Holyoke’s Ward 4 City Councilor Libby Hernandez will not seek reelection
Holyoke Ward 4 City Councilor Libby Hernandez attends the first meeting of the new year in the council chambers following an inaugural ceremony held upstairs in the Holyoke City Hall auditorium on Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
Published: 5/5/2021 4:22:33 PM
HOLYOKE Ward 4 City Councilor Libby Hernandez has announced that she will not seek reelection this November.
Hernandez said that she made the decision not to run for a second term in order to spend more time with her mother. Hernandez lost her father to cancer on Sept. 7. He was 68.
“It was a personal decision,” Hernandez said. She noted that her mother has suffered health issues after herself getting cancer, which is now in remission. “I need to focus on what’s going on with her.”
Holyoke councilors call for Police Department review
A Holyoke Police Department cruiser. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
Holyoke Police Chief Manny Febo joins protesters in a march, protest and vigil against racial injustice and police brutality, June 2. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
Published: 3/15/2021 7:48:29 PM
HOLYOKE Four city councilors are calling for an independent assessment of the Holyoke Police Department after a video of a police officer alleging widespread corruption and racism within the department went viral last week.
At-large City Councilor Rebecca Lisi filed an order for an assessment, which is on the agenda for the City Council’s meeting on Tuesday night. The order proposes that “in an effort to obtain neutral, fact-based data and statistics, the City contract an independent assessment of Holyoke Police Department’s structure, policies, and practices.”
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Dozens march for slain Holyoke teen
Holyoke Ward 4 City Councilor Libby Hernandez hangs up posters made by Holyoke artist Sasha Cirino, Sunday, during a peace march in memory of 15-year-old Jonas Nuñez, whose life was cut short by gun violence, in Holyoke. FOR THE GAZETTE/Sabato Visconti
Peace march participants proceed down Cabot Street, led by Alexis Diaz and Jason Antonetti, followed by Holyoke City Councilors Libby Hernandez, Rebecca Lisi, and Gladys Lebron-Martinez, Sunday in Holyoke. FOR THE GAZETTE/Sabato Visconti
Francheska Nuñez marches with others in memory of her son, 15-year-old Jonas Nuñez, whose life was cut short by gun violence, at a peace march in his memory, Sunday, in Holyoke. FOR THE GAZETTE/Sabato Visconti