Keeping an Eye on Scott Lively

When Scott Lively opened a coffeehouse in Springfield a few months back, it generated a lot of controversy. Lively is a minister and pastor of the Redemption Gate Mission Society, which describes itself as a “a multi-denominational, multi-racial, multi-ethnic...

Pay Raises and Job Losses

Yeesh—talk about poor timing. A week after the School Committee—well, most of the School Committee; more on that in a moment—voted to give Superintendent Alan Ingram a $12,000 raise, the committee’s budget subcommittee moved forward a new,...

Businesses Against Biomass

It’s the day before the City Council will take up the question of whether to revoke or amend Palmer Renewable Energy’s permit to build a wood-burning plant in East Springfield, and a group of local business owners are gathering to voice their opposition to...

Senate Hopeful Says No to Biomass

While the City Council continues to mull over the future of the wood-burning plant proposed for East Springfield—councilors closed a lengthy public hearing on the matter yesterday without taking a vote—one would-be elected official is taking a strong stand...