HOLYOKE Campaign cash played a big role in many, though not all, of the City Council and School Committee races in Holyoke on Tuesday.Unlike mayoral candidates in cities like Holyoke, candidates for City Council and School Committee do not have to.
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.
HOLYOKE On Nov. 2, Holyoke residents will vote to fill seven ward-based seats on the City Council, five of which are contested races. The ward seats are in addition to six at-large seats on the council.Ward 6 contains the Oakdale and Jarvis Avenue.
HOLYOKE With less than a month until a Nov. 2 general election, two political action committees have formed in Holyoke to boost the candidacies of competing factions for city offices.A PAC calling itself Holyoke Forward, or Holyoke Pa’lante in.