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Trash collections returning to normal in Holyoke as residents complain of delays Updated Mar 10, 2021; Posted Mar 10, 2021 Facebook Share HOLYOKE — The city’s winter of discontent turned from snow to delayed trash and recycling pickups, but Mayor Alex B. Morse expects service to improve in the coming days. Residents continue to voice complaints about trash and recycling sitting on tree belts for days, long past the scheduled weekly pickups. Officials attribute the delays to a staff shorta...

NC officials call Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine a game-changer. When can you get it? Adam Wagner, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) Mar. 2—State and local health officials are deciding where to send the new one-shot COVID-19 vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson, now that it has received emergency use authorization from the federal government. Whether it will go to vaccinate teachers or build up vaccine supply in doctors offices, North Carolina health leaders say the vacc...

HOLYOKE — City Councilor Michael Sullivan has filed a home-rule petition that would do away with the requirement that a special election be held to fill a mayoral vacancy in 2021.Sullivan’s home-rule petition comes in the wake of the news that Mayor...

Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse selected as Provincetown town manager Updated Feb 25, 2021; Posted Feb 25, 2021 8/17/2020 -Mayor Alex Morse stands on stage before a debate with U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Springfield, during the Democratic primary for the seat. (Don Treeger / The Republican) Facebook Share HOLYOKE — Two months after Mayor Alex B. Morse announced he would not seek reelection, he has been named town manager of Provincetown. In an initial polling of the five members of the Select ...

Holyoke City Council President Todd McGee could become acting mayor after Alex Morse named Provincetown town manager Updated Feb 25, 2021; Posted Feb 25, 2021 Facebook Share HOLYOKE — City Council President Todd McGee could become acting mayor after Alex B. Morse was picked Thursday as Provincetown’s next town manager. McGee said he would speak with Morse in the coming days and release a statement before Tuesday’s City Council meeting. He cautioned against speculating until he has more ...

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Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse chosen as town manager of Provincetown ALEX MORSE HOLYOKE — Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse has been chosen as Provincetown’s next town manager. “I look forward to accepting the position,” he said in an email Thursday evening. The Select Board in Provincetown met at 5 p.m. to discuss naming a new town manager to succeed Robin Craver, who left after six months in the position. The board voted 5-0 to move forward with contract negotiations with Morse, he said. “It wo...

After Bitter Congressional Race, Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse Named Provincetown Town Manager Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse waves during a campaign event in Holyoke, Mass., on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020. Allison Dinner / Bloomberg via Getty Images The Provincetown Select Board has chosen Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse to be their next town manager. Morse lost a bitter congressional primary fight last year against Rep. Richard Neal during which Democratic officials supported a smear campaign suggesting Morse had...

North Carolina will start vaccinating school and childcare workers on Feb. 24 as the state enters Group 3 of its vaccine distribution plan.

Officials say residents should prepare for up to three days of lost power as Orange County faces a winter storm warning from midnight Thursday until 7 a.m. Friday, with a likely ice accumulation of ¼ to ½ inches across central N.C.