmacy and Wellness Centers can now prescribe and fill naloxone for customers in all 39 of

PITTSFIELD — The Berkshire Healthcare Harvest Run will be held on Saturday, Oct. 21 at 10 a.m. on the scenic

ADAMS — HospiceCare in the Berkshires will offer a grief support group on Wednesday, Nov. 1 from 1 to 2

SPRINGFIELD — The Business & Innovation Expo of Western Mass., the seventh annual business-to-business show produced by BusinessWest and the

SPRINGFIELD — Springfield-area healthcare employers recently received an eye-opening tour of the SIMS Medical Center, the nationally recognized patient-simulation facility

WILBRAHAM — To raise money for the American Institute for Cancer Research, PROSHRED Security will hold a “Shred Cancer” event

SPRINGFIELD — Rocky’s Ace Hardware is selling pink lightbulbs to raise awareness of breast cancer during October, which is Breast

SPRINGFIELD — In order to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer, all Big Y Supermarkets will be donating proceeds

NORTHAMPTON — In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Cooley Dickinson Health Care will present a free talk on Breast

The Breast Center at Cooley Dickinson Hospital formally opened to patients in July of 2017 with an awareness walk from

SPRINGFIELD — Approximately 2,100 Springfield College students, faculty, staff, and alumni took part in the 20th annual Humanics in Action

WESTFIELD — Baystate Health announced an exciting new partnership between its MIGHTY program and the YMCA of Greater Westfield, made

WARE — Country Bank recently donated $30,000 to BHN/Valley Human Services in Ware to assist with its various programs. Over

SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield College School of Social Work (SSW) will be staging an open house for prospective students from 4 to

WESTFIELD — On Thursday, Sept, 28 from 5 to 7 p.m., Mercy Adult Day Health at 24 Clifton St., Westfield,

SPRINGFIELD — Recently, Freedom Credit Union supported the Center for Human Development’s (CHD) Disability Resources program with a $1,000 donation

SPRINGFIELD — Plenty of folks who donned the virtual-reality goggles at the Western Mass. Business Expo last year were wowed

HOLYOKE — Spiros Hatiras, President and CEO of Holyoke Medical Center and Valley Health Systems, announced the appointment of Colleen

HADLEY — To promote greater understanding of research and treatment for hoarding disorder, a conference titled “Hoarding Disorder: Recovery Is

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

WEST SPRINGFIELD — When healthcare needs get more complex, people often benefit from a new, different approach to how care

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

SPRINGFIELD — The Business & Innovation Expo of Western Mass., the seventh annual business-to-business show produced by BusinessWest and the

NORTH ADAMS — HospiceCare in the Berkshires (HCIB) hosts a monthly grief support group in North Adams at UCP of

AMHERST — Achieve TMS East will host a grand opening and open house on Thursday, Sept. 28 from 5 to

HOLYOKE — Holyoke Medical Center announced that Esmat Ezzat and Tom Hazen will each be honored with a Lifetime Achievement

SPRINGFIELD — The Business & Innovation Expo of Western Mass., the seventh annual business-to-business show produced by BusinessWest and the

EAST LONGMEADOW — Facial Cosmetic & Maxillofacial Surgery, P.C. announced the promotion of Leslie Leone to clinical nurse supervisor. “Leslie

CHICOPEE — Building on the dream of several parents of children with disabilities in 1967, local nonprofit Sunshine Village celebrated

LENOX — Kimball Farms Life Care in Lenox will host a presentation on identity theft, the Equifax security breach, computer

SPRINGFIELD — Dr. Albert Manero, president of Limbitless Solutions, a company that makes artificial limbs for children through 3D printing

LENOX — Kimball Farms Lifecare in Lenox will host a showing of a Not in Our Town documentary on Wednesday,

SPRINGFIELD — The Business & Innovation Expo of Western Mass., the seventh annual business-to-business show produced by BusinessWest and the

SPRINGFIELD — Springfield College and Baystate Rehabilitation Care will host the third annual Joint Speaker Series on Wednesday, Oct. 4,