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Guest columnist Dr. David Gottsegen: Watch out for the flying monkeys
10-31-2024 4:37 PM

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...

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$11M in state grants to flow to region
10-27-2024 2:40 PM

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...


Quantum Computing Complex coming to Holyoke
10-25-2024 4:33 PM

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...


Warren visits Holyoke Health Center to discuss workforce training
10-24-2024 9:18 PM

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....


Well-liked Superior Court Judge Francis E. ‘Frank’ Flannery of Holyoke dies at 57
10-21-2024 6:49 PM

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...


Holyoke Community College joining esports wave
10-18-2024 8:35 PM

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...


Kerry Dumbaugh: What a second Trump term would bring
10-18-2024 11:30 AM

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...


Raymond James Ahearn: A must read for the nation
10-17-2024 3:09 PM

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...


$1M in grants to repair regional dams flow to region
10-11-2024 8:42 AM

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...


Richard Rosencrans Jr.: Nadia Milleron for 1st Congressional District
09-23-2024 4:41 PM

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...


Area briefs: Last group to play Iron Horse before pandemic to return; Autumn Arts fair in Hadley on Saturday; Poor People’s Campaign to issue demands
09-13-2024 3:23 PM

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...


Spigot opens for housing authorities: County leaders excited about what $2B statewide authorization will mean for residents here
09-09-2024 3:40 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Maintaining and improving existing public housing properties is an ongoing challenge for local housing authorities with limited resources, an issue that housing advocates and professionals are hopeful the state’s $5.16 billion housing...


A moment of unity: Holyoke vigil honors 6 Israeli hostages murdered, offer prayers for 97 still in captivity
09-06-2024 4:08 PM

By SAMUEL GELINAS

HOLYOKE — The murder of six Israeli hostages on Sept. 1 is being felt by the Jewish community “in a very personal way” said state Rep. Aaron Saunders, D-Belchertown, with the impact of the murders reverberating all the way to the lawn of City Hall...


For the love of the stage: Former Radio City Rockette offers variety of theater classes in Holyoke
08-30-2024 12:25 PM

By PAIGE HANSON

Beginning on Sept. 9th, a host of new acting, singing and dancing classes will be taught at Broadway Brings Joy, a musical theatre training program for youth, teens and adults based out of Holyoke.Founded in 2022 by former Broadway professional and...


Ex-Holyoke councilor Puello-Mota now stars in Russian Army propaganda video
08-19-2024 4:51 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HOLYOKE — A former Holyoke city councilor who joined the Russian Army earlier this year, leaving the United States after facing felony child pornography possession charges in Rhode Island, is shown stating, in Russian, “victory will be ours,” in a new...


Holyoke to develop new PILOT policy for tax-exempt property owners
08-10-2024 6:10 PM

HOLYOKE — The city is contracting with a public policy consultant to help initiate a formal policy that would ask tax-exempt property owners to make payments in lieu of taxes, also known as a PILOT.Mayor Joshua A. Garcia notes that Holyoke is home to...


Guest columnist Danielle Dellaquila: Why boomers should vote for RFK Jr.
08-09-2024 11:01 AM

By DANIELLE DELLAQUILA

 I wanted to take a second to explain why I’m so passionate about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. becoming our next president. I know the news media tries to discount him, but I also know how much your generation cares about our country, so please hear me out.I...


Area briefs: Salsa in the Park returns; Private garden tour in Holyoke; Hatfield senior selling art work
08-01-2024 3:33 PM

Northampton’s Salsa in the Park 2024 season NORTHAMPTON — Salsa in the Park kicks off next week, featuring salsa, bachata, merengue and cumbia at Pulaski Park in downtown Northampton. Salsa in the Park features McCoy Jamison, a renowned dance...


Guest columnist Patrick O’Connor: Middle-class indifference remains the real crime
07-23-2024 11:57 AM

By PATRICK O’CONNOR

One way to reduce the cycle of violence we see in cities like Holyoke is to call attention to the fact that poverty — and the violence it breeds — is not caused by people who live in poverty.It’s caused by people who have the power to invest in areas...


The play’s the thing: Governor swings by Boys and Girls Club in Holyoke to kick off 10th year of Summer Nights program
07-18-2024 4:25 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

HOLYOKE — All children deserve the best and nothing less. That’s the message LaTasha Monroe, a hip-hop artist from Springfield who performs under the name Mz. Tash, celebrates in the theme song she wrote for Parent Villages, a Springfield grassroots...


Shirley Forrest Nomakeo: We need a warrior in Washington
07-15-2024 4:54 PM

There are migrant families sleeping on mats in the international terminal at Logan Airport, and as reported in the Boston Globe, Gov. Maura Healey said that a man accused of a recent migrant crime entered the U.S. through a federal program. We are a...

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