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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 shortage and equipment problems at the Department of Public Works. In the neighborhood around McMahon Scho...

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 doctor's offices, North Carolina health leaders say the vaccine — now the third in use in the United States — comes at a critical moment of the coronavirus...

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 Board, four cited Morse’s experience and his focus on diversity and inclusion as the reason for th...

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 information. When Morse will begin his job in Provincetown is unknown at this point. He still must n...