MassTrails grant to explore mixed-use path from Whately to Amherst
Thanks to a recently awarded MassTrails grant, the town of Sunderland will soon begin exploration of a mixed-use path from Whately to Amherst.
Enchanted Circle announces organizational pause
HOLYOKE — Nonprofit arts education organization Enchanted Circle has announced plans for a strategic pause, effective July 1, as part of a border initiative to strengthen the organization’s operational strategies to better serve the community in the long term, amidst financial insecurity.
Holyoke City Council approves fiscal year 2025 budget
HOLYOKE — The City Council has passed a budget of just over $172 million for the fiscal year 2025 operating budget, about a $9 million increase from FY24.
Sheehan appointed to vacant Holyoke School Committee seat
HOLYOKE — In a special joint meeting between the Holyoke City Council and the School Committee, the two bodies voted to appoint Devin Sheehan to fill the vacancy created when At-Large committee member Erin Brunelle resigned last month.
New middle school building topped off, new check point in project
HOLYOKE — Community leaders and members gathered at the site of the former Peck Middle School on June 24 for an official “topping off” ceremony as the final, and highest, steel beam of the framed two-story new middle school building was placed.