IRS Revokes Holyoke Library’s Tax-Exempt Status
This article is a joint publication of the Shoestring and Holyoke Media Disclosure: A current Holyoke Media employee serves on the Holyoke Public Library Board of Directors. Due to this […]
This Week in Government Affairs: The Budgeting Begins
City Council Meets on Budget The City Council met with the mayor and other departments heads as part of the process of going over the city’s budget line by line. […]
Weekly Wrap Of Government Meetings
LOCAL CONTROL SCHOOL SUBCOMMITTEE April 23, 2024 Yadillete Rivera, School Committee member and chair of the Local Control Committee, is one of the officials shepherding control of the Holyoke [...]
Laurel Street Residents Get What They Desperately Needed
The City Council voted unanimously to ask the Department of Public Works to place speed humps on Laurel Street, a street that is often confused by dangerous drivers as a […]
Shall The City Treasurer Become an Appointment?
A proposal to make the position of city Treasurer an appointed position rather than an elected one was debated first in the council’s Charter & Rules Committee, and then again […]
Resident Calls Out Bartley’s Conduct
Updates from Finance Committee below In a fast-moving City Council meeting on March 19, the council heard from a resident calling out the inappropriate conduct of a city councilor, agreed […]
Councilors Recommend Where Federal Taxpayer Money Should Go
DEVELOPMENT & GOVERNMENT RELATIONS COMMITTEE Alicia Zoeller Zoeller, administrator of the Office for Community Development, met with the City Council’s Development and Governmental [...]
MOMS Partnership de Viability ofrece oportunidades de superación y desarrollo para madres de familia.
English version in this link Western Mass MOMS Partnership de Viability es un estudio de investigación diseñado en colaboración con la Universidad de Yale y Mathematica. Este programa está [...]
Council Tables Program to Fund City Improvements Again
The City Council on Feb. 20 voted to table again the ballot question of whether to continue to support an approximate $40 a year fee — based on median value […]
A Multi-Million Dollar Sports Complex for Holyoke
From Mayor Joshua Garcia’s office: “Holyoke Announces Plans for New Sports Complex and International Volleyball Hall of Fame Holyoke, MA – The city of Holyoke is thrilled to [...]