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Candidate Forum Videos

All the video clips from Candidate Forums at Dean Tech have all been uploaded to Vimeo. http://www.vimeo.com/user2409091/videos Crush cosponsored the forums through the 2009 Candidates Forum Committee group here on the social network site. They were also sponsored by the Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce, Holyoke Taxpayers Association, and the Holyoke Teachers Association. The Crush group provided volunteers, and videography of the forum… Continue

Added by Peter (VanDog) on October 28, 2009 at 3:01am — No Comments

News From Around Holyoke

I've updated the C.R.U.S.H. website to include a much better News From Around Holyoke page. This page is an automatically-updated list of the last 10 entries from over twenty blogs, Flickr posts, YouTube posts, and news sources/searches that post in/about Holyoke. We're using this to push as many Holyoke-based updates as we can, so you could essentially get al… Continue

Added by James Chevalier on October 17, 2009 at 2:41pm — No Comments

2009 Volleyball Hall of Fame Induction

Ana Moser of Brazil - Player Nikolay Karpol of Russia - Coach Holly McPeak of the United States - Player Paul Libaud of France - Administrator Ivan Bugajenkov of Latvia - Player and Siegfried Schneider of Germany) - Player Another Treasure of Holyoke, that gets no media attention, yet is an International and Olympic Sport. Enshrinement Celebration Reception and Dinner Log Cabin Banquet and Meeting House 6 PM Reception - 7 PM Dinner Friday, Oct. 30 2009… Continue

Added by Stephen M on October 12, 2009 at 3:12am — 1 Comment

"Meet the Candidates" BBQ on Thursday, September 24th from 5pm to 7pm at Positronic Design HQ

Positronic Design and the Ward 4 Progressive Coalition are sponsoring a "Meet the Candidates" BBQ on Thursday, September 24th from 5pm to 7pm at Positronic Design HQ - 903 Dwight Street, Holyoke. All candidates, voters, and persons interested in Holyoke's future are invited to attend. Hot Dogs, Grilled Keilbasa, Soft Drinks and Chips will be served. Bring your own to throw on the grill if you'd like. Also serving as the pre-party for the CRUSH monthly "Party with a Purpose" at The Waterfront Bun… Continue

Added by Positronic Dave on September 23, 2009 at 8:23pm — No Comments

September's Party With A Purpose

The next Party With a Purpose will take place on on September 24th from 7pm to 10pm in the Bungalow at the Waterfront! This past year, Holyoke public schools had a graduation rate of 48%. Many residents are organizing to tackle this issue head on. Join us on the 24th to find out more about the issue at hand, and what we can all do about it. Click here for the event listing in our calendar. Continue

Added by James Chevalier on September 19, 2009 at 1:52pm — No Comments

A Full Day of Music, Food, and Fun: The Holyoke Block Party

Following on the success of our New Years Gala at the Wistariahurst Museum, Citizens for the Revitalization and Urban Success of Holyoke are hosting a Block Party on Sept 6th, 2009 from Noon to 7pm! The Block Party will take place on Chestnut Street between Hampden and Dwight Streets adjacent to Veterans Park and Holyoke Catholic School. This location is in the heart of our beautiful downtown area, and is within a block of the main Post Office & City Hall. Join us for a huge list of offeri… Continue

Added by James Chevalier on September 2, 2009 at 10:23am — No Comments

Some More (Hopefully Useful) Geekery

I recently heard that Facebook purchased FriendFeed, so I decided to give it a go... It's a bit of a cross between a personalized RSS Feed, Twitter, and a blogging service like BlogSpot, Tumblr,… Continue

Added by James Chevalier on August 19, 2009 at 4:22pm — No Comments

Globe Theatre to perform in HOLYOKE this December!

Yes, THAT Globe Theatre. December 4-6, 2009. Info from the CBC: Shakespeare's Globe theatre company, the historic troupe that stages plays in an Elizabethan setting in London, is returning for a U.S. tour after a four-year hiatus. The company will perform the comedy Love's Labour's Lost, a witty battle of the sexes, on eight university campuses in the U.S. starting Oct. 20, the company said Monday. Its last tour, in 2005, was with the play Measure for Measure. Dominic Dromgoole, artistic di… Continue

Added by daphne board on July 29, 2009 at 8:14pm — No Comments

An Adventure Begins

http://holyokehome.blogspot.com After many tours of many Holyoke row houses (basically every one that has come on the market in the past three years), we found the one. The. Row. House. There are plenty of reasonably priced, charming homes in Holyoke, but this is definitely the one: buckets of charm, a bevy of original details, in decent enough shape that we can move right in, and located in downtown Holyoke. I'm starting this blog t… Continue

Added by Maggie Bergin on July 23, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

Holyoke chosen for data center project!

