by On Springfield | Jan 25, 2012 | On Springfield
Seven years, Springfield schools administrator Yolanda Gomez won something called the “Peter J. Negroni Leadership Award,” named in honor of the former superintendent. Last week, the now-retired Gomez was arrested for alleged Medicare fraud, accused of...
by On Springfield | Jan 26, 2012 | On Springfield
Springfield has taken one step closer to becoming a casino town: Ameristar, the Nevada company that wants to build a casino at the site of the old Westinghouse plant off Page Boulevard, has closed on a deal to buy the land, the Republican’s Dan Ring reports this...
by On Springfield | Jan 27, 2012 | On Springfield
About 3,800 Western Mass. property owners filed for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency after the freak tornadoes that hit the region last June. And many of them are likely eligible for financial incentives from a state program designed to help...
by On Springfield | Feb 2, 2012 | On Springfield
Conventional wisdom would suggest that a barroom is not the best place to sort out differences, political or otherwise. But on Friday, City Councilors Jimmy Ferrera and Mike Fenton will be together behind the bar at the John Boyle O’Reilly Club, serving drinks...
by On Springfield | Jan 30, 2012 | On Springfield
The Farmers’ Market at Forest Park hosts the annual Springfield Winter Fare tomorrow, Jan. 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Like the city’s regular winter farmers’ market—held the second and fourth Saturdays of each month through April—the...
