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The businesses reopened later Friday following the break that occurred between McDonald's restaurant and Irving Circle K.

Councilors on Tuesday voted to approve an agreement with Springfield Terminal Railway Co. for the design and construction of an updated safety system at the Temple Street railroad crossing, with the payment of $77,000 to be funded by the city’s BUILD grant contingency fund.

Councilors to decide whether to move forward with proposal to change part of Appleton Street from two-way to one-way traffic to create more street parking for library patrons.

The 2022 National Youth Poet Laureate Alyssa Gaines visited Holyoke, Massachusetts, this week for a reading of her work with students close to her own age, some who had dropped out of high school and are now working toward graduation.

City Manager Steve Daly made the announcement Tuesday that in another month Main and Front streets, after years of being one-way, will revert to two-way traffic as the $11.2 million downtown revitalization project draws to a close.

The 2022 National Youth Poet Laureate Alyssa Gaines visited Holyoke, Massachusetts, this week for a reading of her work with students close to her own age, some who had dropped out of high school and are now working toward graduation.

The City Council was supposed to hold a public hearing on a plan to free up more parking for the Waterville Public Library by turning a portion of Appleton Street from two-way traffic to one-way.

The public can offer input prior to Tuesday's City Council meeting on a plan to give the Waterville Public Library 19 designated parking spaces by changing part of Appleton Street to one-way traffic from Elm Street to the Colby College dormitory on The Concourse.

The City Council plans to hold another public input session Tuesday to discuss what the downtown needs, this time focusing on connecting City Hall, Castonguay Square and the downtown to the riverfront.

HOLYOKE — The city’s police officers and supervisors unions on Tuesday called for At-Large City Councilor Jose Maldonado Velez to publicly apologize for referring to the department as a “gang” or recuse himself from any vote involving the city’s...