by On Springfield | Apr 7, 2014 | On Springfield
Want to weigh in on MGM’s South End casino proposal? Then be sure to make it to the Mass Gaming Commission’s final community meeting on the matter, to be held tomorrow—Tuesday, April 1—from 4 to 6 p.m. (or later, if necessary) at the Mass...
by On Springfield | Apr 8, 2014 | On Springfield
Want to know what John Barbieri has planned for the Springfield Police Department? Tonight, the city’s incoming police commissioner will make a public presentation of his top priorities in his new position. Barbieri, an SPD deputy chief who was recently selected...
by On Springfield | Apr 9, 2014 | On Springfield
Mayor Domenic Sarno is continuing to put pressure on Lux nightclub, the site of a shooting last weekend. This afternoon, the city Law Department issued a cease-and-desist letter to Lux’s manager ordering it to shut down an event planned later this month. A flyer...
by On Springfield | Apr 11, 2014 | On Springfield
As of January, 26,527 residents of the metro Springfield area (or 7.9 percent of the population) were unemployed, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. While that’s better than it had been— last summer, the rate hit 8.5...
by On Springfield | Apr 14, 2014 | On Springfield
On the off chance you’re running down the work-week clock by poking around the web, here are a few places to click your mouse: In this week’s Reminder, managing editor and columnist Mike Dobbs considers the tricky question of how to end violent crime in...
