Proud in Springfield—and Boston

Springfield LGBT Pride Week kicked off today with a flag-raising ceremony at City Hall—while in Boston, a federal appeals court found the federal Defense of Marriage Act to be unconstitutional. For a full schedule of Pride events, go here.

Shein Skips Dems' Convention in Protest

The Democrats are descending on Springfield in droves today for their state party’s annual convention, where much of the attention will focus, no doubt, on the expected coronation of Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren. But the gathering won’t include one of...

Democrats Back Baystate Nurses

While the big news was, of course, Elizabeth Warren’s sewing up the party’s Senate nomination (boxing out her would-be primary challenger Marisa DeFranco), that wasn’t the only thing going on at the Democratic convention that took place in...

In Mourning

Flags are at half-mast around the city today to honor Kevin Ambrose, the Springfield police officer who was shot and killed yesterday responding to a domestic disturbance. Ambrose, a 36-year veteran of the SPD, had been sent to a Sixteen Acres apartment after a woman...