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Thanks to $22M in grants from the US Department of Transportation, Wakefield, Westfield and Holyoke each received funds to replace leaky gas pipes. The Biden Administration has been working with communities nationwide to replace old pipes that leak methane into the atmosphere. A budget item of $196 million was put into grants for 37 projects spread across 19 states.

The Holyoke City Council of this week may be best remembered for residents calling out City Councilors Kevin Jourdain and David Bartley for disrespectful behavior at the last City Council meeting and last election cycle.

Former City Councilor and public servant trailblazer Patty Devine said:

"I watched the meeting from home and cringed sometimes when I see how department heads and others are treated."

On January 19, 2023, in celebration of what it would have been his 35th birthday, Albion street in The Flats in Holyoke, was dedicated to honor, and remember Justin Chavez, […]

IN Studio, a new show on Holyoke Media with host Janine Fondon, discusses The Human Service Forum (HSF) 2023 Workplace Equity Series - Moving Forward With Action (April - June)

The Community Preservation Act Committee presented to the Finance Committee six recommendations its members believe should be funded. A summary of the recommendations follows. To view the complete report, see […]

Councilor Israel Rivera spoke up for former felons, like himself, to spotlight that this group of people face challenges and are sometimes treated as if they were the same person who broke the law in the first place, frozen in time. To be branded a former felon is to close opportunities to people who have served time for breaking the law, he said during a lively conversation among members of the Public Service Committee chaired by Councilor Peter Tallman.

For the month of March Wistariahurst Museum and Garden will exhibit the The Body / The Self, works by artists who identify as female and non-binary in a celebratory show for Women’s History Month in March.

Last week City Councilors addressed exceptionally major issues, including an audit by the consulting firm Municipal Resources Inc. on the functioning of the Police Department and the announcement by City Councilor and chamber President Todd McGee that he will not run for another term after serving the city for 17 years.

Young immigrant children often do not have the words to express how their lives are shaped by issues of immigration, legal status, and state-sanctioned violence.

At the Finance Committee, a member of the Community Preservation Act Committee presented facts and figures about the purpose of the preservation committee. It was established to enable participating cities and towns to create a dedicated fund with taxpayer money to impact a community's character and quality of life, according to Massachusetts law. Holyoke taxpayers have been paying 1.5 percent of their taxes to the CPAC over the past five years.

At a combined total of about four hours of debate over the course of two City Council meetings that included points about the city's wavering financial situation, burdening taxpayers, over-reach by certain councilors to remove the matter from the Ordinance Committee chaired by Councilor Linda Vacon before the committee had a chance to further study the proposal, and allegations that certain councilors were in favor of the vote to benefit family members, the matter drew fire and ire from councilors across the sides of the debate.