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Police Chief Brian Keenan discussed what the police are doing to improve quality of life issues, from holding property owners accountable for overflowing trash dumpsters to excessive noise, and [...]

A Joint Meeting of the Ordinance and Charter & Rules Committees discussed what a reorganized city financial office would look like — how many employees, salaries, who responds to who, [...]

The Development & Government Relations Committee (Complete meeting above) had two elected officials on hand to hear concerns about the city. State Rep. Patricia Duffy and State Sen. Jhn Velis [...]

City Councilor Michael Sullivan provided an update on the Request for Proposals for fully complying with a federal order that the city’s sewer be fixed so no raw sewage goes […]

City Councilors approved a proposed plan at their March 18, 2025 meeting by Mayor Joshua García for tax-exempt entities in the city to pay some taxes to the city, given […]

In this week’s Finance Committee meeting, Police Chief Brian Keenan told councilors that safe streets come with a high price that must be budgeted. The conversation was among the first […]

The Development & Government Relations met this week and, together with Alicia Zoeller, director of the city’s Community Development office, reviewed petitions for funds by more than a [...]

Tensions turned into sparks shortly after the beginning of this week’s meeting at the City Council. In the words of Assistant City Solicitor Michael Bissonette: “I think it’s [...]

This week the City Council heard from the public and its president that the conduct of Ward 3 City Councilor David Bartley at a Jan. 7 Ordinance Committee meeting, was […]

The Finance Committee approved a grant for $606,446.54 directed the the Holyoke Police Department. The money will go toward support programs and partnership that address community policing and [...]