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 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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

HOLYOKE — Paper City is expected to turn into a sea of green this weekend, with Holyoke’s storied St. Patrick’s Day festivities set to draw thousands of attendees.The events begin on Saturday with 47th annual Holyoke St. Patrick’s 10K Road Race, with...

By BOB FLAHERTY

HOLYOKE — X-21. For 82 years, that’s what a Holyoke Navy man’s remains were known as. But on Saturday morning, thanks to the doggedness of a retired police chief from Texas and something about the sailor’s teeth, Merle Hillman, pharmacist’s mate 2nd...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

HOLYOKE — The theme for this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Breakfast in Holyoke — “unselfish love” — is one that the late pastor and civil rights icon would likely would have strongly supported.Gina Nelson, president of the Council of...