Stephen Fay, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Rebecca Fricke, general manager of Wildwood Cemetery in Amherst, looks at the gravesite of Mabel Loomis Todd, an important figure in Amherst history who is included on a historical tour at the cemetery.

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Amherst graveyard project bringing past to present

by Stephen Fay For the GazetteJanuary 4, 2022

AMHERST — Paulo Coelho, an immensely successful Brazilian novelist, has a gloomy take on the end of life.“Whenever someone dies,” he said, “a part of the universe dies too. Everything a person felt, experienced and saw dies with them.”Or not.An…

The Lady Liberty statue and Civil War monument in Holyoke Veterans Memorial Park was dedicated on July 4, 1876. The city has received $50,000 in state funding for its restoration.

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‘They’ll never be forgotten’: Restoration of Holyoke War Memorial gets $50K boost from state

by Stephen Fay For the GazetteNovember 4, 2021

Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School sophomore and volunteer Jack Hennemann slides boxes of sorted books across the cafetorium stage on Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, where they had been stored temporarily in advance of the League of Women Voters of the Northampton Area book sale on Saturday. The Northampton LWV did not have a sale last year but this year the selection encompasses about 17,000 volumes. In 2022 the Northampton chapter will celebrate the 100th anniversary of its founding.

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‘Best ever’ annual book sale brings in $11,300 for League of Women Voters

by Stephen Fay For the GazetteSeptember 26, 2021

Piper Matt O’Connor leads a procession of South Hadley police officers, Firefighters, and Boy and Girl Scouts during the 9/11 20th anniversary remembrance ceremony on Saturday morning at the town common in South Hadley.

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South Hadley ceremony honors the heroes who died on 9/11

by Stephen Fay For the GazetteSeptember 12, 2021

Dave’s Natural Garden business manager Meghan Hastings, right, talks about growing cucumbers in a greenhouse during a tour of the Granby farm for about 20 people, including state representatives Lindsay Sabadosa, left, and Dan Carey on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. Dave’s is one of 13 local farms taking part in the Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture Senior FarmShare program.

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A bumper crop of goodwill: CISA’s farm-fresh food program for seniors building community

by Stephen Fay For the GazetteSeptember 10, 2021

Nancy Condon, an interpreter with the state Department of Conservation and Recreation, describes to a tour group last week the function of Holyoke’s canal system during the heyday of the city’s mill economy.

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‘The Water City?’: Water continues to energize Holyoke

by Stephen Fay For the GazetteAugust 5, 2021

Mount Tom Memorial Committee Chairman Bob Cahillane of Northampton delivers opening remarks at the 75th Anniversary Ceremony of the B-17 crash at Mount Tom, Saturday, in Holyoke.

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‘Imbued with meaning’: 75 years later, B-17 crash victims honored at Mount Tom ceremony

by Stephen Fay For the GazetteJuly 11, 2021

Holyoke twin sisters Angela, left, and Thamarre Laroche, whose first language was Haitian Creole when they entered the E.N. White Elementary School 13 years ago, are bound for Howard University in Washington, D.C.

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Holyoke twins’ ‘Two-ition’ fund nears $30K in donations

by Stephen Fay For the GazetteJune 28, 2021

Thamarre (left) and Angela Laroche of Holyoke are all smiles Thursday before graduation exercises that evening. Angela was class salutatorian. Both sisters earned high honors at Paulo Freire Social Justice Charter School in Chicopee.

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From Haiti to Howard: Holyoke twins land 4-year scholarships

by Stephen Fay For the GazetteJune 4, 2021

South Hadley High School senior Moira McDermott is crowned Grand Colleen of the 2020 Holyoke St. Patrick's Parade by Grand Marshall John Driscoll as 2019 Grand Colleen Lauren Dulude, right, watches. The St. Patrick's Committee of Holyoke Coronation Ball was held at the Log Cabin Banquet and Meeting House in Holyoke on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020.

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This year’s Holyoke Colleens to reign over 2021 St. Patrick’s Parade

by Stephen Fay For the GazetteMarch 24, 2020