Crime Report

Just a few days after state Sen. Stephen Buoniconti announced his candidacy for Hampden County District Attorney came a rather uncomfortable story in the Boston Herald: on Saturday, the Herald’s Dave Wedge reported that the former prosecutor has taken $4,800 in...

Poll-axed

City leaders looking for a positive spin on the new WNEC poll on quality of life in the city will have their work cut out for them. According to the poll, 54 percent of city residents consider Springfield a “poor” or “fair” place to live....

Mason Square Library Update

Mason Square residents eager to know just when, exactly, they’re finally going to get back their neighborhood library branch should be sure to attend next Wednesday’s meeting of the City Council’s Veterans, Administration and Human Services...

Score One for the Squeaky Wheel

Last week, Springfield Intruder blogger Bill Dusty wrote (in his side gig at MassLive.com) about a perennial thorn in the side of his South End neighborhood: a long-neglected house at 58-60 Adams St., where crummy tenants and a disengaged landlord created a major...