Holyoke

It may have rained, but thousands of spectators and marchers still made their annual rounds in Holyoke Sunday, coming out for one of the Northeast’s biggest St. Patrick’s Day parades.

In less than 48 hours, Holyoke, Massachusetts, will be flooded with green. The western Mass. city’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade is once again expected to bring thousands to the Paper City Sunday.

The Massachusetts State Ethics Commission says it’s found “reasonable cause” while probing potential conflict of interest violations involving a former Holyoke city councilor.

Activists and locals have been protesting upcoming changes to a Holyoke, Massachusetts sober home program – some of which are causing confusion among the program’s current residents.The non-profit managing it says a revamp of the program is underway and that no one is getting booted - but some residents still fear much-needed support could be coming to an end.

While progress has been slow and expensive, a Massachusetts city remains determined to cut back how much untreated sewage it dumps into the Connecticut River.

In Holyoke, there is no shortage of century-old buildings sporting architecture and details only 19th-century mill barons could afford.The Wistariahurst Museum is one of them. This week, the site will host a Civic Learning Week, taking part in a nationwide campaign to bolster engagement in local government – and the history that informs it.

A loud weekly tradition in Holyoke, Massachusetts recently went quiet, but instead of it being an end of an era, locals are filling the silence while calling for change at City Hall.

Following lengthy and often heated debates in Holyoke’s city council chambers, landmark financial reforms are now in place — and has the city searching for a Chief Administrative and Financial Officer. WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief James Paleologopoulos reports.

Officials say much of the Holyoke Mall at Ingleside will be closed to customers Wednesday, following an overnight fire

Less than a year after regaining control of its own school district, the school committee in Holyoke, Mass., marked a new milestone Thursday night. Following a monthslong search, committee members selected a new, permanent superintendent. As WAMC reports, the candidate is more than familiar with both the city and the school district’s struggles.