by On Springfield | Mar 21, 2013 | On Springfield
City councilors last night confirmed their support of a pair of ordinances designed to address the city’s high rates of foreclosure. The ordinances, passed in 2011, required that lenders participate in city-facilitated mediation with homeowners before...
by On Springfield | Mar 22, 2013 | On Springfield
The effort to save the oldest remaining school building in the city has received a major boost: $50,000, to be exact. The money comes from the 1772 Foundation, which funds historic preservation projects around the country. The foundation awarded the grant to the...
by On Springfield | Mar 25, 2013 | On Springfield
Mike Dobbs has a dynamite story in this week’s issue of the Reminder about the tension between Peter Pan Bus Lines CEO Peter Picknelly and city officials over the fate of the long-awaited Union Station delay. And yes, like just about everything in the city these...
by On Springfield | Mar 29, 2013 | On Springfield
All last week, I was hearing rumors about a forthcoming hold-on-to-your-hat article in the Republican. While the details varied a bit from informant to informant, the general outline was this: Stephanie Barry would have an article in the Sunday paper that would look...
by On Springfield | Apr 2, 2013 | On Springfield
Reminder managing editor Mike Dobbs gives a tepid review to Stephanie Barry’s article last Sunday in the Republican on Mayor Domenic Sarno’s relationship with the controversial political consultant Charlie Kingston, writing that, some interesting...
