Community Corner
🌱 Which new HCC spring classes could upgrade your skills in 2026?
Coming up: Little Kid Dance Party on the Holyoke Patch calendar
What's up Holyoke! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Which new HCC spring classes could upgrade your skills in 2026?
- Meet the Holyoke grad powering up a new electrical career
- How Holyoke’s green supercomputing center powers Massachusetts’ AI future
📸 Have a great pic of holiday decorations from around Holyoke? Post it to Holyoke photos of the day! ☃️ 🟢-🟠-🟣-🔴-🟡-🔵 ☃️
Find out what's happening in Holyokefor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Find out what's happening in Holyokefor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Tuesday: Increasing cloudiness, with a high of 31 and low of 21 degrees.
- Wednesday: Breezy with periods of sun, temps: high: 43, low: 24.
- Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 42 and low of 34 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Holyoke Community College opens registration for Spring 2026 noncredit classes (wwlp.com) — Holyoke residents can now sign up for Holyoke Community College’s Spring 2026 noncredit classes, with most starting January 12 on the Homestead Avenue campus. Options range from senior-focused tech lessons to cooking, wine-tasting, creative arts, music, and even ChatGPT and pet-sitting business courses, with some sessions available online. 
• Franklin County Career & Technical Institute celebrates 37 adult grads (recorder.com) — A Holyoke resident, Kelvin Gaetan, is among 37 adults who just graduated from Franklin County Career & Technical Institute’s free trades programs in fields like electrical work, welding, and automotive technology. The intensive 12-week, grant-funded courses help adults from across western Massachusetts gain in-demand skills while balancing jobs and family responsibilities.
• Massachusetts Officials Praise Statewide AI Progress at BU Event (bu.edu subscription) — Holyoke’s Green High Performance Computing Center is a key backbone for Massachusetts’ ambitious new AI initiative, running millions of energy-efficient virtual experiments each month. State leaders and major universities just outlined a $120 million plan to expand AI computing access, research, and workforce development, with the Holyoke facility showcased as a national model for sustainable, carbon-free high-performance computing.
📸 Around Holyoke
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Holyoke
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- Little Kid Dance Party
Chicopee Main Library , 449 Front Street , Chicopee
10:30 am - Math Everywhere!
Chicopee Main Library , 449 Front Street , Chicopee
4:00 pm - Yoga with Carolyn Ruszala
Chicopee Main Library , 449 Front Street , Chicopee
9:30 am - Little Movers
Chicopee Main Library , 449 Front Street , Chicopee
11:00 am - Saturday Playgroup
Chicopee Main Library , 449 Front Street , Chicopee
1:00 pm
Wednesday December 17
Friday December 19
Saturday December 20
📣 Holyoke Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Chief of Police Office Hours @ Loomis Village
South Hadley, MA Calendar South Hadley, MA 01075
9:30 am - Genealogy Open Lab
Chicopee Main Library , 449 Front Street , Chicopee
10:00 am - Legislative Corner Office Hours at the COA - Senator Velis' Staff
Easthampton, MA Calendar , 19 Union St , Easthampton
10:30 am - Board of Registrars of Voters Meeting Notice
Chicopee, MA Calendar , City Hall Conference Room 274 Front Street , Chicopee
11:00 am - Council on Aging
Easthampton, MA Calendar Easthampton, MA 01027
12:00 pm - Silent Book Group
Easthampton, MA Calendar , 19 Union St , Easthampton
1:00 pm - Board of Assessors
Easthampton, MA Calendar Easthampton, MA 01027
5:00 pm
Tuesday December 16
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Planet Fitness posted a job opening for Overnight Custodian (Part Time) in Holyoke. Apply here.
- U-Haul posted a job opening for Facility Housekeeper in Holyoke. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Holyoke here.
🗞 Nearby News
Chicopee
- Discover the top cupcake spots in western Massachusetts on National Cupcake Day (wwlp.com)
- $1.1 billion Powerball jackpot sparks excitement and long odds (wwlp.com)
- Brown University shooting heightens school gun violence fears (wwlp.com)
West Springfield Town
- PVIAC Track & Field Week 1: West Springfield, Ludlow among top performers in Late Session (masslive.com)
Ok Holyoke! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
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