By STEPHEN FAYHOLYOKE The 40 graduates of Holyoke’s Dean Technical High School were given a rousing sendoff Friday evening by family, faculty, administrators and admirers. Taking note of the pandemic-disrupted school year, speaker after speaker.
HOLYOKE The pilgrimage of Holyoke twins Angela and Thamarre Laroche from poverty in Haiti to four-year scholarships to Howard University has been as arduous as it is remarkable. And it’s not over yet.Getting into college is tough enough,.
HOLYOKE Players and coaches from around the country won’t have much time to become the Valley Blue Sox. The Holyoke-based New England Collegiate Baseball League team opens the season against the Newport Gulls at 6:35 p.m. Thursday at MacKenzie.
As longtime managers retire, towns seek next generation of leaders
South Hadley Town Hall GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
Published: 6/1/2021 12:56:58 PM
In April, the South Hadley Select Board had to quickly regroup.
As officials prepared to conduct final interviews in the search for the community’s next town administrator, three of the four selected finalists withdrew their candidacy, abruptly derailing a process more than a year in the making. And the town, facing the looming June 30 retirement of its current administrator, had no choice but to relaunch the search.
Though the situation might seem unique, other small Massachusetts communities have also struggled to hire top executives in recent years, whether because of too few qualified applicants or finalists who opt for more attractive positions elsewhere.
By GAZETTE STAFFSPRINGFIELD – A 34-year-old Holyoke man was sentenced to prison in U.S. District Court on Thursday for distributing heroin.Jose Rodriguez was sentenced by Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to 90 months in prison and four years of supervised.