Holyoke Public Schools Rezoning update
Holyoke Public Schools has completed Phase 1 of its rezoning efforts that will allow the district to transition to separate elementary (PK-5) and middle (6-8) schools and redraw school boundary [...]
Puerto Rico Celebrated
The Westfield Puerto Rican Association celebrated its 27th annual ceremony of the flag of Puerto Rico as part of National Hispanic Heritage Month. Agma Maria Sweeney, the president of WEPRA […]
Holyoke Gas and Electric celebrates Public Power and Natural Gas Week at Veterans Park.
Holyoke Gas and Electric celebrated on Wednesday, October 5th, at the Veterans Park, the Public Energy and Natural Gas Week, with a community event that saw different local entities and […]
Job Fair For All Abilities, Ages, Skills
MassHire in Holyoke is holding a job fair on Oct. 12 from 4-7 pm at VCare, 200 High St. Businesses including Amazon and MGM are looking to hire, said Ivie […]
Holyoke Local Cultural Council grant applications are open until October 17, 2022.
Anne Thalheimer and Kocayne Givner are members of the Holyoke Local Cultural Council, and they shared the details for the period of application for proposals of cultural activities, [...]
Holyoke Mayor signs pledge for the City to become Recovery Ready Workplace
On September 27, 2022, Holyoke Mayor, Joshua García, signed a pledge that makes the City of Holyoke a “Recovery Ready Workplace” for its employees, and thus becoming the first [...]
Hot Meals for Veterans 7th Anniversary
Gina Nelson is the founder and executive director of Community Roots, the organization that every Thursday at noon provides complete hot lunches to veterans at St. Paul Episcopal Church on […]
This Week in Government Affairs
Week of September 19, 2022 The Public Safety Committee Trash & Solutions City Councilor David Bartley, the Department of Public Works and Mayor Joshua García are looking into placing trash [...]
Voices of Resilience
Voices of Resilience, which features more than 70 women, celebrates the intersecting lives of women in Massachusetts and beyond who have changed the course of history. The exhibit was curated [...]
This Week in Government Affairs 9.12.22
HG&E Adding More Capacity for Natural Gas The committee heard from Jim Lavelle, general manager of HG&E, on the issue of lifting the natural gas moratorium imposed in January 2019 […]