George O'Brien

Community Spotlight Stacey Blanco says she’s always been entrepreneurial. Although she’s worked in office settings — and those experiences have helped inspire her current venture — she has […]

Community Spotlight Tyler Saremi calls it “cross-pollination.” That’s how he chose to describe how the various businesses, government offices, and cultural institutions, especially the Majestic Theater, clustered in the downtown […]

Ride of Passage Gene Cassidy says presidential election years are generally good ones, attendance-wise, for large fairs like the Big E. As he explains it, the general population, bombarded with […]

Healthcare Provider Occupational Therapist, Baystate Medical Center She Brings Passion, Compassion to Her Work in the NICU As she talked about her work as an occupational therapist in the Neonatal […]

Healthcare Administration Director of School-Based Clinical Services, River Valley Counseling Center As a Leader, She Makes Sure Team Members Are Heard — and Valued Like many in healthcare who have […]

Lifetime Achievement Attending Physician, Baystate Mason Square Neighborhood Health Center He’s Spent His Career Serving the Underserved “As a person, he’s authentic in his desire to truly make things better […]

Collaboration in Health and Wellness Director of Healthcare Workforce Initiatives, MassHire Hampden County Workforce Board She Helps Put Future Healthcare Heroes into the Pipeline Peta-Gaye Johnson is not your typical […]

Pink Power Kathy Tobin calls it a “big pink hug.” That’s one of the many colorful ways she and others referred to Rays of Hope, the comprehensive program to […]

Cooling Trend Bill Jodice has lived through several economic cycles since he and a few partners bought the engineering and construction firm started by his father in 1964. And […]

Community Spotlight For Laurie Lammare, the reopening of North Adams Regional Hospital (NAHR) is a story that touches her professionally and personally. Professionally … she is now system vice president […]