by On Springfield | May 18, 2012 | On Springfield
Recently, a reader left me a voicemail drawing my attention to some strange doings at the Smith & Wesson shooting center. She’d shown up there a couple of times for safety instruction but found the place was closed, and workers there had few satisfactory...
by On Springfield | May 21, 2012 | On Springfield
Mayor Domenic Sarno has always had a somewhat rocky relationship with the City Council, with tensions especially apparent during the annual budget season, going back to the mayor’s attempt, in his first term, to bar councilors from attending department budget...
by On Springfield | May 24, 2012 | On Springfield
Mayor Domenic Sarno has responded to a letter from city councilors complaining that they’ve been left out of the municipal budget process with a scathing letter of his own, in which he suggests that councilors have forgotten their limited role in the process. In...
by On Springfield | May 25, 2012 | On Springfield
No big surprise here: Danny Warwick, a long-time School Department employee and deputy superintendent since 2004, was named one of two finalists for the city’s school superintendent job. The other finalist, named yesterday by a search committee, is Jesus Jara,...
by On Springfield | May 30, 2012 | On Springfield
Bill Dusty has a good piece in the Springfield Intruder this week about what a casino would mean for the city’s arts community—including a surprising perspective. To many people who’d like to see the city reap the economic benefits a thriving arts...
