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Trash collections returning to normal in Holyoke as residents complain of delays Updated Mar 10, 2021; Posted Mar 10, 2021 Facebook Share HOLYOKE — The city’s winter of discontent turned from snow to delayed trash and recycling pickups, but Mayor Alex B. Morse expects service to improve in the coming days. Residents continue to voice complaints about trash and recycling sitting on tree belts for days, long past the scheduled weekly pickups. Officials attribute the delays to a staff shortage and equipment problems at the Department of Public Works. In the neighborhood around McMahon Scho...

Windshields with "heads-up displays" will display gauges, so drivers can keep their eyes on the road.

In wake of critical audit, local officials to question Hampden County Regional Retirement System board members Wednesday Updated Mar 03, 2021; While members of the Hampden County Regional Retirement System do not have the authority to remove those who sit on its governing board, interim Hampden Town Administrator Bob Markel is hopeful that if there’s enough outcry, change can come. In a strategy session Monday attended by community representatives from the western edge of Hampden County in Chester to its eastern reaches in Wales, Markel spearheaded a discussion of the next steps in the wak...

Remembering Quabbin Reservoir advocate and photographer Les Campbell Updated Feb 28, 2021; Posted Feb 28, 2021 A spillway near the Winsor Dam at the Quabbin Reservoir on Tuesday afternoon. A move is afoot to renamed the Quabbin Visitors Center in honor of Les and Terry Campbell, who founded the Friends of Quabbin and helped establish the center in the mid-1980s. (Don Treeger / The Republican) Facebook Share Generous. Humble. Kind. Soft-spoken. David Campbell, of Belchertown, says he’s learned much about his father, Leslie “Les” Campbell, over the past six months since his death in ...

Holyoke’s energy stays green and affordable as demand expected to grow Updated Feb 19, 2021; Posted Feb 19, 2021 1/20/2021 -Holyoke- James Lavelle, manager of the Holyoke Gas and Electric Department, overlooks the Holyoke Dam. (Don Treeger / The Republican) Facebook Share HOLYOKE — While the city’s energy future looks clean, green and bright, Holyoke Gas & Electric must adapt to new industries, shifts in demand and a strained natural gas supply. The massive dam that reroutes the churning Connecticut River provides Holyoke with a seemingly never-ending supply of clean, hydroelectric ...