I found this article at Boston.com talking about how Holyoke has been chosen for a pretty massive data center project! John Aubin's Holyoke 2020 plan should get a hefty boost from this... I'm so excited I'm shaking a little bit ... or maybe that's the morning coffee I just had too much of... Continue

Added by James Chevalier on June 10, 2009 at 8:44am — 10 Comments

Candidates For Every Position In Upcoming Election

I've taken the time to add the list of candidates for the upcoming election over at c.r.u.s.h.'s site. You can have a look through the candidates here. At the moment, it's just names & positions, but I hope more information will be added as time goes by. Continue

Added by James Chevalier on June 6, 2009 at 2:28pm — 5 Comments

I Need A Photo

I don't have one up on my Wikipedia page, and there's nothing coming up in a Google Image Search... Can anyone help me out? Continue

Added by James Chevalier on June 5, 2009 at 11:50am — 7 Comments

Holyoke Water Power CO is the #4 polluter in Massacusetts

See PlanetHazard's website for the map & some Science. From their About page... "PlanetHazard has mapped over 86,000 companies throughout the United States that emit hazardous air pollutants and criteria air pollutants. We have done this so that you can learn what companies are releasing into the air in your area. You may search this site nat… Continue

Added by James Chevalier on June 3, 2009 at 4:36pm — 11 Comments

SUP Holyoke!

From the Holyoke Sun: "‘SUP Holyoke’ HOLYOKE – Holyoke Parks & Recreation is proud to announce the kick off of SUP’ Holyoke (Spruce Up Parks). This summer the department will be working diligently, with several volunteer groups, to rejuvenate some city parks by planting, cleaning, painting and giving as many parks as we can a new, fresh look. The public is invited to help make the parks cleaner and safer by donating a plant for S.U.P. Holyoke. Perennials such as day lilies, hostas, and other… Continue

Added by daphne board on May 24, 2009 at 11:08am — 3 Comments

Farmers' Market kicks off in Holyoke

This one is coming through from WWLP - I got it straight from their twitter account - and was written by Adam Strzempko. The Holyoke Farmers’ Market kicked-off Thursday morning in front of Holyoke City Hall. It included singing and the raising of the Special Olympics flag. Farmers from a number of farms across western Massachusetts were on hand wit… Continue

Added by James Chevalier on May 7, 2009 at 4:29pm — No Comments

Holyoke approves plan to address Teen Births

The Man Who's Everywhere, Ken Ross, is at it again - this time he can also be spotted over at the Girls Inc site with the article that's reproduced from the MassLive post ... After two years of meetings, a unified plan to address the city's high teenage birthrate was finalized this week by city officials and community groups. "Thi… Continue

Added by James Chevalier on May 6, 2009 at 2:27pm — 9 Comments

Holyoke officials hope to clean up former industrial site on Appleton Street for $116,000

This is another article from The Republican Newsroom found on MassLive ... Ken Ross must have some serious carpal tunnel with the sheer number of words he's pushing out! City officials hope to clean up a former industrial site on Appleton Street at an estimated cost of $116,000. "We were lucky," said senior City Planner Karen Mendrala earlier this week. "It's only a small area" to clean up… Continue

Added by James Chevalier on May 6, 2009 at 2:22pm — 1 Comment

3 residents escalate battle to stop Lowe's home improvement store from being built near Holyoke mall

I found this article by Ken Ross in my RSS Feed Reader just a couple minutes ago... Opponents of a proposed Lowe's home improvement store who filed a lawsuit against the project claim that the City Council improperly prohibited certain people from signing a petition opposed to the project, according to the su… Continue

Added by James Chevalier on May 5, 2009 at 4:07pm — 1 Comment

Parks & Recreation Dept Handed Out Trees

I'm pulling this article directly off of the WWLP site ... I actually came across this article via twitter, by reading their page! This article attributes two authors: Jackie Bruno Matt Caron In honor of Arbor Day, the Holyoke Parks and Recreation Department was handing out trees. Free Eastern Redbud or River Birch Seedlings were given out to Holyoke residents… Continue

Added by James Chevalier on April 24, 2009 at 8:22am — No Comments

Furniture Company Buys Holyoke Mill

I've pulled the following text straight from MassLive here and here. The first article is written by Ken Ross, and the second article doesn't cite an author: HOLYOKE - An office furniture company has bought a 230,000-square-foot former paper company… Continue

Added by James Chevalier on April 20, 2009 at 8:34am — 4 Comments

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