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Unionized Legal Workers to be Laid Off in Northampton Firm’s Closure
The owning partners of the Northampton immigration law firm Curran, Berger and Kludt (CBK), which represents thousands of individuals as well as large institutions like universities, informed their 41 employees on July 12 that the firm would be closing this August. An email sent to staff by managing partner and...
Court documents reveal South Hadley nursing home is under receivership
SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - A South Hadley nursing home is officially under a state receivership along with two other facilities owned by the same company Blupoint Healthcare. All of this after employees at these facilities went weeks without getting paid. Court documents reveal Suffolk County Superior Court has appointed...
Housatonic Water Works receives $350,000 grant from MassDEP and EPA
Great Barrington — Eileen Mooney, publisher of the NEWSletter, reported that Housatonic Water Works received a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency and the state’s Department of Environmental Protection on June 13. According to the letter, which Mooney received through a public records request, the company has received...
Fellowships at Mount Holyoke celebrates 2024 recipients
Mount Holyoke College congratulates our recipients, alternates and finalists of the 2023-24 fellowship application cycles. Fellowships at Mount Holyoke is excited to announce our recipients, alternates and finalists for the 2023-2024 application cycle! Fifty-eight applicants expended enormous effort over several months while working to achieve their goals. In total, they submitted 66 applications to 28 countries. All participants expended tremendous effort in this highly competitive cycle, so we have included the names of the alternates, finalists and semi finalists along with those of the recipients to highlight their tremendous accomplishments in advancing through these competitions.
Early 2024 Preview: Liberty at UMass
We have begun our series of an early look ahead to the teams on Liberty’s 2024 schedule. We will give a quick preview of all 12 teams that stand in the Flames’ way of a second straight unbeaten season as second-year head coach Jamey Chadwell prepares his team to defend its 2023 CUSA title.
No major injuries in Sunday motorcycle accident
WHATELY, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — Sunday afternoon a motorcycle and a car were in an accident at the intersection of Christian Lane and Route 5 in Whately. The Whately Fire Department reported no major injuries as a result of the accident; and a reminder to watch out for motorcycles, especially at busy intersections.
Serious injuries avoided after motorcycle crash in Whately
WHATELY, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - Crews in Whately responded to a crash at the intersection of Christian Lane and Route 5 Sunday afternoon. When our Western Mass News crews arrived, we could see a car crashed into a motorcycle. The Whately Fire Department said there were no major injuries. While the...
Institute of Diversity Sciences Announces 2024-25 Faculty and Student Sloan Fellows
Researchers in computer science and engineering at UMass Amherst and UMass Boston have teamed up to help diversify STEM culture across the UMass system with help from a $499,972 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The team, called the Sloan Fellows Program, is led by the Institute of Diversity Sciences (IDS) at UMass Amherst and recently selected its second cohort of 12 faculty mentors and 18 undergraduate students.
UMass Amherst Political Economy Research Institute Awarded $2.7 Million to Improve the Accuracy and Accessibility of Data on the U.S. Care Economy
Nancy Folbre, professor emerita of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and director of the Program on Gender and Care Work at UMass Amherst’s Political Economy Research Institute, has been named principal investigator on a $2.7 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to improve U.S. data infrastructure related to both paid and unpaid care provision.
Massachusetts Hires Diehl As Director Of Hockey Operations
AMHERST, Mass. – University of Massachusetts hockey has hired Hunter Diehl as its director of hockey operations, contingent upon the successful completion of a background check, head coach Greg Carvel announced on Monday. Diehl comes to UMass from the Colorado Eagles where he was the video coach and team services contact for the Colorado Avalanche AHL affiliate from 2023 to 2024.
Volleyball Honored with AVCA Academic Award
NORTHAMPTON - The Smith College volleyball team garnered the American Volleyball Coaches' Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award, sponsored by INTENT, it was announced by the organization last week. INTENT, which is in its first year of sponsoring the prestigious award, is a game-changing, digital platform links student-athletes (along with military...
Wigglesworth Leads Pittsfield Back to State Little League Final Four
PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Weston Wigglesworth has delivered a lot of highlights for the Pittsfield Little League All-Stars this summer. On Sunday, two back-to-back gems turned the tide in a 3-0 Section 1 Tournament title game win over Holden. It was a 0-0 game, and Pittsfield had not had a...
Force Wins 16U Division at Dalton CRA Tournament
DALTON, Mass. – The Berkshire Force rallied for three runs in the top of the sixth to break a tie and held off the Saratoga Smash in the bottom of the inning to earn a 12-11 win in the 16-and-under division title game at the Dalton CRA Tournament on Sunday.
Berkshire Force Top Greylock Thunder in 12U Final at Dalton CRA Tourney
DALTON , Mass. — Cassidy Flynn threw another complete game as the Berkshire Force 12U defeated the Greylock Thunder Klein, 10-4, in the Dalton CRA Softball Tournament Championship Game on Sunday. “They put it all together today,” Force coach Cliff Flynn said. “Really kept their heads in the game,...
Police respond to serious vehicle crash in Belchertown
BELCHERTOWN, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - Emergency crews responded to a crash on Saturday night. According to the Wilbraham Regional Emergency Communications Center, at around 7 p.m. officers were at the scene of South Washington Street for reports of a serious car crash. When our Western Mass News crews arrived at the...
Veteran Spotlight: Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Lewis
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Michael Lewis served his country in the Navy as a petty officer, second class, from 1977 to 1994. Born in North Adams, he would do his basic training at Great Lakes, Ill. His first assignment would be at submarine school (NAVSUBCOM) in Groton, Conn., then to the USS Pensacola (LSD-38) out of Little Creek, Va.
Mount Holyoke tennis players are trying to save their team. The school won’t let them
Annika Chai and Cal Smith had just finished another winning season as team captains on Mount Holyoke’s most successful team and were excited to lead the tennis squad again next year. But Chai, Smith and the other members on the team found out through an email that their program...
Three dangerous bear incidents have people on high alert
CHESHIRE, CT (WFSB) - We keep spotting them in our trash cans, bird feeders and dumpsters. Bears continue moving closer to humans. But now it’s on another level, destroying a car and even biting someone. A woman named Margie was bit in a Cheshire neighborhood over the weekend. She...
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