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‘I can be them one day’: Mount Holyoke hosts second annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day clinic
02-08-2025 7:04 PM

By GARRETT COTE

SOUTH HADLEY — Wide eyes, wide smiles and the sound of large groups of children running around filled the Kendall Sports and Dance Complex on the campus of Mount Holyoke College Saturday afternoon.

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Holyoke eyes new signs downtown, will hold forum to gather ideas from public
02-09-2025 8:55 AM

By SAMUEL GELINAS

HOLYOKE — The city’s director of planning and economic development believes the time is right to invest in new wayfinding signage downtown, as part of a broader “refresh” reflecting a changing part of the city.


Accident snarls I-91N traffic Thursday morning
01-30-2025 2:07 PM

HOLYOKE — Traffic slowed to a crawl along Interstate 91 North between Holyoke and Northampton for several hours Thursday morning after a crash in Holyoke involving a tractor-trailer and a car.


Holyoke Country Club fined $19K by state for air poolution control, storage tank violations
01-30-2025 1:14 PM

By SAMUEL GELINAS

HOLYOKE — Holyoke Country Club is facing $19,000 in state fines for air pollution control and storage tank violations at its property at 2 Country Club Road.


Treasurer no longer an elected post in Holyoke after Tuesday’s special election
01-29-2025 12:31 PM

By SAMUEL GELINAS

HOLYOKE — For the first time in the city’s 175-year history, the mayor and City Council will have power over the city’s treasurer after voters at a special election on Tuesday agreed to change the position to appointed from elected.


Mount Holyoke student from Nigeria named Schwarzman Scholar
01-27-2025 4:38 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — It took a leap of faith for Mount Holyoke student Diamond Abiakalam-Chinagorom to commit to a historically women’s college in bucolic Massachusetts an ocean away from her home in bustling Lagos, Nigeria.


In announcing bid for a second term, Holyoke Mayor Garcia says ‘work is far from over’
01-22-2025 3:16 PM

By SAMUEL GELINAS

HOLYOKE — Saying that serving as mayor has been the greatest honor of his life, Joshua Garcia intends to seek a second term this fall.


Celia Miller: Take the Polar Plunge
01-20-2025 10:09 AM

This is going out to lovers of the outdoors, marathoners, long-distance bikers, and polar plungers. And to those who wish to express their love and solidarity for Palestinians in the Occupied Territories.


Warming centers in region open as cold front enters
01-19-2025 3:44 PM

By Staff Report

Several communities in the region are opening warming centers for the first part of this week, as a cold front swoops in on the heels of a snowstorm Sunday night.


‘Keep on Pushing’: MLK remembered at breakfast, but speaker highlights need to address division in America
01-19-2025 3:37 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

HOLYOKE — For Shannon Rudder, the theme of civil rights in the year 2025 could be summed up with a Curtis Mayfield song: “Keep on Pushing.”


Boys basketball: Holyoke moves to 8-0 following 65-49 win over Northampton (PHOTOS)
01-14-2025 10:07 PM

By GARRETT COTE

HOLYOKE — It didn’t take a Chauncey Ruiz buzzer beater or an overtime thriller for the Holyoke boys basketball team to defeat Northampton on Tuesday night like it has needed in previous games this season, but the Purple Knights did have to dig deep after going the first three and a half minutes of the fourth quarter without a point.


Bevy of events on tap to honor MLK’s legacy
01-14-2025 1:20 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

Area residents will have an opportunity to celebrate the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., both in the lead up to the Jan. 20 holiday and during a National Day of Service on Monday, as well as participate in the National Day of Racial Healing the following day.


Holyoke treasurer hopes to be fired, urges voters at special election to make position an appointed one
01-13-2025 4:25 PM

By SAMUEL GELINAS

HOLYOKE – City Treasurer Rory Casey is making the case for voters ahead of a Jan. 28 special election that he should be fired.


Colleges notebook: Mount Holyoke College basketball team on a 4-game winning streak
01-10-2025 4:23 PM

By GARRETT COTE

For the first time in 13 years, the Mount Holyoke College women’s basketball team has a winning streak longer than three games.


Arts Briefs: ‘Rent’ actors in Amherst, Grunge Brunch at Iron Horse, and more
01-08-2025 1:39 PM

A ‘Rent’ reunionRentheads, rejoice! Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp (who played Roger and Mark, respectively, in the movie adaptation of the Broadway musical) will perform together at the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Bowker Auditorium on Friday,...


‘Tireless’ chief takes helm: City swears in Brian Keenan to lead its police force
01-07-2025 5:43 PM

By SAMUEL GELINAS

HOLYOKE — After returning from a recent trip to Israel, state Sen. John Velis found himself unable to sleep. So to burn off some energy he headed to what he expected would be an empty gym at 4 a.m.“What do I see? The good captain, benching,” recalled...


Area briefs: Holiday tree collection event in Northampton; ‘STILL Singing’ at A.P.E. Gallery; Holyoke’s police chief swearing in; Author to talk retirement at Amherst Books
01-05-2025 11:01 AM

Annual holiday tree collection eventNORTHAMPTON — The Department of Public Works will collect holiday trees for recylcing on Saturday, Jan. 11, from 9 a.m. to noon. Trees should be brought to the front, right parking lot of Smith Vocational and...


Recognizing ‘Lil San Juan’: New Puerto Rican Cultural District in Holyoke is nation’s second
01-03-2025 5:55 PM

By SAMUEL GELINAS

HOLYOKE — In the 1950s, Holyoke’s first Puerto Rican migrants met a city trending toward a has-been industrial powerhouse that didn’t offer the same economic opportunities their French, Irish and Polish neighbors experienced when they moved to the...


Open Square lands $2.5M grant for 84 housing units in Holyoke
12-21-2024 1:15 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HOLYOKE — Open Square, the net zero energy, mixed-use development spread across seven mill buildings, is getting a $2.5 million infusion from the state’s Housing Development Incentive Program for constructing 84 housing units.The award for the...


Get a whiff of this: ‘Flora & Fromage’ unites nature, art and food for an olfactory party in the Paper City
12-18-2024 2:27 PM

By CAROLYN BROWN

When the weather outside is frightful, warming up indoors, surrounded by plants, food, art and live music, is so delightful.Such is the idea behind Flora & Fromage, an upcoming plant-themed art and food experience at Mill 1 in Holyoke on Saturday,...


Tattered, but still standing: Syrians, experts in Hampshire County reflect on Assad regime’s fall, look to future
12-16-2024 4:25 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

HOLYOKE — Youssef Ahmed Sabbagh remembers little about growing up under Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime, but the details he can recall are memories he’d rather forget.“I used to hear and see missiles, bullets and explosives,” said Sabbagh, a...

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