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3 days ago
- Entertainment
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Pop headliner announced for The Big E Arena in fall 2025 performance
The pop rock band Train is the latest act slated to perform on The Big E's largest stage for the fair's 2025 run this fall. Grammy Award-winning Train will perform on Saturday, Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m. at The Big E Arena in West Springfield. Tickets to the headliner performance will go on sale starting this Friday, May 30 at 10 a.m. exclusively through The Big E's website. Concert tickets bought ahead of the show date include admission to The Big E. Read More: 'St. Paddy's Day' in the fall? 'Halfway' weekend offers live performances at The Big E Fronted by lead singer Pat Monahan, Train is best known for songs like 'Drops of Jupiter,' 'Hey, Soul Sister,' 'Drive By,' '50 Ways to Stay Goodbye' and 'Marry Me.' The band has origins dating back to 1994 in San Francisco. It has had 14 songs on Billboard's Hot 100 charts over its collective three-decade-long career, according to The Big E. Train joins the ranks of Foreigner, ZZ Top, The Avett Brothers and a joint performance between Busta Rhymes and Rick Ross as fellow Big E Arena headliners this fall. Read More: Dave Matthews Band closes out Boston Calling 2025 with Sunday headliner (Photos) The Big E returns for its 17-day run starting Friday, Sept. 12, through Sunday, Sept. 28. The Big E is the largest fair on the East Coast, and last year marked a record-breaking annual attendance of 1.7 million fairgoers. Rick Ross, Busta Rhymes to headline the Big E Arena together for fall 2025 Sparking interest, powering growth: Manufacturing tech show fills Big E Folk rock band The Avett Brothers to headline The Big E Arena in fall 2025 'Halfway to St. Paddy's Day' 2025 performance lineup unveiled by The Big E ZZ Top to headline The Big E Arena for fall 2025 as part of music lineup Read the original article on MassLive.
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4 days ago
- General
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Eastern States Exposition leaders receive Patriot Award for military support
WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The Eastern States Exposition (ESE) President and CEO Gene Cassidy and Captain of Public Safety Johnny Ramirez were each recognized with the Patriot Award for their commitment to supporting military personnel and veterans. A representative from the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) visited the Eastern States Exposition last Friday to present Cassidy and Ramirez with the award. The Patriot Award is bestowed upon employers who support military employees by offering flexible schedules and time off based on deployment. Holyoke unveils mural downtown to honor community leader Ramirez and Cassidy were nominated by ESE's Sergeant of Safety and Security, Christopher Thompson. Thompson has served in the military for over 28 years, with experience in both the Navy and Air Force. 'I want to thank you for putting my name in for nomination,' Cassidy said. 'Eastern States Exposition does not conscientiously think about these things. We do it by nature. In my office, I have a trophy that was once presented to our founder, Joshua Loring Brooks, in 1919, because of what he did to support the war efforts during the First World War. So, the history of Eastern States Exposition is not lost on me now.' During the reception, Cassidy signed a statement of support to affirm his continued commitment to actively serving military and veterans, which will be displayed in the Brooks Building on the ESE grounds. The Eastern States Exposition offers Military Appreciation Day on the first day of The Big E every year, granting free admission to all active-duty and retired military personnel and their dependents. Resources are provided throughout the fair for counseling, benefits, medical treatment, and other essentials. This year, Military Appreciation Day will be on September 12. WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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21-05-2025
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Warning: Schemers posing as West Springfield police chief demand money
WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The West Springfield Police Department is warning the public of an ongoing phone scheme that has been taking place the last few days. Busta Rhymes and Rick Ross coming to The Big E to perform on opening weekend The scheme involves victims receiving phone calls from a cloaked number that appears as the West Springfield Police Department's business line of 413-263-3210. The schemer tells the victim that they are Chief Jay Gearing of the West Springfield Police Department and that they need to send $11,000 in cash to an address using UPS. The schemer then threatens to send officers to the victim's residence and have them arrested if they do not comply with the order. These phone calls are schemes. If you receive a call like this, call the West Springfield Police Department at 413-263-3210. WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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13-05-2025
- Business
