Mass pike toll-free glee: hold your horses

by | Nov 3, 2006 | Urban Compass

The Boston Globe’s Mac Daniel reports today that the state-appointed, 13-member Transportation Finance Commission "urged the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority and [Governor Mitt] Romney administration to slow plans to abolish tolls on the turnpike west of...

Anytown, USA tonight at central library

by | Nov 6, 2006 | Urban Compass

If you happen to be looking for a "nail-biting drama" tonight, consider dropping by the Springfield central library branch at 6:00 pm for an election-eve showing of the award-winning 2005 documentary, Anytown, USA. The film chronicles a tight mayoral race in...

Consider a downtown loft

by | Nov 7, 2006 | Urban Compass

This just in, from a resident of Springfield’s six-story McIntosh building, at the corner of Worthington and Chestnut Streets downtown:There are five units in my building going out for bid in a couple weeks. The minimum bid is around $50,000 (I paid way more),...