by Kristin Palpini | Jun 10, 2015 | Articles, Blogs, Featured, News, The Uncanny Valley
For more than a decade, the island at the corner of Hampton Street and Route 5 in Holyoke has borne the word “Quota” — spelled out in flowers in the warm weather and black plastic edging in the cold. On my ride home from work down Route 5 south, I often wondered...
by Kristin Palpini | May 27, 2015 | Letters from our Readers, News
Four-year degree in Marxism When the college administration posts a notice on campus to “report hate crimes” the idea, it would seem, is to take the focus off the college administration as being the culprit in one of the slickest crimes that slowly progressed...
by Gary Carra | May 27, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Columns, Featured, Music, Nightcrawler
We knew that the powers that be were reverting back to the old name. Then we found out that they were getting a new logo. In fact, until recently, the only thing we didn’t know about Springfield’s Cityblock-turned-Bike Nite-back-to-Cityblock was who would be gracing...
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by Hunter Styles | May 6, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Featured, Leisure, News
Liz Stewart leans forward to point out a series of bracelets made from metal nuts, washers, and wires. “It’s mostly new and repurposed hardware,” she says. “The idea is to take ordinary items and put them into situations you wouldn’t expect to see them. People look at...
by Amanda Drane | May 12, 2015 | Articles, Featured, News
For Alex Morse, 26 — Holyoke’s first openly gay mayor — Saturday, April 18 started out like many other Saturdays before it. He and his boyfriend, Edwin Cruz-Vargas, 25, went for a morning hike up Mount Tom. Once they reached the top, they paused for several minutes to...
