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By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Mount Holyoke College will indefinitely pause construction of its geothermal pump hub — the heart of its $180 million effort to build a carbon-neutral heating and cooling system — due to uncertainties with potential tariffs and economic downturn.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

HOLYOKE — Artist Michael Karmody knows a hard truth about concrete — that it is often associated with sidewalks and jails, not attractive things.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HOLYOKE — Recent cancellation of an $87 million federal grant to support construction of a low-carbon cement startup’s manufacturing plant in Holyoke is not expected to derail plans that would have that facility open by 2028, though the company is reviewing backup options.

I am conflicted by Peter Bloom’s June 3 guest column [”Academic integrity”] commenting on Smith College’s honorary degree to Northampton’s Evelyn Harris. His point about the importance of “academic integrity” cannot be disputed. But in this instance, he gives Smith College a pass on its own responsibility for academic integrity. While the writer correctly cites the letter Smith College posted on its website explaining the issue, he does not point out that the letter also has no citations — not the Harris speech’s “borrowed” language, not from whom or what sources it was borrowed.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

HOLYOKE — The overhaul may have been three times larger than expected and took three years, but the ribbon has finally been cut at the new home of Paper City Clothing Company.

By CAROLYN BROWN

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Holyoke was known for its thriving paper industry – that’s how it got the nickname “Paper City.” Now, over a century later, the city will celebrate the legacy and impact that paper production had on the area with the inaugural Holyoke Paper Festival.

President Donald Trump accuses immigrants of being dangerous criminals almost daily in his public speeches, interviews, and posts. For example: “Our communities are being ravaged by migrant crime.” (Trump, 2024) His accusations are false. Criminology research of records going back to the 1870s has shown that immigrants to the United States, both legal and undocumented, have committed less crime than native-born Americans. The National Bureau of Economic Research found that immigrants are “less likely to offend than native born Americans” and “for property crimes, immigration has a consistently negative effect” on a region’s crime rate.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

HOLYOKE — A 26-year-old driver allegedly under the influence of drugs struck the John F. Kennedy Memorial early Sunday morning, toppling and destroying several of its Vermont granite markers.

ELISE LINSCOTT

HOLYOKE — The crowd roared inside the MassMutual Center in Springfield on Saturday morning as Holyoke Community College conferred associate degrees and certificates to 742 graduates from the class of 2025 at the college’s 78th commencement ceremony.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

HOLYOKE — After a 10-day search, the body of Niklas Delisle was located on Friday afternoon, just 400 feet from where his kayak had capsized on the night of May 19 on the Connecticut River, according to the Hampden District Attorney’s Office.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

To many lay people, the world of tech seems like something almost mythical: a world of innate genius, absurd wealth and complex mathematical algorithms that make the idea of entering the field seem almost impenetrable to those without the talent, the education or the privilege. 

By SAMUEL GELINAS

HOLYOKE — The search for 27-year-old Niklas Delisle, who fell in the Connecticut River Monday night while kayaking, was stalled Thursday and Friday due to excessive rain and cold temperatures, but a game plan is forming for rescue teams to be back out on the water next week.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

HOLYOKE — Teams of emergency personnel were scouring the Connecticut River Tuesday in search of 27-year-old Niklas Delisle, who was carried away by the current Monday night after his kayak capsized.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

HOLYOKE — For decades, millions of gallons of the city’s sewage have flowed into the Connecticut River on a regular basis during periods of heavy rain.

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Mount Holyoke College’s proposed site for a new Energy Center on Woodbridge Street — a key piece of a long-range plan to install a new geothermal heating and cooling system to serve campus — is drawing criticism from residents who worry that noise and potential gasoline fumes from the power plant will impact their health and quality of life.

This morning I turned on the radio and a familiar thing happened: I heard the voice of someone I know singing a song they wrote, and feelings of comfort and wonder washed over me. In this case the voice belonged to my friend and bandmate Brandi Ediss, singing a song from her excellent solo record “Bees and Bees and Bees.” It’s an experience that has played out over and over as I’ve cooked meals and run errands and driven to work and explored the back roads and odd corners of this place we call home. While the voices have been many, the source is always the same: radio station WRSI FM, The River.

By Staff Report

HOLYOKE — South Holyoke Homes, a Holyoke Housing Authority development under construction, is taking applications from families interested in buying their own homes.

By ALEXA LEWIS

HOLYOKE — Unperturbed by the rain that pelted their colorful signs, dozens of impassioned community members hailing from cities and towns across the region gathered in song and frustration to protest state “green energy” infrastructure siting practices they think will be more harmful to the environment than helpful.

By ALEXA LEWIS

WESTFIELD — Jupiter Power has withdrawn its plans for a lithium battery energy storage system (BESS) in Westfield, over the Barnes Aquifer, after months of resistance from area residents.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — A restructuring of the progressive New College of Florida by that state’s Republican leadership in 2023 prompted Hampshire College to offer students there a respite and opportunity to continue their studies in Amherst.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

HOLYOKE – Meaning and money was top of mind for the 250 or so young people who came to network with regional businesses at the Waterfront Event Venue last week.