Acting Holyoke mayor won’t run for office
Acting Holyoke Mayor Terence Murphy speaks at a press conference held at City Hall on Wednesday afternoon. STAFF PHOTO/JACQUELYN VOGHEL
Acting Holyoke Mayor Terence Murphy speaks at a press conference held at City Hall on Wednesday afternoon. STAFF PHOTO/JACQUELYN VOGHEL
Published: 5/19/2021 7:49:19 PM
HOLYOKE When acting Holyoke Mayor Terence Murphy filed papers with the state’s Office of Campaign and Political Finance on Tuesday, some speculated that he would soon announce his run for elected mayor of the city. On Wednesday afternoon, Murphy assured constituents that this isn’t the case and also addressed reopening the city.
Acting Holyoke mayor cuts funding requests by $3M
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Published: 5/17/2021 7:16:29 PM
HOLYOKE Acting Mayor Terence Murphy has proposed a budget for fiscal year 2022 that reduces funding requests from city departments by around $3 million.
Murphy introduced his $144.6 million general fund spending plan at a special meeting of the City Council last week. In an accompanying letter, he said that his budget request is 2.28% higher than fiscal year 2021, though he did make substantial cuts to department requests.
“It has been my goal throughout this process to provide as many services as possible while also being fiscally sound,” Murphy said. “I have made substantial cuts to budget requests, not because I thought there was little value in the proposals but simply because projected revenues could not sustain these additional expenses.”
HOLYOKE Police say they are still investigating the shooting of five people in the South Street Plaza earlier this month.Police responded to the Clubhouse bar on May 1, where they found two shooting victims and provided first aid. An additional.
Police OT under scrutiny in Holyoke
A Holyoke police supervisor responds to a call on Sargeant Street on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING
Holyoke police respond to a call in the 100 block of Suffolk Street on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING
Holyoke Police station on Appleton Street, photographed on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING
Holyoke Police cars parked at the William S. Taupier Municipal Parking Garage on Division Street on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING
Holyoke Police cars parked at the William S. Taupier Municipal Parking Garage on Division Street on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING
Holyoke Highlands water main project to commence
A fire destroyed a house at 68 Fairfield Ave. in Holyoke on Sept. 28, 2019. At the time, firefighters had difficulty drawing water to battle the blaze because of water pressure problems in the neighborhood. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
Published: 5/5/2021 9:01:43 PM
HOLYOKE The city will soon begin work on a significant water main replacement project in the Highlands neighborhood.
The Holyoke Water Works project is intended to address water pressure problems in old pipes where tuberculation the buildup of mounds of rust shrinks the diameter of the pipe. That can be a problem for firefighters a fact highlighted in the fall of 2019, when the Holyoke Fire Department had difficulties drawing water to battle a disastrous house fire on Fairfield Avenue.