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A repeated push by City Councilor Michael Sullivan to bring forward a proposal declaring that Holyoke is not a “sanctuary city” was tabled in the Development & Governmental Relations [...]

The City Council meeting began with  public comment from residents: Claire urged the city to use the opioid funds as intended and not to pay for a slaried position f=to […]

The City Council’s Charter & Rules Committee had a full agenda this week, with City Councilor Kevin Jourdain proposing several motions that would streamline how the council functions [...]

The Joint School Committee and City Council Committee worked this week on ensuring that a crossing guard and flashing school sign would be placed in front of the Metcalf School […]

The City Council returned to the chambers, and except for a break with tradition in how public comment. is handled, the meeting was comprised mostly of house-keeping items such as […]

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: “There’s 130 […]

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 […]

Given the stance the federal government has taken against people who appear to be immigrants — dark skin, jet black hair, indigenous — that they be taken by masked men […]

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 […]