Holyoke is a city in Hampden County,Massachusetts,United States,that lies between the western bank of the Connecticut River and the Mount Tom Range. As of the 2020 census,the city had a population of 38,247. Located 8 miles (13 km) north of Springfield,Holyoke is part of the Springfield Metropolitan Area,one of the two distinct metropolitan areas in Massachusetts.
Holyoke Community College (HCC) is a public community college in Holyoke,Massachusetts. It offers associate degrees and certificate programs,as well as a transfer program for students to earn credits for transfer to other colleges. It was the first community college established in Massachusetts,as it was founded by the city's school board in 1946,while others were subsequently chartered under state jurisdiction after 1960.
WWLP is a television station in Springfield,Massachusetts,United States,affiliated with NBC. Its second digital subchannel serves as an owned-and-operated station of The CW. Owned by Nexstar Media Group,the station has studios at Broadcast Center in the Sandy Hill section of Chicopee at the northwest corner of the I-391/MA 116/Chicopee Street interchange,and its transmitter is located on Provin Mountain in the Feeding Hills section of Agawam.
Todd M. Smola is a Republican member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Smola represents the 1st Hampden District,serving the towns of Brimfield,Holland,Palmer,Sturbridge,Wales,Ware,and Warren.
Michael F. Kane is an American politician who represented the 5th Hampden District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and was a Holyoke City Councilor from 1996 to 2000. Kane resigned his seat on June 11,2012,to take a job at Columbia Gas. City Councilor Aaron Vega,a Democrat,won the election to succeed him during the general election on November 6,2012.
Evelyn G. Chesky is an American politician who represented the 5th Hampden District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1993 to 2001. Prior to becoming a State Representative she was a member of the Holyoke Board of Aldermen.
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts were held on Tuesday,November 4,2014,to elect the nine U.S. representatives from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,one from each of the state's nine congressional districts. The elections coincided with the election of Massachusetts' class II U.S. senator and other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections,including the governor of Massachusetts.
Alex Benjamin Morse is an American politician who served as the 44th mayor of Holyoke,Massachusetts from 2012 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,he was elected the youngest mayor of Holyoke at age 22. He was reelected three times,with his final term expiring in January 2022. Morse resigned on March 26,2021,to accept a position as the town manager of Provincetown,beginning on April 5,2021.
John Christopher Velis is an American state legislator and Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate since 2020. He previously represented the 2nd Hampden and Hampshire district,which includes his hometown of Westfield,and currently represents the Hampden and Hampshire district after the 2020 census. Prior his election to the state senate,Velis was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2014 to 2020.
Holyoke station is an Amtrak intercity train station near the corner of Main and Dwight streets in Holyoke,Massachusetts,United States. The station opened on August 27,2015,eight months after Amtrak's Vermonter service was re-routed to the Connecticut River Line through the Pioneer Valley.
Bud Williams is a State Representative who represents the 11th Hampden District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He represents the city of Springfield. Williams serves as the Vice Chair of the House Committee on Redistricting,and on the House Committee on Ways and Means,the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies,the Joint Committee on Education,and the Joint Committee on Ways and Means.
Edwin A. Seibel was an American journalist,activist,legislator,executive director of the Holyoke Taxpayers' Association,member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,and the 34th mayor of Holyoke,Massachusetts. Between his unorthodox lack of political allies,nomination by both Democratic and Republican parties in the same election,management style,and tenure as both a state representative and mayor concurrently,Seibel was described posthumously by a columnist for the Boston Traveller as "the most controversial mayor in Holyoke's history". During his tenure,Seibel oversaw the reduction in size of the Board of Alderman,a predecessor of the city council from 27 to 11 members.
Nathan Prentice Avery,was an American lawyer,politician,the twentieth mayor of Holyoke,Massachusetts,a delegate for the First Congressional District to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1917–1918,and the longest serving president of the Massachusetts Bar Association. Additionally he held the longest tenure in the office of mayor up until that time,a record he would keep until the second administration of Henry J. Toepfert in the 1940s. Avery,present in many facets of civic life,was an advocate for an improved water shed management program through the Holyoke Water Works,writing about the importance of forest conservation in the New York Tribune in 1909. In 1933 the Hampden Playground between Hampden and Dwight Street was renamed in his honor as Avery Field. In his later years he remained an active member of the school board for more than a decade,was elected to the Massachusetts Bar for an unprecedented third term in 1935,and in 1939 was appointed by Governor Leverett Saltonstall to serve on the Judicial Commission of Massachusetts. Avery remained at his legal practice up until his death from heart failure on April 12,1947.
Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Hampden and Hampshire district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate. It covers 29.3% of Hampden County and 13.8% of Hampshire County population in 2010. Democrat John Velis has represented the district since May 2020.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 7th Hampden district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers parts of Hampden County and Hampshire County. Democrat Aaron Saunders of Belchertown has represented the district since 2023.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Hampden district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers the city of Holyoke in Hampden County. Democrat Aaron Vega of Holyoke has represented the district since 2013. Candidates for this district seat in the 2020 Massachusetts general election include Patrick Beaudry and Patricia Duffy.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Hampden district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of Hampden County. Democrat Michael Finn of West Springfield has represented the district since 2011.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 10th Hampden district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of the city of Springfield in Hampden County. Democrat Carlos González of Springfield has represented the district since 2015.
Patricia A. Duffy is an American state representative for the 5th Hampden District seat in Massachusetts,which includes Holyoke. She was born in California and moved to Massachusetts aged eight.
Orlando Ramos is an American politician serving as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 9th Hampden district. Elected in November 2020,he assumed office on January 6,2021.
