Fifteen years ago, a rare October snowstorm struck western Massachusetts, bringing down trees, knocking out power and canceling school across the region.
A newly rebuilt and renamed Veterans’ Home at Holyoke is celebrating the opening of its new facility, six years after a COVID-19 outbreak at the former Holyoke Soldiers’ Home killed veterans there.
The man charged in a deadly shooting outside the Holyoke Boys and Girls Club was ordered held without bail after appearing before a judge for the second time Wednesday.
Cooler temperatures have not eliminated the risk of brush fires in western Massachusetts, where dry vegetation remains a potential source of fire, local crews said.
A brush fire that began Sunday in Berlin, NY grew from about one-and-a-half acres to 50 acres by Sunday evening and extended across the Massachusetts border.
