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Who Made it Into The Top 93 of 2015?

  Here are the results. And congratulations to Esther Coler from Ashfield (who voted for Bahamas “All The Time In…

Get in the Holliday spirit!

Snow or no snow, get in the Holliday spirit with hundreds of other Christmas carol fans! Joan Holliday’s Holiday Hootenanny…

Save 50% on LOCAL gift certificates this Cyber Monday!

Shop local this Cyber Monday and save 50% on gift certificates to local businesses! No secret codes, no gimmicks. Everything…

$150,000 for the Food Bank of Western Mass!!!

What an amazing 48 hours…from the food desert of the Mason Square neighborhood in Springfield, through Holyoke, Chicopee, Northampton, Hadley,…

Baystate Franklin campaign to Keep Care Local

Baystate Franklin is modernizing their surgery center to continue their tradition of excellent care in our community. Learn about this…

Local election coverage…on the River!

Who will be the next mayor of Greenfield? Holyoke? The next At-Large Councilors for Northampton? The River will air local…

Spooky music on the River this weekend!

Get your Halloween on all weekend long as the River plays spooky music! The Specials…Screamin’ Jay Hawkins…you never know what…

WHMP’s Holyoke Mayoral Debate is Thursday at 6 pm!

Live from Gateway City Arts it’s WHMP’s 2015 Holyoke Mayoral Debate! Incumbent Alex Morse squares off against challenger Fran O’Connell…

We will have tickets at the door for Übeer Fest!

Come sample 49 amazing local, regional and global brews! Plus local food trucks. Übeer Fest will have tickets at the…

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