This is the official ceremony, at Holyoke City Hall, swearing in Manuel Febo as the new Chief of the Holyoke Police Department. Thanks to Holyoke Media for providing the audio feed of this coverage.

This is a music session in the studio with singers, songwriters Ayla Brown, and Rob Bellamy, previous to their concert at Gateway City Arts. This is also a takeover interview, produced, recorded and hosted by our interns, Victoria and Rosa. Talent all over the place. Enjoy of this genuine inspiring conversation and some exclusive songs performed by Ayla and Rob.

The Valley Bike Share Program is starting this summer, and we wanted to share the details of how this program works, how you can sign up, and learn all about the technology enclosed in the 500 bicycles that will be located in docking stations across the cities of Holyoke, Northampton, Springfield, Amherst, and UMass. We visited the Planning Office at Northampton City Hall, where Wayne Feiden shared all the information of the Valley Bike Share.

We visited The Teens Room at The Holyoke Public Library, to talk with Rachel Dowd, Teen Librarian, about the plans for the summer. This was a beautiful conversation among many teens utilizing the resources at the library, and we discussed all the plans, activities, experiences happening in this safe and welcoming space that Rachel has shaped for the needs of our youth to enjoy and discover.

Natasha Colon-Ortiz, founder, and manager of Paper City Art Kids gives us an update of her work, the plans for the Summer, the growth of a unique business model, and her artistic involvement on some of the Volleyballs that will be placed in several points across the City of Holyoke.

Our guest is comedian Mike Lemme. After a successful series of presentations in a New York theater, Mike talks about his experience on this project, his story as a comedian and performer, and all the details of his presentation at Gateway City Arts,on June 29th, 2018.

Nueva Esperanza is celebrating 35 years. We wanted to take a look to all the work being done by Nueva, and we welcome its new Executive Director, Nelson Roman, to talk about the recent accomplishments, the activities in progress, and the plans for the future.

On this session, our guest is Naiomi Robles, community leader, and organizer, member of 413 Boricuas, a group created to bring awareness and support to the displaced families from Puerto Rico, after hurricane Maria. We discussed the vigil scheduled for Tuesday, June 12th from 4 to 7 PM at Veteran's Park, that will conclude with a march and a moment of silence at Holyoke City Hall, in solidarity with Puerto Rico's victims.

This is our first iteration of a series of conversational discussions on topics of interest, led by Holyoke local media, and open for everybody to participate and follow up.

"Let's talk - Hablemos" is an approach to generate a diverse and open series of conversations, where journalist, Natalia Muñóz, News Director at Holyoke Media, along with Radioplasma's producer and host, Iohann Rashi Vega, will share and present points of view on news, events, issues, and affairs of our local, regional, and national environment.

This session is a homage to Anthony Bourdain's legacy as a storyteller, and media creator, after knowing of his passing on June 8th, 2018. Journalist Natalia Muñóz joins this conversation to honor and remember Bourdain's work, and also to bring awareness about suicide, and how it is affecting people, everywhere.