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Holyoke’s Vega tapped for City Hall role
HOLYOKE — Outgoing Democratic state Rep. Aaron Vega will trade in Beacon Hill for City Hall this upcoming January when he takes over as the next director of the city’s Office of Planning & Economic Development.Mayor Alex B. Morse on Thursday announced... → Read More
High turnout, high anxiety, high hopes
HOLYOKE — As Jonathan Chavez walked out of his polling place at Joseph Metcalf Elementary School on Tuesday, he was nervous. Chavez wasn’t nervous about in-person voting during a pandemic; that was “quick” and felt safe, he said. Rather, Chavez, who... → Read More
Visits suspended at Soldiers’ Home as staffer tests positive for COVID-19
HOLYOKE — Visits to the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home have been temporarily suspended after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday.The nonclinical staff member, who does not provide direct care to residents and was tested during this past... → Read More
Family of three displaced by Holyoke fire
HOLYOKE — A Monday night fire at an apartment building on North East Street left a family of three displaced, according to the city’s Fire Department.Firefighters responded to fire alarms at 13 N. East St. at around 6 p.m. where they found heavy smoke... → Read More
From vine to wine: The work behind local winemaking
Walking between rows of vidal blanc grapevines on a recent and warm Saturday morning, a group of masked volunteers carefully snip hanging fruit into bunches and place them into red baskets on the ground for collection.The harvest marked the beginning... → Read More
Youths plant mural of diversity and empowerment on bike trail in Northampton
NORTHAMPTON — Over the sounds of cars roaring by and hip-hop music Saturday morning, a small group of area kids put the finishing touches on a Black Lives Matter mural that organizers say symbolizes youth empowerment, issues of social justice... → Read More
‘A little piece of geography’: Holyoke transforms Race Street into public space
HOLYOKE — Volunteers hauled wooden barriers up and down Race Street on a bright Saturday morning to transform part of the road into a more pedestrian- and bike-friendly space for the remainder of the fall.The concept for the new and temporary project,... → Read More
Calling for no more nukes: Protesters turn out for International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
NORTHAMPTON — Protesters took to street corners across the city on Saturday to mark the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons by demanding that elected officials cut the country’s budget for nuclear weapons and reinvest into... → Read More
UMass officials: Cluster of 13 students test positive for COVID-19
AMHERST — The University of Massachusetts has identified a cluster of 13 students living off campus who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to an announcement made by the school Friday.“All are known to have socialized together, and a number... → Read More
Three men plead not guilty to charges in alleged Florence cockfighting ring
NORTHAMPTON — Three men suspected of raising around 400 neglected birds for cockfighting in Florence answered in court this week to animal cruelty charges for the first time since police searched a farm in 2018.Salvador Cruz, 60, of Florence; John... → Read More
Officials celebrate NETA’s 5 years of medical marijuana sales
NORTHAMPTON — Local business and political leaders joined a top state cannabis official and the president of New England Treatment Access on Thursday afternoon to celebrate the dispensary’s fifth anniversary of selling medical marijuana in the... → Read More
Driver transported to hospital in I-91 rollover crash
HOLYOKE — A driver was transported to the hospital with possibly serious injuries Tuesday after their car rolled over on I-91 North.The Massachusetts State Police reported a roll-over crash with a trapped occupant on I-91 North after exit 17B at... → Read More
‘Our restaurants are in trouble’: McGovern, other leaders urge support for local eateries
NORTHAMPTON — Take it from Jake’s co-owner Chris Ware — the COVID-19 pandemic has been a “very trying time” for restaurants across the entire United States, including his. But although he said his King Street lunch and brunch spot has made it through... → Read More
Manhunt continues after old firehouse bust yielded pot, guns, cars, and $4M in cash
HOLYOKE — Authorities are still searching for Cory A. Taylor, the man who posted bail at a local county jail and fled in August after he was arrested during a traffic stop in Pelham for allegedly having more than 100 pounds of marijuana in a van he... → Read More
Northampton man gets 15-20 years in Cruz killing, burning
NORTHAMPTON — Two and a half years after Daniel Cruz was fatally shot at Meadowbrook Apartments and his body set ablaze in a field in Hatfield, his killer, Nerkin Omar Morales, was sentenced to 15 to 20 years in state prison Tuesday.Morales, 24,... → Read More
State Democratic Party members irked by choice of investigator
HOLYOKE — After former state Sen. Cheryl Jacques was tapped by Democratic State Committee leaders to investigate allegations that state Democratic Party higher-ups meddled in the 1st Congressional District primary election, at least 70 committee... → Read More
Bicyclist seriously injured in crash with dump truck in Holyoke
HOLYOKE — A 50-year old man was critically injured Thursday morning after his bicycle ended up beneath a dump truck in a crash at the intersection of Appleton and Bower streets, according to the Holyoke Fire Department. The Holyoke Fire Department... → Read More
Campaigns scramble for votes in countdown to primary elections
HOLYOKE — The countdown to the state’s Sept. 1 primary elections is quickly nearing its end, and while some people have already cast their ballots via early and mail-in voting, campaigns spent the weekend making their final pitches to voters.One of... → Read More
UMass Dems apologize for signing on to letter accusing Morse
HOLYOKE — Student leaders with the college Democrats group at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are apologizing to congressional candidate and Mayor Alex Morse — saying a letter they signed onto that levied anonymous allegations of inappropriate... → Read More
McGovern, Lovvorn coast into Tuesday’s primaries unopposed
NORTHAMPTON — While both the Democratic and Republican primaries in the state’s 2nd Congressional District are going uncontested this Tuesday, each of the candidates are making their cases to voters as to why they should be sent to serve in... → Read More