A Holyoke city councilor’s statement comparing Holyoke police to a gang reminds me that my experience is not universal. I grew up around cops. My father, grandfather, aunt, uncles, and cousin were and are police officers. I view cops as family.But my.
HOLYOKE The City Council has voted to bond for $475,000 to pay for a feasibility study for building a new middle school on the site of William R. Peck School.In a 9-4 vote, councilors narrowly mustered the votes needed to issue a bond. The.
HOLYOKE When Holyoke’s newly elected officials took their oath of office Monday, the group on stage at City Hall represented the full diversity of the city’s 38,000 residents.The 13-member City Council is now home to six councilors of color the.
It’s easy to describe November’s municipal elections in several communities throughout western Massachusetts as historic.From Holyoke, where voters chose the city’s first Latino mayor, its most diverse City Council ever and its first Latina at-large.
We, as a city, need to respect a democratic vote. Recently, Holyoke voters elected Israel Rivera as an at-large city councilor and Jenny Rivera as a Ward 1 city councilor on the Holyoke City Council. Yet, before they have a chance to represent the.