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Free tuition: New state program is helping adults attend community college
11-13-2023 8:50 PM

By SOPHIE HAUCK

HOLYOKE — On the Leslie Phillips Theater stage at Holyoke Community College, Matthew Haughton plays a man attempting to outrun his past — a theme familiar for the 32-year-old Springfield native, who returned to college this fall more than 10 years...

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Helping people past brain injury barriers: Strive Clinic trains people with assistive technologies
10-17-2023 6:01 PM

By SOPHIE HAUCK

HOLYOKE — Mel Hearne sustained a spinal cord injury in 2004 that left her paralyzed and unable to speak. For 17 years, she answered yes or no questions by raising her eyebrows for “yes,” and rolling her eyes back and forth for “no.”Today she “speaks”...


UMass, USGS researchers get grant to test out new fish ladder
09-22-2023 4:06 PM

By SOPHIE HAUCK

AMHERST — Researchers at the University of Massachusetts and U.S. Geological Survey are teaming up to address the impact of hydropower installations on fish migration patterns, thanks to a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy they...


Holyoke School Committee seeks end to state receivership of school district 
09-20-2023 5:52 PM

By SOPHIE HAUCK

HOLYOKE — The Holyoke School Committee voted unanimously to petition state Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley to release the city’s public schools from state receivership during a special meeting on Monday night.All eight committee members appeared...


UMass Amherst dining takes top honors again
08-16-2023 12:43 PM

By SOPHIE HAUCK

AMHERST — The University of Massachusetts Amherst has won bragging rights for having the best campus food in the country for the seventh consecutive time, the Princeton Review determined, based on feedback from college students across the country.The...


A unifying voice: Amherst fifth graders testify in unison at state capital hearing in favor of bag ban
06-19-2023 3:52 PM

By SOPHIE HAUCK

BOSTON — What started as a campaign against single-use plastic at Crocker Farm Elementary School became a lesson in political advocacy for fifth graders Nina Hirschberg and Bailey Millay, who testified on Beacon Hill in support of anti-plastic...


Enviro advocates want Massachusetts to follow the lead of 150-plus municipalities and ban single-use plastic bags
06-19-2023 3:51 PM

By SOPHIE HAUCK

BOSTON — Time’s up for single-use plastics. Or at least that remains the hope of representatives from 10 environmental organizations who gathered last week on Beacon Hill to promote bills that would ban the distribution of plastic shopping bags at...


Championing sustainability: Earth Day Extravaganza highlights a farmer’s market, flagship’s effort at carbon neutrality
04-24-2023 6:29 PM

By SOPHIE HAUCK

AMHERST — Next time you’re hankering for a smoothie, how about hopping on a bike?Of the many activities to mark Earth Day late last week on the University of Massachusetts flagship campus, the bike-making smoothie had to rank among the most...


UMass sleep-in protests housing shortage
04-15-2023 8:26 AM

By SOPHIE HAUCK

AMHERST — University of Massachusetts students erected a makeshift residential area next to the campus pond Thursday evening to protest a shortage of on-campus housing, pitching tents and arranging blankets for the overnight encampment ahead.More than...

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