On Feb. 14, Regent Park and Carriage House celebrated Valentine’s Day with a party. The party included dancing, crowning of kings and queens, and a variety of heart-shaped brownie bites, appetizers and community. Crowned kings and queens are pictured from left, Harold Hadeen, Vickie Hadeen, Margie Jeffers and Kenneth Hansen. — Photo Courtesy of MegAnn V. Mari
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Actors and a sound designer set to perform in the “The War of the Worlds” radio drama line up on set at Holyoke Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. Pictured from the left are Director Monserrato Conde III, Mark Meusborn, Penny Dockins, sound designer Joe Hall, Karen Corrado, Andrew Turck, Jennifer Hughes and Nicole Brandt. Not pictured is Dr. Jerry Brandt. — Jes-c French | For The Holyoke Enterprise
‘The War of the Worlds’ radio drama set for March 3-5
Phillips County Players are set to reenact Howard E. Koch’s radio drama, “The War of the Worlds,” at 7 p.m. both on Friday, March 3, and Saturday, March 4; followed by 2 p.m.
Carrie Waln, pictured between the horns of Karina Davis’ Maleficent costume, holds up a cake provided by an anonymous donor for Saturday night’s Melissa Memorial Hospital Legacy Event in honor of late Holyoke resident Emily Haynes. Haynes, who died Friday, often donated cakes to local events that sold for hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars. — Andrew Turck | The Holyoke Enterprise
ANGEL FOOD TRIBUTE
A special cake injected a dash of enchantment into Melissa Memorial Hospital’s Legacy Event on Saturday night as more than 300 people – some dressed in garb befitting the year’s “Fairy Tale” theme
Gene Wells, right, owner of Gene Wells Motors, Holyoke, is shown presenting the keys to a 1974 Dodge pickup to Dariel Clark, superintendent, with Max Bernard, high school principal, looking on. The pickup is donated by Wells to the Holyoke High School vocational-agriculture department for their use.
John Knaub, voc-ag instructor, standing second from left, and the junior and senior members of the department were present for the presentation in late Sept. 1973. — The Holyoke Enterprise File Photo
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Five Years Ago
Feb. 15, 2018