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On Nov. 2, Holyoke residents will vote to fill six at-large seats on the City Council.There are 11 candidates on the ballot competing for those seats, only four of whom are incumbents. On Tuesday, we published profiles of five candidates, and today we...
HOLYOKE — Voters heard from nearly a dozen candidates for City Council at-large at a Thursday night forum that touched on topics ranging from community-police relations to the controversy surrounding a proposed Dunkin’ restaurant on Mount Tom.The...
HOLYOKE — The Gazette has teamed up with the League of Women Voters of Northampton Area to hold candidate forums for those running for at-large City Council seats and for mayor in Holyoke.The first forum will feature candidates running for the six...
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...
NORTHAMPTON — Mayoral races across the state are heating up, including in Northampton and Holyoke.Candidates in both cities have begun to file their nomination papers — the step necessary to appear on the ballot. In Northampton, candidates for mayor...