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HCC awarded $832K to train clean energy workforce
06-21-2024 1:50 PM

Staff Report

 HOLYOKE — Holyoke Community College has been awarded an $832,000 state grant to help train workers for clean energy sector jobs.The two-year grant, announced earlier this month, is part of an overall $3.4 million allocation from the Healey-Driscoll...

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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.


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.


Photos: Big-hearted wrestlers make Holyoke boy’s day
12-10-2024 4:05 PM


Holyoke mayor urges caution after student hit by car Friday
09-27-2024 6:38 PM

By Staff Report

HOLYOKE — A 12-year-old girl was struck by a car on Main Street as she walked to school early Friday morning, prompting Mayor Joshua A. Garcia to remind the public of safety guidelines that can help prevent such tragedies.The mayor’s office said the...


Grand marshal tapped for Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade
08-14-2024 1:53 PM

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...


The bikes are rolling again: Grounded since spring of 2023, ValleyBike is officially back in business
08-12-2024 5:32 PM

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...


Kestrel, towns reach milestone in effort to conserve 1,000 acres in three communities
08-08-2024 2:43 PM

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...


Search for Holyoke police chief ramps up, listening session set for Aug. 27
07-31-2024 3:18 PM

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...


Playing catch-up on housing: Affordable projects in pipeline around Valley as gap keeps growing
07-12-2024 4:59 PM

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...


Developer secures $2M for High Street apartments in Holyoke
07-06-2024 4:00 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

HOLYOKE — Urbanist Development has secured $2 million through the state’s Housing Development Incentive Program (HDIP) for the construction of 19 new apartments on High Street. The Wrights Block development resides on one of the oldest contiguous...


New middle school in Holyoke reaches construction milestone
06-25-2024 12:48 PM

HOLYOKE — The city marked the next milestone in its construction of a new two-story, 107,475-square-foot middle school on Monday with a “topping-off” ceremony. That’s when the highest steel beam signed by key stakeholders is placed atop the...


Photos: Going out in style
06-20-2024 9:07 AM


Leading lights: Four Hampshire County women receive state honor as ‘heroines’
06-14-2024 5:48 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

Four Hampshire County women are being recognized for the remarkable work they have done to support their communities throughout the years. Alisa Klein, Henia Lewin, Mildred Lefebvre and Amanda Milazzo have each been nominated by their respective state...


D-Day hero: Holyoke native honored as only chaplain killed during initial days of Normandy invasion
06-07-2024 5:04 PM

By SAMUEL GELINAS

SOUTH HADLEY — “No greater love.”That phrase stands out prominently at the grave of the Rev. Capt. Ignatius Maternowski, a Holyoke native who died 80 years ago on D-Day, June 6, 1944. The Purple Heart recipient and candidate for sainthood was the only...


Federal funds heading to Amherst, Holyoke for purchase of more than two dozen electric school buses
06-05-2024 5:50 PM

By Alexa Lewis

School districts in Amherst and Holyoke are well on their way to transporting students to and from school in buses that run entirely on clean energy.The two districts were among 17 in Massachusetts to secure portions of $42 million in federal funding...


Valley social justice groups land funding for efforts to help incarcerated people, those seeking asylum
05-28-2024 4:03 PM

By Alexa Lewis

Three Pioneer Valley social justice organizations have been awarded funding to expand their missions that range from seeking the release of incarcerated people to helping individuals undergoing asylum cases.The Decarcerate Western Massachusetts...


U.S. Rep. Neal scopes out new veterans home
04-03-2024 5:18 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

HOLYOKE — Congressman Richard Neal often frequented the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke years ago to visit his grandfather and uncle — the latter of whom served in the Korean War for exactly one year, one month and one day — and witnessed firsthand the...


Holyoke schools on path out of state receivership
03-26-2024 4:24 PM

By Sam Drysdale

HOLYOKE — Almost a decade after the state took control of Holyoke Public Schools through the controversial and rarely used receivership model, the district is now on the path back to local control.The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education...


Youth nonprofit Pa’lante moves forward with new digs in Holyoke
03-20-2024 5:14 PM

By JAMES PENTLAND

HOLYOKE — A community nonprofit focused on youth organizing and transformative justice is moving forward with space for everyone in its own three-story home.Providing a drop-in center and secure hangout space for teens, Pa’lante is also on “a mission...


St. Patrick’s Day Photos: A Great Day for Green
03-17-2024 5:12 PM

HOLYOKE — For the 71st year, thousands celebrated all things Irish by participating in the Holyoke St. Patrick’s Day parade on Sunday. Gazette reporter Alexander MacDougall captured these images from the annual event.

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