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By PATRICK O’CONNOR
We need to differentiate between general bad behavior in youth sports and outright racism.Yes, some parents and coaches lose their composure, behaving poorly at games. But that’s not what our Holyoke athletes are facing.In the past two weeks, the...
By SAMUEL GELINAS
HOLYOKE — Driving down Interstate 91, said U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, “you see the phoenix rising from the ashes,” referring to a long-awaited new home for area veterans that’s been under construction for the last 451 days.Neal admired the progress being...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
Even as about a third of eligible voters in the region and across the state have already cast their ballots in the presidential election, many more voters are expected to come out to the polls on Tuesday to decide national, state and local races, as...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
NORTHAMPTON — Still recovering from a devastating fire that destroyed its barn and farm store at 7 Carver St., Red Fire Farm in Granby is receiving $500,000 from the state’s Farm Security Infrastructure Grant program, money that will go some of the...
By DR. DAVID GOTTSEGEN
As a pediatrician, I not infrequently try to help children who have been bullied. I’ve learned that the bully on the schoolyard — just like bullies at work, or in government — depend on the work of flying monkeys to maintain their power.It’s weirdly...
By SAMUEL GELINAS
HOLYOKE — The end is officially in sight for state receivership of Holyoke’s public schools, a significant achievement that advocates of local control say will have enormous positive impacts on students, educators and families for years to come. The...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
NORTHAMPTON — Pedestrian safety and utility infrastructure improvements totaling $4.4 million for an affordable housing development in Easthampton, $1.94 million to build a new roundabout in Amherst at the edge of the University of Massachusetts...
By MIKE MORAN
HOLYOKE — Springfield Central senior Ja’Cyion Cox returned the opening kickoff 75 yards for a touchdown and the Golden Eagles cruised from there to beat Holyoke, 62-0, Friday night at the Roberts Sports Complex.“They deserve all the accolades that...
By Staff Report
HOLYOKE — A nearly $5 million award from the Healey-Driscoll administration will establish a Quantum Computing Complex at the Massachusetts Green High-Performance Computing Center in Holyoke, an intercollegiate joint venture of the University of...
By EMILEE KLEIN
HOLYOKE — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren toured the Holyoke Health Center on Thursday afternoon to meet with health care professionals and trainees who will benefit from the $1 million she helped secure in March to begin a workforce training facility....
By SCOTT MERZBACH
NORTHAMPTON — Superior Court Associate Justice Francis E. “Frank” Flannery, appointed to the bench in 2018 after a more than 20-year career that included serving as assistant district attorney in the Northwestern district attorney’s office, died over...
By SAMUEL GELINAS
HOLYOKE — “The whole athletic landscape is changing,” says Tom Stewart, director of athletics at Holyoke Community College, as he spoke about HCC’s newest sports team — of video gamers.Now that facilities and a coach have been secured, HCC is gearing...
Recent events suggest that if Donald Trump is elected president in November, he will use the power of the U.S. government to reach into the lives of private Americans — citizens, businesses, news outlets, anyone — to inflict federal punishment on them...
I have to say that Bill Newman’s column “The day of decision nears” [Gazette, Oct. 11] is an absolute gem and a must read. His cogent, compelling, factual, and holistic column is more persuasive than anything I have read in any national publication or...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
NORTHAMPTON — Repair and removal of existing dams in Hampshire and Franklin counties, along with improvements to Holyoke’s levee control system and repairs to the pump station, are being supported by more than $1.04 million from the state’s Executive...
Perugia Press Prize winnerPerugia Press, a Florence-based feminist poetry micro press, recently announced that the book “Daughter of Three Gone Kingdoms” by Joan Kwon Glass is the winner of their Perugia Press Prize, which honors poetry books written...
By EMILEE KLEIN
SOUTH HADLEY — The large tower atop Mount Holyoke College’s Clapp Laboratory is named after the people whose fundraising efforts paid for a majority of the building a century ago — the students.The “blue lions” of a century ago raised thousands of...
The Holyoke Hockey Club, a new community-based youth hockey program, announced overwhelming success for its first registration period. The initial goal was to enroll 40 children, but due to unprecedented interest, 54 young players registered, with an...
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...
Richard Neal has been in office since 1989, when “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” was playing in movie theaters, “Seinfeld” debuted, and Madonna was topping the charts.Let’s hope 2024 is Mr. Neal’s last crusade. It’s high time for someone new and...
Last group to play Iron Horse before pandemic to returnNORTHAMPTON — Celtic rock band Dicey Riley, the last group to play at the Iron Horse just as the pandemic was shutting down local businesses, will return to the newly-reopened venue on Tuesday...
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