Riverside Industries awarded for efforts By MAGGIE SHADER Staff Writer [ This story appeared in 'The Summit' - A weekly section for Easthampton, Southampton and Westhampton ] [ Originally published on: Thursday, October 20, 2005 ] EASTHAMPTON – Behind the brick facade and quiet windows at One Cottage Street is a thriving nonprofit organization that...
Daily Hampshire Gazette June 26. 2001 By MEG A. FARRELL, Staff Writer Riverside given highest award Tuesday, June 26, 2001 — (EASTHAMPTON) – Riverside Industries, Inc. was awarded the highest certificate given to a human service agency in western Massachusetts last week, for the third consecutive time. The state Department of Mental Retardation’s Office of...
from Daily Hampshire Gazette January 15, 1999 Riverside programs get accreditation Riverside Industries has again received a three-year accreditation for its personal and social community programs. It marks the seventh straight year the company has received such honors. Riverside, located at One Cottage Street, was awarded accreditation by the Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission (CARF) for its...
By SUZANNE WILSON Jeff Mathers of Williamsburg is working at Riverside Industries, Inc., in Easthampton, preparing himself for a job in the community (JUNE 6) — Jeff Mathers has been thinking about what kind of job he might like. He’s thought about working in a grocery store, stocking shelves. He’s wondered about learning to use...
By Suzanne Wilson (6/6/97) — At two company-wide meetings last winter, Richard Carlson, director of operations at Chartpak in Leeds, talked about a new group of people that would soon be starting work “We talked about what these people would be doing and the types of personalities involved — that some would be physically and...