The first poppy sold in Holyoke on Saturday, Nov. 10, 1962, in the annual poppy sale conducted by the VFW and auxiliary is attached to the lapel of Holyoke Mayor L. L. Kunkel’s coat by Mrs. Dormand Gaunt, a member of the VFW post. At his left is Mrs. Marvin Boller, president of the VFW auxiliary. The child is Debbie Boller, daughter of the Bollers. Mr. and Mrs. Gaunt served as co-chairmen of the poppy sale. — Holyoke Enterprise File Photo
Five Years Ago
April 26, 2018
Scott Szabo, partner at Lauer, Szabo and Associates LLC, opened the Holyoke City Council meeting on Tuesday, April 18, with an audit report.
Author Kathy Brasby of Fort Morgan stands with her longtime friend, Tammy Kroeger of Holyoke, during a book signing hosted at Inklings Bookstore the afternoon of Friday, April 14, for Brasby’s novel, “Cutting Through Despair: Dare to Hope.” Tammy’s late husband, Bryan Kroeger, is featured in a chapter of the novel. — Courtesy photo
Paula Strode, general manager for Peerless Theatre, details the building’s surround sound system, powered by Dolby 7.1 speakers. Like many aspects of the building, the speakers are undergoing some maintenance – in their case, for better coverage. — Andrew Turck | The Holyoke Enterprise
Peerless Theatre experienced a scare at the beginning of the month, not from the image of a ghost or dragon or roving hippy commune gracing its movie screen, but from something widely considered mo
Pictured in focus, Jerold Brandt, DC, of PC Telcom’s Board of Directors claps with his fellow members the evening of Thursday, April 13, as high school students are named to his company’s scholarship list. April 13 holds a special significance to Brandt, he announced later, as it denoted both the date he was asked to join the company board in 2009 and his wedding anniversary. — Andrew Turck | The Holyoke Enterprise
Over the past decade, PC Telcom’s customer base has changed from a focus on telephone, or voice, customers to those using broadband internet. As shown, using company data, broadband customers overtook those using voice in 2016. — Graphic by Andrew Turck
Holyoke’s telecommunications and broadband cooperative, Phillips County Telephone Company, doing business as PC Telcom, held its annual meeting the evening of Thursday, April 13, at the old high sc
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