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By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — South Hadley will expand its urban canopy over the next two years through the Environmental Justice Tree Planting Program, an initiative that calls for planting 400 trees to replace old trees and boost the town’s climate resilience.

By Staff Report

I agreed with the guest column about the Ukraine war in the Jan. 2 Gazette. With its third anniversary, I think President Donald Trump should do what I wish former President Biden had done — talk with Russian President Putin. They should figure out how to stop not only the awful destruction of Ukraine and the horrific loss of soldiers on both sides, but also the risk that this war could easily escalate into a direct confrontation between the US/NATO and Russia.

By ALEXA LEWIS

HOLYOKE — Dave Moore, a Holyoke legend widely known as “the face of Mount Tom,” died peacefully after a brief illness on Feb. 25 at the age of 78, but memories of his giving spirit will live on in his friends and family, and in the many lives he has touched through his lasting impacts on the city.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

HOLYOKE — While Casa del Pollo just opened last month, its soul food menu has been developing for generations — a business built to model the childhood dinner table, and revive expressions of comfort, joy and community that comes from cuisine.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

HOLYOKE — Commuters driving on Interstate 91 in Holyoke and Longmeadow during morning and afternoon rush hours on Tuesday were greeted with demonstrators waving American and Ukrainian flags along overpasses, accompanied with signs denouncing the administration of President Donald Trump as waging a “coup” against the United States.

By GARRETT COTE

HOLYOKE — The No. 13 Holyoke boys basketball team entered the second half of its MIAA Division 2 Round of 32 matchup with No. 20 Wakefield ahead 46-32. Although the Purple Knights felt great about where they stood, starting forward Chauncey Ruiz, who put up 10 first-quarter points to kickstart the night, had four fouls.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

HOLYOKE — The city of Holyoke is set to lose out on $20 million in previously anticipated federal grants, as the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump continues to halt federal funding and grants that stand in contrast to his own political agenda.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

HOLYOKE — Wyckoff Country Club golf course at the base of Mount Tom has a new owner who plans on renovating the 18-hole course and having it complement an overall grand design for a sports complex in Holyoke.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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.