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HOLYOKE – Holyoke Community College has announced four finalists to succeed Christina Royal as its next president.The HCC search committee evaluating candidates whittled down a field of 50 candidates to four. All four finalists have many years of...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

HOLYOKE — The city will undertake $27 million in infrastructure projects over the next 15 years to partially separate its stormwater and sewage systems to solve a long-running problem of sewage discharges into the Connecticut River.Holyoke officials...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

HOLYOKE — It’s that time of year again to get your Irish on for the annual Holyoke St. Patrick’s Day parade and road race this weekend.The celebrations on Saturday and Sunday are expected to draw thousands of people to the Paper City, first to run and...

By CHRISTINA ROYAL

Monday, March 13, marked the third anniversary of my message to the Holyoke Community College community, announcing that, following spring break in 2020, all academic courses (and soon nearly all campus services) would go fully remote due to the...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

SOUTH HADLEY – Colin Quinn flexed his arms as the basketball dropped through the hoop and bounced off the floor.The South Hadley senior guard fought off two Lunenburg defenders in the air and finished a layup that put the Tigers ahead by double digits...

By JAMES PENTLAND

HOLYOKE — A consultant’s audit of police practices in the city has found that the department “represents a substantial risk to the city,” and suggests that “drastic steps” are needed to alleviate some of these risks.The 132-page report from Municipal...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

SPRINGFIELD – Amherst could only chase a time.The Hurricanes trailed Longmeadow by a point entering the final event of Sunday’s Central/West Girls Swimming & Diving championships, the 400-yard freestyle relay. Amherst, the No. 1 seed and defending...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Outdoor gathering spaces will be created and enhanced in Amherst, a performance stage will go up at Forbes Library in Northampton and storefronts and walkability in a part of Holyoke will be improved, as the result of the awards of recent...

By RAY AHEARN

Many Dems have more than a little anxiety about Joe Biden running again. I certainly do given his age, stumbles and classified documents baggage. But if he runs again, he will have international trade as an unexpected winning issue in the fight to...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

HOLYOKE – Should Tuesday’s game against Taconic be the final time Bianca Ortiz plays in John “Jinx” O'Connor Gymnasium, the Holyoke senior left an indelible impression.She poured in 37 points in a 71-37 win over the Thunder. It wasn’t even a career...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HOLYOKE — Three Holyoke residents were arrested on charges of trafficking heroin and cocaine in a Thursday incident on Pleasant Street that yielded more than 34,000 bags of heroin, according to the Hampden district attorney's office.Sebastian Rosario,...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HOLYOKE — Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia sees Paola Ferrario’s behavior toward him at a Historical Commission meeting earlier in January and complaints from city employees last summer as sufficient reasons to remove her from continued service as...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HOLYOKE — A Springfield man is being held without bail following his arraignment in Holyoke District Court Monday on charges of murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in connection with the shooting death of an innocent bystander...

By DAN CROWLEY

HOLYOKE — An innocent bystander was shot and killed during an incident involving two other parties at the Holyoke Mall Saturday night, according to Holyoke Police.Police were called to the mall at 6:59 p.m. for a report of shots fired and found a male...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HOLYOKE — Citing an incompatibility with where the city is going, Mayor Joshua Garcia has informed the chairwoman of the Holyoke Historical Commission that he intends to remove her from the panel.On Monday afternoon, during a 90-minute hearing on her...

Two unrelated news items caught my attention today. The first was Kentucky Wildcat basketball fans booing Coach John Calipari and urging him to move on and apply for the Texas Longhorns coaching job. Second was the House GOP voting to set up a special...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HOLYOKE — Members of the Historical Commission are seeking more support from city officials in reviewing projects, protecting buildings and making decisions, citing Mayor Joshua Garcia’s recent decision to allocate $2 million toward the restoration of...

By Chad Cain

HOLYOKE — The ambitious, $61 million effort to reopen the Broadway-style Victory Theatre moved $2 million closer to becoming reality this week after the city made a significant commitment of American Rescue Plan Act money for the project in its...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Amherst’s blockbuster girls swimming season ended with its first state championship in 2022. The Hurricanes will shoot the sequel with a new director.A four-time conference swimmer of the year in the mid 90’s at New Hampshire, Denise Leckenby took...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HOLYOKE — The businessman who bought a former church on Pleasant Street in the Highlands section of the city for $50,000 earlier this year has put the property on the market about three months after successfully asking the City Council to rezone the...