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By Scott Merzbach
HOLYOKE — More than 1,300 students age 25 and older attend Holyoke Community College, where the Itsy Bitsy child watch center, the Homestead Market and the Adult Learning Center are among the offerings aimed at improving their educational careers.With...
By JAMES PENTLAND
HOLYOKE — University of Massachusetts researchers have landed a $1.1M grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to research ways to help lower-income households and neighborhoods make the transition to a clean-energy future.Residential buildings...
HATFIELD — The town’s Comprehensive Plan Committee invites the local community to a “Flood Tour” event Wednesday, Aug. 23, from 5 to 7 p.m. beginning at the corner of Maple and Prospect streets.Water resources and climate change specialist Rich Niles,...
AMHERSTRobert S. Lennen and Julia S. Lennen to Minou E. Sadeghi and Charissa M. Melnik, 14 Autumn Ln, Lot 14, $415,000Joyce C. Archer RET and Paul D. Archer to Hazel V. Cardozo, 3 Burgundy Ln, Lot 3, $475,000Sarah Mckee to Bowen Lei, 9 Chadwick Ct,...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
HOLYOKE — An Air Force veteran who served the United States from 1950 to 1954, Dennis Thresher was at the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke when he contracted COVID in 2020, was hospitalized with the illness four times and died from pneumonia in January...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
HOLYOKE — Politicians, hospital executives and local residents celebrated the new Valley Springs Behavioral Health Hospital on Monday, which is expected to provide some much-needed support for mental health services in the region when it opens in...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — A Northampton attorney is pursuing damages against the city and a potential lawsuit against the Northampton Police Department on behalf of a Holyoke woman who was arrested and pepper-sprayed by police in April after being pulled over for...
Last week my family attended a fabulous concert at Gateway City Arts in Holyoke. It was the 50th anniversary tour of Stormin’ Norman and Suzy, a bluesy duo we had seen many times in New York City years ago. I was sad to hear however that Gateway was...
Staff reports
Game 3 will decide the NECBL quarterfinal series between the Valley Blue Sox and Bristol Blues after Bristol starter Jagger Duquette threw a two-hit shutout in a 5-0 win Tuesday in Connecticut.The No. 3 Blue Sox took the opening game Monday but...
By HANNAH BEVIS
HOLYOKE – The last two regular season games between the Bristol Blues and the Valley Blue Sox both ended in ties. It would have been folly to believe their first postseason matchup could have been anything different. The No. 3 Blue Sox and No. 6...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
The Valley Blue Sox clinched a playoff berth with a 12-6 road win over the Danbury Westerners on Thursday in Connecticut.Christopher Willis drove in three runs on two hits for the Blue Sox. Matthew Bergevin homered among his two hits and had two RBIs,...
What a wake-up call. As reported in the New York Times front page article July 17, Big Orange plans to become America’s first dictator if he manages to corrupt the election process in 2024 [“Trump and Allies Forge Plans to Increase Presidential Power...
HOLYOKE — A second Holyoke man is being held without the right to bail for his alleged role in the murder of a Chicopee man on Lyman Street on May 13.Ryan Navarro, 29, was arraigned Wednesday in Holyoke District Court on a charge of murder in the...
By KERRY DUMBAUGH
Having just passed the first anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision to restrict abortion access, it is worth considering Anthony Comstock’s terrible legacy of doing more to restrict American women’s reproductive rights than anyone...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
Holyoke’s Dante Whitley was one of six Massachusetts seniors that received a college scholarship from Boston Celtics forward Grant Williams.Williams partnered with the organization MENTOR and formed a group mentoring program with young men of color...
Staff reports
A host of Hampshire County athletes represented western Massachusetts in Massachusetts Baseball Coaches Association All-Star games last week.In the West Central Senior All-Star Game, Hampshire Regional’s Edward Przybyla had a hit, stole two bases and...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
HOLYOKE – The seventh inning turned Thursday’s Valley Blue Sox home opener against the Bristol Blues at MacKenzie Stadium from a pitcher’s duel to a blowout.The Blue Sox only trailed by one run after six innings, but the visitors stacked seven runs...
Hopkins students recognized by Junior AchievementHADLEY — Students at Hopkins Academy in Hadley and Holyoke High School are among those recognized by Junior Achievement’s 18 Under 18 Class of 2023.Eleventh graders Veronica Colon, who attends Holyoke...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
HOLYOKE — For Christina Royal, the power to help students realize their full potential is just like magic. In front of a group of former graduates, state dignitaries and city officials gathered at Holyoke Community College last week to bid Royal...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
HOLYOKE — A tradition calls for the Massachusetts governor to hang a framed portrait of a predecessor over the fireplace in the governor’s ceremonial office at the State House, joining the numerous paintings, mostly of white men, lining the...
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