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HOLYOKE — The Holyoke City Council failed to muster the votes needed Tuesday to change a 2017 ordinance that bars all city employees from simultaneously serving as city councilors.The City Council meeting included a screaming match between members of...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSENHOLYOKE — Linda Vacon has officially been confirmed as the winner of the Holyoke City Council race in Ward 5 after the city clerk’s office conducted an election recount Friday.The recount was requested by challenger Guy O’Donnell,...

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 — 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...