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Pedro Dacosta, left, and Paul Handricken, with Sign Design of Brockton, install a large photo banner on the side of The Cubit building in Holyoke on Wednesday. The photo, by Holyoke artist Michelle Falcon Fontanez, is one of four large-scale photo banners by different artists that were installed on, or visible from, Main Street on Wednesday as part of the El Corazon/The Heart of Holyoke place-keeping project. The banners, along with a panel mural project and storefront installations, will be featured on walking tours this weekend. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING
Pedro Dacosta, left, and Paul Handricken, with Sign Design, of Brockton, install a large photo banner on the side of The Cubit building in Holyoke on Wednesday, April 21, 2021. The photo, by Holyoke artist Michelle Falcon Fontanez, is one of four large scale photo banners by different artists that were installed on, or visible from, Main Street on Wednesday as part of the El Corazon/The H
By BERA DUNAU - Today WILLIAMSBURG The Helen E. James School building, which has stood for more than 100 years, is set to be demolished this year.The school will come. By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN - Today HOLYOKE The field of candidates for city mayor is growing, with a fourth candidate launching his campaign this week.William “Billy” Glidden. By AMY FORLITI, STEPHEN GROVES and TAMMY WEBBER - Today MINNEAPOLIS Former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter for pinning George Floyd to the pavement. By SCOTT MERZBACH - Today AMHERST A $2 million capital campaign underway for the construction of a new Newman Catholic Center, likely to open in spring 2022, is already.
NORTHAMPTON – A crew from Nextgen Construction in Southampton worked on installing a vinyl soffit around the roof of an apartment complex on Bridge Street on Monday.Kevin Gutting can be reached at kgutting@gazettenet.com.
Published: 3/12/2021 5:08:33 PM
NORTHAMPTON Andrew Brow refers to the period between New Year’s and Valentine’s Day as the “dark days” of the restaurant season a time when people spend less money eating out.
But that was before the pandemic hit, casting a heavy cloud over his business that’s stretched on for an entire year, says the chef and owner of HighBrow Wood Fired Kitchen + Bar in Northampton.
“We’re getting by,” Brow said. “The doors will not lock.” But the business isn’t “printing money, either.”
Out in Florence, Miss Florence Diner owner Georgie Brunton said business is down quite a bit because of the pandemic, but that the restaurant is “hanging in there,” and holding out hope that as more people get vaccinated the business can get back to 2019 numbers.
HATFIELD – Jim Crowell of Hatfield ventured down to the Mill River dam by the Old Mill to do some fishing on Thursday and even though temperatures have been noticeably warmer, his spikes came in handy for the icy walk down to the shoreline. Crowell.