by Hunter Styles | Apr 21, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Featured, News
Kamil Peters steps away from his metal shop to lead me on a walk through 17,000 square feet of new working space. He saunters from room to room in a cavernous old industrial mill building along the canal in Holyoke, pointing out the work spaces for artists: an oil...
by Hunter Styles | Apr 21, 2015 | MGM Springfield Casino coverage, News
Last September, the city of Holyoke threw a sweet deal on the table as part of an urban renewal plan that has been gestating for several years now: 13 new liquor licenses, procured from the state, intended to help revitalize four downtown neighborhoods along the...
by Hunter Styles | Apr 21, 2015 | Food + Booze, Leisure, News
Did someone say “Restaurant Week”? Woo-hoo! We’re all over it. Sign us up! The City of Homes is holding its first Restaurant Week, April 23 through May 2. The event, organized by the Springfield Young Professional Citizens Committee, gives restaurants a chance to...
by Hunter Styles | Apr 14, 2015 | Articles, Featured, News
Public education in Holyoke is a sticky issue, but most can agree on one point: improvement is overdue. Holyoke has the worst high school graduation rate in the state of Massachusetts. The city’s public school dropout rate is three times the state average. In the past...
by Hunter Styles | Apr 14, 2015 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Food + Booze, Leisure, The Beerhunter
Who’s up for a fresh glass of saccharomyces cerevisiae? I’ll take one! Though, personally, I like to mix this yeast variety with water, hops, and barley. Combine those four magic ingredients and you’ve got yourself a beer — tastier, and much easier to pronounce. But...
