Holyoke

Legislation establishing the Podokesaurus holyokensis as the official dinosaur of Massachusetts cleared its first committee Tuesday and the lawmaker behind the effort hopes the forward movement will help teach onlookers about the legislative process. Rep. Jack Patrick Lewis, the lead sponsor of the bill (H 3190), has been using the effort to create an official dinosaur as way to help…

Two people are dead after a wrong-way crash in Holyoke, Massachusetts. At approximately 6 p.m. on Sunday, a person driving North in the Southbound lane on I-91 crashed with another vehicle, according to Massachusetts State Police. The second vehicle had two people in it, including the driver.  Police say both drivers died at the scene.  The passenger of the...

A Holyoke officer was sitting in a parked police cruiser late Friday night when a single bullet struck the SUV’s front windshield at chest level, breaking the glass. Holyoke police say the bullet missed the officer, whose marked cruiser was parked around 9:40 p.m. at the city gas pumps on Commercial Street, across from the Holyoke Fire Department headquarters....

The cruiser was parked when the shooting happened.

A 25-year-old Massachusetts man was killed over the weekend in Holyoke, and investigators are asking for the public’s assistance as they investigate. The Holyoke Police Department responded to a 911 call reporting a shooting in the area of Walnut Street just before 9:30 p.m. Sunday and found a man suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. The victim, later identified as…

Massachusetts lawmakers released a lengthy and damaging report Monday night into what unfolded at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home.

Massachusetts lawmakers released a lengthy and damaging report Monday night into what unfolded at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home.

Lawmakers have released a report after dozens of veterans died from COVID-19 at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home.

Legislative leaders on Friday outlined plans to advance a $400 million bill funding the construction of a new Holyoke Soldiers Home but it’s unclear if their timeline will be fast enough to quickly secure federal funding. The House plans to vote next week on the bill — a formal session is planned on Thursday — and legislative leaders indicated they…

State police are investigating a fatal wrong-way crash that left one person dead and another seriously injured in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Saturday afternoon. Troopers responded to a report of a wrong-way crash on Interstate 91 in Holyoke around 12 p.m., authorities said. A preliminary investigation indicates that a 2005 Mercedes-Benz operated by a 69-year-old Holyoke woman was traveling southbound on the…

A Massachusetts police officer who posted a video online alleging corruption within his department says he has been placed on paid administrative leave after refusing to take it down and will probably lose his job. Holyoke Officer Rafael Roca, a former Marine hired in 2016, said in the 43-minute video posted on YouTube that Chief Manny Febo is “corrupt” and…

A rift has developed between trustees for the Massachusetts veterans care center where nearly 80 residents died after contracting the coronavirus and state officials over plans to replace the facility. Holyoke Soldiers’ Home trustees at a meeting Wednesday pushed for a larger new facility, while state officials warned that any delays in the plans for a smaller one could sink…

More than a dozen communities in Massachusetts will have to revert back to step one of phase three of the reopening plan.

After three sustained weeks of high-risk status, a dozen communities will have to rollback reopening.

More than a dozen communities in Massachusetts will have to revert back to step one of phase three of the reopening plan.

Police in Holyoke, Massachusetts, are asking for the public’s help finding a missing woman. Authorities say 55-year-old Carmen Feliciano of Holyoke was last seen Monday in the area of Maple Street and Jackson Street. Police did not give a physical description of Feliciano or say what she was wearing when she was last seen, but they did release a...

The head of a Massachusetts veterans’ home that was the center of a deadly coronavirus outbreak has resigned from his post, 10 days after his firing was overturned by a judge. Superintendent Bennett Walsh submitted his resignation to the board of trustees Friday. Walsh had been fired in June, but the move by Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration was invalidated last…

The former superintendent and medical director of the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke have been indicted on criminal neglect charges for their roles in the deadly COVID-19 outbreak earlier this year, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has announced.

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is pressing criminal charges against two former officials of the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home for allegedly making a “deadly decision” that led to the COVID-19 outbreak there that killed dozens of elderly veterans. Bennett Walsh, the former superintendent, and David Clinton, the former medial director, are facing felony charges related to their March 27 decision to…

U.S. Rep. Richard Neal and his Democratic primary challenger, Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse, faced off in a debate Monday night as Morse tries to unseat the longtime incumbent.  The race has been marked by allegations of inappropriate sexual contact with students by Morse when he was an adjunct professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.  The 31-year-old Democratic mayor,...