Jim Kinney
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Westfield, MA, United States
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NLRB orders Springfield Symphony Orchestra to pay $276K to musicians; union demands board members resign
The Springfield Symphony Orchestra has not produced a concert with its musicians in nearly two years. → Read More
M&T Bank purchase of People’s United Bank costs 44 jobs in Massachusetts
The job cuts in Massachusetts are fewer than the 747 jobs expected to be lost in Connecticut and the more than 50 jobs expected to be lost at a processing center in Brattleboro, Vermont. → Read More
MGM Springfield bets on legalization of sports betting for growth in 2020
As the Massachusetts casino struggles to meet gambling revenue goals, a potential competitor in Connecticut appears stalled. → Read More
Chinese-owned CRRC, brought jobs to Springfield, but faces national security questions in Washington
Critics argue CRRC may even pose a security threat if the DC metro cars are used to monitor who goes where in the nation’s capital. → Read More
Eastec manufacturing trade show in West Springfield focuses sustainability, ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’
The show will emphasize additive manufacturing processes — ones that like 3-D printing build up a product rather than remove material like traditional machining — and workforce development and retention. → Read More
Toolmaker gets $2.8 million tax-exempt bond for factory at old Oxford Pickle site in South Deerfield
The merged duMONT and Hassay Savage companies are the largest manufacturers of industrial cutting tools called push-type keyway broaches in the world. → Read More
Bay Path cybersecurity students attack in order to defend businesses' sensitive data
Gov. Charlie Baker got a preview of the paid internship program, directed by Delcie Bean of Paragus IT. → Read More
Springfield's UMass Medical School Baystate campus welcomes first students
For the first time, first-year medical school students will begin their studies in Springfield. → Read More
West Mass is dead; long live Western Mass!
The EDC and the Greater Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau have changed their marketing slogan from West Mass to Western Mass, bowing to the tidal wave of opposition from locals who had no appetite for "West" without the "ern." → Read More
Baystate Franklin Medical Center open for service while nurses hit picket line in Greenfield
The Massachusetts Nurses Association bargaining unit in Greenfield has been negotiating since November. → Read More
No more hot dogs in Big E's Rhode Island building? Blame millennials, according to Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal used a dispute over vending space at the Big E to illustrate a trend piece about food preferences among millenials. → Read More
Hampden County Sheriff Michael Ashe expects 1,000 for 2015 clambake
Calling it a 'glorious tradition' Ashe hopes his successor carries on the annual clambake → Read More
Springfield residents line funeral procession route for Marine Sgt. Thomas Sullivan: 'The family needs to know we are here for them'
CJ's Towing of Springfield displayed an 8-foot-long flag from the boom of a rotating auto wrecker. It was the largest flag business owner Craig Morel could get his hands on. The flag hung vertically over the procession route. → Read More
Photos: Westfield flips for 38th annual Chamber Pancake Breakfast
The chamber began the breakfast 38 years ago in conjunction with downtown sidewalk sales. → Read More
CNR Changchun: The company's planned timeline to build T cars in Springfield
The company received in November 2014 a $566-million contract to build 284 Red Line and Orange Line subway cars for the MBTA. → Read More
Vermont woman, reported missing, found dead quarter mile from car Saturday
Her remains were removed for autopsy. No cause of death has yet been announced. → Read More
Coast Guard rushes to aid of fishing boat 130 miles off Nantucket
The fishing boat got the new pump and reported that conditions were stable. Coast Guard personnel helped escort the boat back to land. → Read More
5 arrested in Hartford following 3 a.m. shooting at gas station
Police in Hartford expect more arrests following the shooting and a brawl at a gas station → Read More
5 arrested in Hartford following 3 a.m. shooting at gas station
Police in Hartford expect more arrests following the shooting and a brawl at a gas station → Read More
Memorial Day 2015: What's open, what's closed?
Memorial Day is a legal holiday in Massachusetts. → Read More