by On Springfield | Apr 20, 2011 | On Springfield
While the battle over a city trash-collection system rages on in City Hall, Keep Springfield Beautiful—the non-profit with the rather pleasing slogan “the go-to guys to get clean & go green”—has a couple of events coming up where residents...
by On Springfield | Apr 22, 2011 | On Springfield
If you’ve found this year’s Springfield mayor’s race to be a little dull thus far, well, that’s about to change. Fearless (some would say fearsome—and mean it as a compliment) School Committee member Antonette Pepe will officially enter...
by On Springfield | Apr 27, 2011 | On Springfield
The deadline is fast approaching to submit comments to the Mass. Department of Environmental Protection regarding the wood-burning power plant proposed for East Springfield. April 29 is the close of the public comment period on a draft air-quality permit for the...
by On Springfield | May 2, 2011 | On Springfield
Caroline Murray, the unstoppable long-time executive director of the Springfield-based Alliance to Develop Power, has left the group after 18 years. In its early days, ADP—at the time, the initials stood for the Anti-Displacement Project—worked with...
by On Springfield | May 6, 2011 | On Springfield
Two weeks from tomorrow, opponents of the proposed wood-burning plant in East Springfield will finally get what they’ve spent months asking for: a City Council hearing on whether to revoke the special permit awarded to the project in 2008. On Tuesday, May 17, at...