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By SCOTT MERZBACH
HOLYOKE — A former Holyoke city councilor who joined the Russian Army earlier this year, leaving the United States after facing felony child pornography possession charges in Rhode Island, is shown stating, in Russian, “victory will be ours,” in a new...
By EMILEE KLEIN
With the announcement last week that the Free Application for Federal Student Aid for the 2025-2026 year will open to all students on Dec. 1 — two months later than the usual rollout date — Hampshire College has begun to prepare for another financial...
HOLYOKE – City native James M. Lavelle will serve as grand marshal of the Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade next spring, the highest local honor given to a person who has distinguished themselves as a loyal person to their career, their family and to their...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — Bike riders in the Pioneer Valley are once again able to use the ValleyBike Share system, with transportation stations reopening from Amherst to Springfield after being shut down for more than a year.The city of Northampton held a grand...
HOLYOKE — The city is contracting with a public policy consultant to help initiate a formal policy that would ask tax-exempt property owners to make payments in lieu of taxes, also known as a PILOT.Mayor Joshua A. Garcia notes that Holyoke is home to...
By DANIELLE DELLAQUILA
I wanted to take a second to explain why I’m so passionate about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. becoming our next president. I know the news media tries to discount him, but I also know how much your generation cares about our country, so please hear me out.I...
By ALEXA LEWIS
SOUTHAMPTON — An ongoing effort to preserve 1,000 acres for environmental protection in Southampton, Westhampton and Montgomery reached a major milestone this month by acquiring an initial 387 acres. The Mountain Waters Project is a collaboration...
Northampton’s Salsa in the Park 2024 season NORTHAMPTON — Salsa in the Park kicks off next week, featuring salsa, bachata, merengue and cumbia at Pulaski Park in downtown Northampton. Salsa in the Park features McCoy Jamison, a renowned dance...
HOLYOKE — Police Chief David Pratt wrapped up his 31-year career with the Holyoke Police Department on Wednesday, opening the door for a new chief in the coming weeks.A search committee charged with evaluating candidates for the position and then...
By CONNOR PIGNATELLO
Nine-year old little leaguers batting against Holyoke Hospital in the early 2000s faced an impossible situation.Hit the ball to second base, and it was vacuumed up by Isan Diaz, who debuted for the Miami Marlins in 2019 and played four seasons in the...
By PATRICK O’CONNOR
One way to reduce the cycle of violence we see in cities like Holyoke is to call attention to the fact that poverty — and the violence it breeds — is not caused by people who live in poverty.It’s caused by people who have the power to invest in areas...
By EMILEE KLEIN
HOLYOKE — All children deserve the best and nothing less. That’s the message LaTasha Monroe, a hip-hop artist from Springfield who performs under the name Mz. Tash, celebrates in the theme song she wrote for Parent Villages, a Springfield grassroots...
There are migrant families sleeping on mats in the international terminal at Logan Airport, and as reported in the Boston Globe, Gov. Maura Healey said that a man accused of a recent migrant crime entered the U.S. through a federal program. We are a...
By ALEXA LEWIS
Thousands of new affordable housing units will be built in western Massachusetts in the next few years, but local housing advocates say this still will not be enough to meet the massive regional demand for housing relief.The lack of affordable housing...
HOLYOKE — A man who police say was involved in a shooting Thursday afternoon that damaged the City Hall Annex building faces a raft of weapons and drug charges following his arrest soon after the shooting.Hector Rivera, no age given, of Holyoke was...
By PAIGE HANSON
For the first time in two years, The Friends of Mount Holyoke Range have returned the Summit House Sunset Concert Series to its namesake, Skinner State Park’s historic Summit House. The Summit House, which sits at a 935-foot elevation on top of Mount...
By PAIGE HANSON
On July 22, the Wistariahurst Museum will open a new retrospective exhibit, “Wistariahurst at 150: Reflections of the Museum.”“This exhibit looks at Wistariahurst’s history as a building in the City of Holyoke — first as a family home; then as a...
Staff Report
HOLYOKE — One man is in custody, and another has been identified but was at large in the wake of a shootout Thursday at 1:45 p.m. near High Street and Worcester Place, the mayor’s office reported.Police said five shots were fired in the exchange. Two...
I read Joe Gannon’s July 4 column [“Broken political infrastructure on display”] with considerable empathy. While I share his pain traveling up and down I-95, I have to say that help is on the way for improving our physical infrastructure.The vastly...
Like a dream come true I read with such joy the article, “Like a dream come true” [Gazette, July 5], about the 55 new American citizens who pledged an oath to support and defend the Constitution. This happened within a week of our Supreme Court...
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