by On Springfield | Jul 5, 2012 | On Springfield
Ward 7 City Councilor Tim Allen has an intriguing idea: using a trash-fee increase to keep open three library branches slated to close under the fiscal 2013 municipal budget. Allen is proposing that the trash fee be increased by $15—from $75 to $90—with a...
by On Springfield | Jul 10, 2012 | On Springfield
Activists are applauding a recent federal court ruling that upholds some tough anti-foreclosure ordinances passed unanimously last year by the City Council—and calling on the Sarno administration to being applying the new laws. Under the ordinances, mortgage...
by On Springfield | Jul 13, 2012 | On Springfield
First Congressional District candidate Andrea Nuciforo is calling for a series of debates with his opponents—well, at least with one of them. Earlier this week, Nuciforo, a former state senator and now Middle Berkshire register of deeds, sent a letter to U.S....
by On Springfield | Jul 16, 2012 | On Springfield
Will Springfield become the latest community to signal its support of a proposed Constitutional amendment overturning the Supreme Court’s controversial 2010 Citizens United ruling? (That decision, in case you’ve somehow missed it—and really, if you...
by On Springfield | Jul 18, 2012 | On Springfield
Voters will have what promises to be a great opportunity to hear from—and perhaps even talk to— two of the candidates for the 1st Congressional District seat this week. New England Public Radio has scheduled hour-long live interviews with two of the men...
