HCN News & Notes

SPRINGFIELD — American Medical Response (AMR) Springfield has responded to the federal government’s request for emergency medical services (EMS) deployment

LONGMEADOW — Glenmeadow, a provider of senior retirement lifestyle options, announced the appointment of Kathy Martin to the position of

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) announced the first two human cases of West Nile virus (WNV)

AMHERST — The Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce announced the return of its 43rd annual A+ Awards celebration to be

SPRINGFIELD — American Family Care (AFC), the nation’s leading provider of urgent care, accessible primary care, and occupational medicine, announced

SPRINGFIELD — Behavioral Health Network Inc. (BHN) is holding an agency-wide Ceremony of Remembrance in observance of International Overdose Awareness

HOLYOKE — MiraVista Behavioral Health Center will hold a flag raising and illuminate its exterior purple on Thursday, Aug. 31

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

LONGMEADOW — Bay Path University announced that Anna Zendell has been named program director of the university’s master of healthcare

NORTHAMPTON — Karin Jeffers, president and CEO of nonprofit community behavioral-health agency Clinical & Support Options (CSO), has been re-elected

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