Sex offender ban considered

by | Dec 6, 2006 | Urban Compass

At last night’s Springfield City Council meeting, a proposed ban on where level two and three sex offenders can live brought up some heated debate, which has continued into today’s post-game wrap-up of the matter. From Mike Plaisance’s article in...

Technical difficulties

by | Dec 8, 2006 | Urban Compass

Nine or ten months ago, the Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management (DCAM) office, in conjunction with the architecture firm Jung|Brannen—which had been promised contract work once plans were underway—along with the Massachusetts Information...

Commissioner Flynn addresses the neighbors

by | Dec 11, 2006 | Urban Compass

Early this week, Springfield Police Commissioner Edward Flynn addressed a group of city-wide neighborhood leaders, people affiliated with beat management teams, civic associations, neighborhood councils, and community development corporations. Flynn had called the...