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Sparking interest, powering growth: Manufacturing tech show fills Big E
WEST SPRINGFIELD — A robot worked away, sorting and stacking tubes of lip balm Tuesday before an appreciative crowd at the Manufacturing Technology Series East 2025 trade show taking over The Big E this week. The movements were meant to mimic industrial applications on a factory floor, said Kyle Richard, vice president of business development for Elm Electrical in Westfield, which sells and installs systems like this for automation-hungry manufacturers. But the robot comes from Japan and might be subject to a 24% tariff in July under the Trump administration's new trade policy. It adds up quickly when the machine costs $30,000, Richard said. But companies are still interested in new technology. 'Because that's how you deal with the workforce issues,' he said. Topics like trade, developing a new workforce in an industry with aging demographics, new markets in medical devices, aerospace, as well as labor-saving technology, including digital manufacturing and artificial intelligence, were all top of mind at the show. 'Manufacturing likes consistency,' said Dave Morton, nonprofit SME's group director of the Manufacturing Technology Series. 'Manufacturing likes predictability.' SME expected to welcome 500 exhibiting companies and 10,000 or more attendees to the Eastern States Exposition Grounds today, Wednesday and Thursday. Machines, some costing hundreds of thousands of dollars, filled the 129,000-square-foot Mallary Complex, which is used for livestock shows during the annual Big E fair. Manufacturing Technology Series exhibitors filled the Better Living Center, Young and Stroh buildings, and outdoor spaces, too. Some of the highlights on display: A plasma cutter that reached a temperature of 50,000 degrees, cutting metal. There were high-tech vacuum cleaners, too. One vendor explained to high school students how their company made parts for the new all-electric 2025 Volkswagen ID. Buzz van. The show, which happens every other year, formerly was called Eastec. Eastec began in 1981 as the Hartford Tool Show. SME first brought it to West Springfield, because the Whalers made the NHL playoffs that year, and the tool show couldn't take over what was then called the Civic Center. Today, it thrives, servicing the network of small manufacturers that fanned out from the once-bustling Springfield Armory and grew with the help of Pioneer Valley colleges and universities, and the local workforce. 'This is important geography for us,' Morton said. The crowd included more than 100 high school students from the Springfield area, participating in the Bright Minds Student Summit. The students went from booth to booth, learning about products and technologies, and taking short quizzes. In fact, for at least one student, what started off as just a field trip for the day began to pique an interest. 'To come here and see all this technology is interesting,' said Maysin Whitehead, a 10th grader from Springfield Central High School. Engineering fascinated him, he said. It's hard to attract young people into manufacturing. That's one reason companies push hands-free technology, replacing the need for workers with automation. Brian Such, president and COO of Marubeni Citizen-Cincom, a manufacturer and retailer of highly precise CNC machines with a local office in Agawam, held a freshly made stainless steel screw in his hand. The machine takes feed stock, or a raw material, that's yards long and gradually transforms it into small, identical products. Marubeni Citizen-Cincom's local customers includes Smith & Wesson. The finished screw is about inch-and-a-half long and about an eighth of an inch across, with a hole up the middle. It's a surgical screw that would be used to fasten human bone. 'It has to be perfect. It has to be pretty,' said Such. 'Because it is going to fix you.' Read the original article on MassLive.
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25-04-2025
- Business
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Former USS Enterprise being prepared for finale tow
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — Final preparations are underway at Newport News Shipbuilding to prepare for the departure of the longest — and quite possibly one of the most long lived and prosperous — naval vessel ever built. Tuesday, Newport News Shipbuilding President Kari Wilkinson shared that an aircraft elevator had moved for the final time on board the former USS Enterprise (CVN65.) The ship, which also happens to be the Navy's first nuclear aircraft carrier, is slated to be dismantled in the next few years. The elevators, used to move aircraft from the hangar bay to the flight deck, are being permanently attached to the flight deck in preparation for the ships move to the yet to be announced shipyard that'll complete the work. Built between 1958-1961 by Newport News Shipbuilding, the ship, also known as 'The Big E,' served for more than 50 years before being decommissioned in 2017. While a final tow date has yet to be announced, HII has already announced that some steel has already been cut in order to be apart of the next Enterprise (CVN80.) Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
