by On Springfield | Mar 3, 2011 | On Springfield
Western Mass. did not fare well in the most recent round of charter-school approvals by the state: only one from the region—Springfield’s Veritas Prep—made the cut this time. Earlier this week, the Mass. Board of Elementary and Secondary Education...
by On Springfield | Mar 8, 2011 | On Springfield
Last November, in the early morning hours on the day before Thanksgiving, a fire consumed a home on Wing Street, in Indian Orchard. The house’s owner, Betty Agin, was, luckily, staying at a friend’s house at the time. But her luck was limited: her home was...
by On Springfield | Mar 10, 2011 | On Springfield
With the mayoral election eight months away, candidate (and City Council president) Jose Tosado has begun carving out his platform, with the city’s high drop-out rates topping the list. Tosado points to state figures showing that Springfield students are failing...
by On Springfield | Mar 16, 2011 | On Springfield
New Hampden County DA Mark Mastroianni has decided that state police will handle murder cases in the city of Springfield for the immediate future, Patrick Johnson reports in today’s Springfield Republican. Under the temporary policy, detectives from the state...
by On Springfield | Mar 18, 2011 | On Springfield
Earlier this week, a coalition of public health, environmental and social justice groups from around the Valley launched a petition drive calling for a moratorium on new biomass energy plants in the state through the end of 2013. The group included opponents of...
