Sixth candidate emerges in Holyoke mayor’s race
Gloria Caballero Roca has announced her candidacy for mayor of Holyoke. SUBMITTED PHOTO
HOLYOKE Another candidate has entered the race to become Holyoke’s next mayor.
Gloria Caballero Roca, a 55-year-old academic and educator, announced her candidacy on Friday. A Holyoker for more than 20 years, the Whiting Avenue resident said that as an Afro-Cuban she is excited to be the only Latina to have announced their candidacy for the position.
“Holyoke is ready for a change,” she said. “I’m so excited. I think I could be a wonderful person who would like to involve people in policy making. I would love to see this happen.”
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Springfield native wins prestigious George J. Mitchell Scholarship
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
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The US-Ireland Alliance recently awarded a prestigious George J. Mitchell Scholarship to Tawreak “Ty” Gamble-Eddington of Springfield, a senior at Union College in Schenectady, New York. The scholarship will allow him to do a year of post-graduate study at Dublin’s Trinity College. Out of 453 applicants, only 12 were awarded scholarships.
“I was extremely ecstatic, especially since I got my first choice school (in Dublin),” Eddington-Gamble said about the award. “I was, simply put, on Cloud 9.”
Of African-American and Irish American parents, he is the son of Brandi Gamble and Joseph Eddington, both of Springfield. His great-grandmother’s roots go back to Limerick, Ireland. He will study Race, Ethnicity and Conflict at Trinity, but also hopes to continue researching his Irish ancestry.