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The Ground Beneath Us
The final City Council meeting of the first part of 2025 took up just a handful of items, including addressing the state of city roads and sidewalks. Highlights:
The FY 2026 Budget Moves Forward
With $148,838 cut from the proposed $180 million fiscal year 2026 city budget, the City Council moved forward into making the next fiscal year, which begins on July 1, funded...
Holyoke Media Presents: Paint the Town. A conversation with Britt Ruhe from CommonWealth Murals.
Britt Ruhe is the Executive Director of CommonWealth Murals, an organization dedicated to the creation of murals, public art by partnering with communities to create vibrant murals that tell, reclaim,...
What Happens to Assets Seized By The Police?
The City Council met this week and among the issues it took up is what the Holyoke Police Department does with assets seized in drug busts. There have been several...
Tax-Exempt Entities to Be Taxed
The Holyoke Caledonian Pipe Band was the first order of business at this week's City Council meeting. The St. Patrick's Parade begins at 10 am on Sunday from the K-Mart...
BUILDINGS with Timothy Rivers and Leslie Ward
Board of Health Director Timothy Rivers and Building Commissioner Leslie Ward on why buildings are condemned and what becomes of them, and much more....
Behind The Scenes at The Sewer Department
No one wants to talk about it, a federal court order mandates Holyoke to stop the flow of raw sewage into the Connecticut River and local elected officials and appointed...
Press Conference – Changing Treasurer’s Post from Elected to Appointed
At a Special Election Tuesday, January 28, City voters will be asked if they want to continue the practice of electing the City Treasurer or approve a City Charter change...
Swearing in of Police Chief Brian Keenan
Capt. Brian Keenan was sworn in today as Holyoke Police Chief in a ceremony that included hundreds in City Hall. Recorded January 7, 2025...
Council debates funding for police, special elections
This week's news summary: We end every news summary with a poem chosen by Natalia Muñoz. This week the poem is " On the Pulse of The Morning ," by...