Three municipal meetings were held this week. Here are highlights from the City Council and special City Council and School Committee meetings. CITY COUNCIL AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE In a special […]
The Finance Committee met and maybe as a result of its chair, City Councilor Patti Devine, the meeting came in at under one hour and produced the funds for a […]
In 1986, Paul Simon partnered with Lady Blacksmith Mambazo and together they sang among the decade’s most iconic lyrics: “And we are homeless, homeless Moonlight sleeping on a [...]
Three committees of the City Council met this week to discuss the tax-exempt status of the Holyoke Library to McNulty Park being used by people who are homeless. FINANCE COMMITTEE […]
We welcome back in our studios the Loculus Collective. A Holyoke based dance collective, led by artists, dancers, educators, and performers, Olana Flynn, and Madison Palffy. In this interview, we [...]
The Holyoke City Council returns to the chambers next Wednesday, Sept. 4, at 7 pm, then again on Sept. 18, also a Wednesday. The council meetings were moved — temporarily […]
In the words of the federal Justice Department: “The Justice Department, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have entered into a consent decree [...]
An ad hoc committee set up to address the problem of raw sewage running into the Connecticut River — which cost Holyoke federal oversight and a multi-million dollar fine — […]
“The original Purple Heart, designated as the Badge of Military Merit, was established by George Washington – then the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army – by order from his [...]
