HCN News & Notes

SPRINGFIELD — Do you know a Healthcare Hero? Then you’re invited to nominate that individual or organization to be recognized as

HOLYOKE — Holyoke Community College is running a three-week course for anyone interested in becoming a trained mediator or those

EASTHAMPTON — River Valley Counseling Center will celebrate the opening of its newest office location in Easthampton with a ribbon-cutting

BOSTON — Opioid-related overdose deaths continued to decline overall year over year in Massachusetts, according to the latest quarterly opioid-related deaths

HOLYOKE — The Advertising Club of Western Massachusetts will present its 2018 Creative Awards on Thursday, May 24. This year’s awards

NORTH ADAMS — BFAIR announced the third annual Walk for Independence on Saturday, June 23, kicking off at 10 a.m.

NORTHAMPTON — American Benefits Group (ABG), a provider of solutions in the health-benefits industry, has been recognized by healthcare-benefits payments

SPRINGFIELD — Girls on the Run of Western MA will host a 5K celebration on Sunday, June 3, starting at

STOCKBRIDGE — Jane Tillman, Evelyn Stefansson Nef director of the Erikson Institute for Education and Research at the Austen Riggs

SPRINGFIELD — WGBY’s The Opioid Crisis: A Community Dialogue, which aired live on May 11, 2017, has been nominated for

EASTHAMPTON — Smith Brothers Insurance, with local offices in Easthampton and West Springfield, was recently appointed to the Hanover Insurance

SPRINGFIELD — Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) will offer a 10-week course this summer for students who want to start

HOLYOKE — The Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone in Massachusetts is sponsoring a nationwide essay contest focusing on innovative ways

SPRINGFIELD — Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) named Myrta Colon Groeneveld of Longmeadow, a professor of Mathematics at Manchester Community

NORTHAMPTON — When Cooley Dickinson Physical Therapist Ross Bell isn’t treating patients, he’s enjoying time in the saddle. The bike

AMHERST — Can you imagine dancing for 12 consecutive hours? UMass Amherst students and other participants of the 12th annual

SPRINGFIELD — On Saturday, June 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Shriners Hospitals for Children – Springfield will offer

EAST BROOKFIELD — Second Chance Animal Services recently received a $200,000 grant from PetSmart Charities, the leading funder of animal

WARE — Country Bank announced that Russell Fontaine has joined its team as first vice president of Sales and Market

HOLYOKE — Improving the academic success of Latino students will be the subject of a talk on Wednesday, May 23,

SPRINGFIELD — Would you be able to help someone who is bleeding to death? Many civilians have expressed interest in taking

HOLYOKE — The Human Service Forum will host its annual awards banquet on Wednesday, May 16 from 5:30 to 8

SPRINGFIELD — Do you know a Healthcare Hero? Then you’re invited to nominate that individual or organization to be recognized as

SPRINGFIELD — Nominations for BusinessWest’s fourth annual Continued Excellence Award will be accepted through the end of today, May 14. The

BOSTON — On Tuesday, May 15, Alzheimer’s Assoc. officials, local state legislators, and citizens impacted by Alzheimer’s disease will gather at the

BOSTON — The Baker-Polito administration announced that Massachusetts has received an $11.7 million federal grant to continue its public-health response to the opioid

SPRINGFIELD — The second installment of the BusinessWest lecture series Future Tense, titled “What Got You Here Might Not Get

FLORENCE — Whole Children is bringing some inclusive family fun to Look Park with its fourth annual Wild Goose Chase

WARE — The opioid crisis has affected individuals and families throughout area communities. Due to the overwhelming response to the

WARE — On behalf of the Baystate Mary Lane medical staff, Dr. Scott Siege announced that a total of $75,000 has

CHICOPEE — The Education Division at Elms College will host a three-day conference in July to give educators tools for

AMHERST — The Light Microscopy Core Facility, housed in the Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS) at UMass Amherst, was

PITTSFIELD — Berkshire Medical Center announced that, for the second year in a row, it is a recipient of the

CHICOPEE — To meet a growing demand for legal studies education in Western Mass., Elms College announced the launch of two

SPRINGFIELD — Springfield College Associate Professor of Physical Education Michelle Moosbrugger and physical education and health education major Danielle Sweet

WORCESTER — The New England Summer School of Addiction and Prevention Studies will take place June 4-7 at Worcester State

SPRINGFIELD — As part of the mission to give caregivers the tools they need to keep their families together and

CHICOPEE — Daishany Torres was named 2018 Youth of the Year by the Boys & Girls Club of Chicopee, and

SPRINGFIELD — BusinessWest is looking for nominees for its fourth Continued Excellence Award, and will accept nominations through Monday, May 14.

SPRINGFIELD — Dr. Emad Helmy Eskander has been appointed medical director at CHD, with responsibility for overseeing the organization’s psychiatric/prescribing