Buoniconti's Headaches Increase

by | Oct 26, 2010 | On Springfield

As Election Day fast approaches, the Hampden County DA’s race is being reduced to a fight over Steve Buoniconti’s refusal to release his personal tax returns. And it looks like Buoniconti has no one to blame but himself.Buoniconti has described all the...

Bark in Peace, Simon

by | Nov 8, 2010 | On Springfield

For reasons I can’t quite explain, I always get excited about Election Day. Don’t ask me why; I rarely find much to inspire me among the field of candidates, and even when I do, those candidates hardly ever win. But my misgivings about the larger political...

New Year, Old Library

by | Nov 9, 2010 | On Springfield

Mark Feb. 24, 2011, on your calendar: That’s the tentative date for the grand opening of the reclaimed Mason Square branch library. After interminable, and unconscionable, delays, it looks like the Springfield Urban League—which in 2003 bought the building...

The Trash Fee Chronicles

by | Nov 15, 2010 | On Springfield

Is there an issue that has proven more useful to Springfield politicians in recent years than the dread trash fee? To recap: in 2006, the Finance Control Board instituted a $90 annual fee for curbside trash pick-up, in an effort to plug up serious budget shortfalls in...

So Long, Farewell…

by | Nov 17, 2010 | On Springfield

Mason Square residents were treated to a welcomed sight last week: a large moving van outside of 765 State St. The van was there to move the Springfield Urban League to its new home on the campus of Springfield Technical Community College—opening the way,...