HOLYOKE When the 13 newly elected members of the Holyoke City Council are sworn into office on Jan. 3, they might already find themselves in a crisis.Two newly elected councilors, including the second-highest vote-getter in the at-large race, work.
HOLYOKE As Betty Medina Lichtenstein watched election results come in Tuesday in Holyoke, she said her reaction was one of pure excitement. The majority-Hispanic city elected its first Latino mayor, its first Latina at-large School Committee member.
HOLYOKE It is a year for change on Holyoke’s City Council, which will be its most diverse ever after six candidates of color were elected to the 13 member body.In a year when the city elected its first-ever Latino mayor, city voters also ushered in.
On Nov. 2, Holyoke residents will vote to fill six at-large seats on the City Council.There are 11 candidates on the ballot competing for those seats, only four of whom are incumbents. Today we are publishing profiles of five candidates two.
HOLYOKE Voters heard from nearly a dozen candidates for City Council at-large at a Thursday night forum that touched on topics ranging from community-police relations to the controversy surrounding a proposed Dunkin’ restaurant on Mount Tom.The.