by Trent Levakis | Jul 15, 2024 | Hampden County, Holyoke, Local News, Photo Slider
HOLYOKE — As progress continues on the rehabilitation project of the 1920 Broadway style Victory Theatre in downtown Holyoke, Reminder Publishing was invited by MIFA Executive Artistic Director Don Sanders for a tour of the building mid-renovation as excitement continues to loom over what is expected to be a huge cultural and tourist addition to the community.
by Trent Levakis | Jul 10, 2024 | Hampden County, Holyoke, Local News
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.
by Trent Levakis | Jul 10, 2024 | Hampden County, Holyoke, Local Headlines, Local News
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.
by Trent Levakis | Jul 10, 2024 | Hampden County, Holyoke, Local News
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.
by Trent Levakis | Jul 1, 2024 | Hampden County, Holyoke, Local News, Photo Slider
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.
by Staasi Heropoulos | Jun 25, 2024 | Chicopee, Easthampton, Hampden County, Hampshire County, Holyoke, Local News, Ludlow, Photo Slider, South Hadley, Westfield
In May, a team of five Western Massachusetts police officers honored all fallen cops — 23,785 throughout American history, according to the memorial fund — by pedaling more than 300 miles from northern New Jersey to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C.