‘Trailblazer’ of local broadcasting, Barbara Bernard of Holyoke, dies at 97

‘Trailblazer’ of local broadcasting, Barbara Bernard of Holyoke, dies at 97

HOLYOKE — When people read Barbara C. Bernard’s name in the newspaper, they knew she would have something important to say. They paid close attention — thousands of devoted readers drawn in to her opinion columns for three decades in The Republican.