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Event held Thursday night at Kehoe Ironworks

University of Idaho biological engineering student Melissa Huchet says the leg exoskeleton she and four classmates created can provide walking assistance to people with multiple sclerosis, like her dad.

On Wednesday, it was announced that Dave & Busters Entertainment, Inc. settled the...

HOLYOKE — As the city gets ready to interview candidates for promotion to high-ranking positions in the Police Department, Mayor Joshua Garcia has said he is making the interview process public.In a statement on social media, Garcia said that on...

HOLYOKE — History was made Tuesday night in Holyoke, which elected its first ever Latino mayor: Joshua Garcia.At-Large City Councilor Michael Sullivan conceded shortly after polls closed at 8 p.m., according to campaign organizer Paul St. Pierre....

School board members request an apology from the National School Boards Association for its Sept. 29 letter to the Biden administration.

HOLYOKE — At-large City Councilor Michael Sullivan and Blandford Town Administrator Joshua Garcia will be competing in November for the chance to become Holyoke’s next mayor.Sullivan and Garcia came in first and second, respectively, in Holyoke’s...

Sullivan’s fundraising ahead of mayoral field in Holyoke "> Published: 7/13/2021 7:18:49 PM HOLYOKE — Campaign cash is pouring into Holyoke, where eight candidates are jockeying to become the city’s next mayor in a wide-open election. In total, Holyoke mayoral candidates have raked in $152,311 since the start of the year, according to figures from the state’s Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Most of that money comes from political donations during that time period, though some ...

Former councilor, Diosdado Lopez, joins Holyoke mayoral race DIOSDADO LOPEZ HOLYOKE — Longtime former city councilor Diosdado Lopez has announced that he is running for mayor. Lopez, 56, is the eighth candidate who has pulled papers to run for mayor in Holyoke. He served for 20 years as the Ward 2 councilor and was the first Latino elected to the City Council in 1991. After stepping down from the council in 2011, he was appointed in 2016 to serve as an at-large city councilor until 2017 to c...

HOLYOKE — Energy, climate change and the environment were front and center this week when mayoral candidates took part in a forum hosted by local environmental organizations.The “Powering a Clean Future” forum was hosted Tuesday by the Environmental...