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The LenoxLovesMusic! series will commence its second season at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, May 16. The 13-week series brings live music to downtown Lenox with performances located at the town dining terrace at 31 Church St. The series is a collaboration with the Lenox Chamber of Commerce, Lenox Cultural District and Berkshire Music School. The first part of the series will run until June 27 with the second half running Aug. 29 through Oct. 17. Local artists perform each week offering different music genres including folk, classical, jazz, rock, blues, and fusion. The first three performances are as fol...

Holyoke City Council delays vote on changes to marijuana ordinance; acting mayor offers updates Updated May 05, 2021; HOLYOKE -- The City Council held off on sweeping changes to an ordinance related to the cannabis industry. The council voted 7-6 in favor of changes to current rules for medical and recreational marijuana operations and special permitting. While the ordinance passed initially with a simple majority (7-6), Ward 5 Councilor Linda Vacon requested an opinion from the city’s Law Department if a supermajority or 9-4 vote were necessary. Vacon pointed out that council rules requir...

Holyoke City Council OKs permits for cannabis growers; honors activist Updated 9:08 AM; Massbiology proposes to build and operate a marijuana cultivation and processing facility at 6 Appleton St. The permit requires Massbiology to add a bike rack. Holyoke Fire Department approves a generator for the site, finds an alternative fuel source, and “obtain site control of the area slated for parking.” The Massachusetts Cannabis Commission requires all licensing applicants to apply for a special permit at the municipal level. The commission oversees the Commonwealth’s medical and recreational...

Holyoke City Councilor Terence Murphy appointed acting mayor Updated Apr 12, 2021; Posted Apr 12, 2021 Ward 2 City Councilor Terence Murphy listens during an online meeting April 12, 2021, where he was elected acting mayor. Facebook Share HOLYOKE — The City Council elected Ward 2 Councilor Terrence Murphy as acting mayor during a special meeting Monday night. Murphy will serve until the November mayoral election. A recently passed home rule petition granted the City Council one-time authority to appoint any councilor as acting mayor. City Clerk Brenna Murphy McGee will swear in Murphy at ...

Murphy named Holyoke’s acting mayor GAZETTE FILE PHOTO GAZETTE FILE PHOTO Holyoke At-large City Councilor Peter Tallman attends the first meeting of the new year, Jan. 6, 2020. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO HOLYOKE — The city has a new mayor — for the next seven months, anyway. In a special meeting Monday, the City Council voted to name Ward 2 Councilor Terence Murphy acting mayor, a role he will fill until a new mayor is elected in November. Murphy takes over for City Council President Todd McGee, who has been acting mayor since Alex Morse stepped down March 26 to become town manager in Provinc...