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New manager at Whole Children and Whole SelvesNORTHAMPTON — Whole Children and Milestones, a Northampton-based afterschool and weekend enrichment center for people with disabilities, has named Liana Marks as its new manager. With eight years of...

Many Graces Farm to open Sub Rosa NORTHAMPTON — Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra will cut the ribbon on Sub Rosa, a new botanical lounge and flower shop at 33B West St. on Friday at 4 p.m.Sub Rosa is a project of Many Graces Farm & Design, a flower farm and...

Northampton offers air quality grants to business ownersNORTHAMPTON — The city is offering grants to business owners for improving indoor air quality as part of a joint project of its Ventilation Task Force and the Downtown Northampton...

Move to Heal Recovery Program opens in S. Hadley SOUTH HADLEY — Move to Heal, a nonprofit that supports people who are facing mental health issues, addiction and other life challenges by offering free group exercise, recovery meetings, nutritional...

Florence resident joins Conval as sales engineer ENFIELD — Conval, a global manufacturer of high-performance severe service valves, recently announced the appointment of Mike Mikaelian as inside sales engineer. A resident of Florence, Mikaelian holds...

Domino’s opens in BelchertownBELCHERTOWN — A new Domino’s, located at 33 Main St., is now open. The store features the pizza theater store design, which is open concept and allows customers to watch their pizza being made.“We are so excited to have...

Deshaies earns Florence Bank’s 2023 Community Support Award FLORENCE — Florence Bank has presented its 2023 Community Support Award to Tim Deshaies of Holyoke, director of retail operations at the bank.The Community Support Award was established by...

Curran and Keegan adds to teamHADLEY — Curran and Keegan Financial welcomes two employees to its firm, Amy Watts Bovaird and Megan Rooney. Bovaird spent more than a decade fundraising for an academic institution, nonprofits, and a trade...

Four join Dollars for Scholars boardNORTHAMPTON — Northampton Dollars for Scholars announces the appointment of four community members to its board of directors. They include: Michelle Cayo, vice president/credit risk manager at Florence Bank. She...

Keiter spins off site work division into subsidiaryFLORENCE — Keiter Corporation in May formally spun-off its excavation and site work division, Hatfield Construction Inc., into a wholly-owned subsidiary in a move that President Scott Keiter said...

Lapointe receives AILP designationEASTHAMPTON — Amy Lapointe, an agent with Banas & Fickert Insurance Agency in Easthampton, has been named an accredited insurance lines professional (AILP) designee, following her completion of The Massachusetts...

Six newcomers join Northampton Neighbors boardNORTHAMPTON — Six new members of diverse backgrounds and interests recently joined the Northampton Neighbors board of directors.The full board of 15 members provides guidance for NN’s mission of helping...

Piasecki joins Coldwell Banker as real estate agentSOUTH DEERFIELD — Coldwell Banker Community Realtors has added realtor Dan Piasecki to its roster of professional real estate agents serving Franklin and Hampshire counties.Piasecki, a Northwest...

Cedar Chest and Stay Golden in Thornes change handsNORTHAMPTON — Two longtime downtown businesspeople, Lauren Gunther and Alex Feinstein, have together purchased two stores in Thornes Marketplace — Cedar Chest, which is in its 75th year, and Stay...

Amherst’s Turku Named bankESB Retail SVPEASTHAMPTON — bankESB has named Gary Turku senior vice president, retail banking officer, succeeding Nancy Lapointe who recently retired.Turku, of Amherst, joined bankESB in May 2021 as the vice president,...

DA’s victim witness director named ‘Advocate of the Year’NORTHAMPTON — Jackie Gaw, director of the Victim Witness Unit in the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office, was honored last month with the 2023 Gerard D. Downing Advocate of the Year Award at...

Way Finders appoints Bidwell as chief development officerSPRINGFIELD — Way Finders has hired John Bidwell as its new chief development officer, where he will lead the resource development and marketing and communications teams.Most recently, Bidwell...

New president, VP at Northampton ChamberNORTHAMPTON — The Greater Northampton Chamber of Commerce board of directors has elected Meghan McCormick to serve as president, and Lindsay Barron Labonte to serve as vice president. The newly elected leaders...

NORTHAMPTON — The Greater Northampton Chamber of Commerce welcomed five new board members at its first meeting of 2023 last month. They include Erin Cahillane, Jillian Duclos, Ebru Kardan, Nanci Newton, and Amanda Shafii. Cahillane, of Leeds, is the...

PeoplesBank set $2.3M record for 2022 donationsHOLYOKE — For a second year in a row, PeoplesBank set a new annual record for donations to civic and charitable causes. The bank tallied $2.3 million for donations for 2022, which is $1 million more than...