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By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — The Franklin County Community Development Corporation is expanding its work helping incarcerated and recently released individuals enter the workforce, thanks to a $155,000 grant from the state Executive Office of Economic Development’s...

By CHRIS LISINSKI

Massachusetts businesses kicked off the new year with a sunny disposition.Business confidence among employers surveyed by Associated Industries of Massachusetts rose in January to an 11-month high. The business trade group attributed the boost to...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Newell Brands, the parent company of Yankee Candle, is planning to close its distribution facility in South Deerfield by the end of 2024.In a statement, a spokesperson for Newell Brands said the company is focusing on consolidating...

By MARY BYRNE

A new partnership between the Bernardston Highway Department and Greenfield High School hopes to pique students’ interests in a potential career in public works. “We — other DPWs in the area — are all having trouble filling our positions and keeping...

By MAX BOWEN

A handful of Franklin County and North Quabbin organizations were among the recipients in the latest round of workforce development planning grants from the state, including an Athol-based organization aiming to develop a program to train those who...

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — The workforce shortage that has left employers across sectors scrambling to keep operations running in recent years isn’t likely to let up “any time in the rest of anybody’s lifetime,” one of the nation’s leading economists said last...

By BELLA LEVAVI

TURNERS FALLS — By connecting with women working in trades on Friday, Franklin County Technical School’s freshmen girls had the chance to consider what career paths might be right for them, potentially in a traditionally male-dominated field.Gathered...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — As early as next fall, Greenfield Community College will have launched its new heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) training program aimed at improving equity in the green workforce. The development of the program was made...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — MassHire Franklin Hampshire Career Center held a grand opening ceremony at the Greenfield Corporate Center on Friday, nearly four months after moving from Arch Place and acquiring 3,000 square feet of additional space. The...

By COLIN A. YOUNG

With Massachusetts straining under an overburdened emergency shelter system and staring down a shortfall of workers, more than 60 lawmakers are sending a letter urging the White House and Congress to work quickly to find a bipartisan solution that can...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Community College has been selected as one of 15 community colleges in the country, and the only institution in New England, to participate in a workforce development program aimed at bringing equity to the forefront of the...

By EMILEE KLEIN

GREENFIELD — The most effective treatment for substance use disorder doesn’t come from friends and family alone. Rather, it starts in the workplace. With various barriers to workforce reentry for those in recovery blocking this powerful resource, the...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The MassHire Franklin Hampshire Career Center is settling into its new digs, having moved from Arch Place to the Greenfield Corporate Center at the end of May.The quasi-governmental agency connecting workers with employers opened to...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — The city recently received two Community Compact Connector grants that will “enhance human resources” work in the city, according to officials. One of the two grants provides $50,000 toward a study, led by the Edward J. Collins Jr. Center...

By BELLA LEVAVI

GREENFIELD — Saving as little as $1 per week can lead to eventual financial independence. This was among the lessons learned by young members of the Starlight Girls Club when they visited Greenfield Savings Bank last week. The Starlight Girls Club, a...

By MADDIE FABIAN

AMHERST — Growing up, Holyoke resident Carolyn Diaz Rodriguez preferred helping her grandfather with building projects in lieu of doing chores. Originally from the Dominican Republic, she has always loved using a hammer and working with her hands.Now...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — About 20 employers from the private and public sectors set up tables at Greenfield High School last week to appeal to young people readying to make their own way in the world.The school held a career fair Friday morning so juniors and...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Gail Gunn has been part of a team that has brought giving to the University of Massachusetts to record-breaking levels, yet near the end of her career the longtime UMass employee is feeling betrayed by administrators.She contends that the...

By CHRIS LISINSKI

The $15 minimum wage that kicked into effect Jan. 1 was years in the making and took more than five more years to be implemented. Now, with the new rate just setting in, key power players have set their sights on making Massachusetts the first state...