by Maureen Turner | Feb 7, 2012 | News
Michaelann Bewsee was feeling good the day after last week’s hearing of the Springfield Zoning Board of Appeals. The previous evening, the ZBA had issued a much-welcomed ruling on one of the more contentious issues to hit the city in years: a proposal to build a...
by Our Readers | Feb 9, 2012 | News
Local Boards Deal Setbacks to Biomass Plant On January 25, the Springfield Zoning Board of Appeals ruled in favor of the opponents of a 35-megawatt wood-burning power plant that the developer is trying to build in the city. This action came on the heels of the...
by Mark Roessler | Feb 9, 2012 | News
Two years ago, Parker Brothers celebrated “75 years of Monopoly” by releasing a new edition that featured a round board. “The world’s favorite family game brand continues to introduce innovative game play in 2010,” announced the press...
by Maureen Turner | Feb 9, 2012 | News
A new report from the Urban Institute finds that the “opportunity gap” between whites and Latinos is greater in Springfield than in any other city in the country. The study by the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit looks at 100 metropolitan areas in the...
by Stephanie Kraft | Feb 9, 2012 | News
Unheard in the echo chamber that trumpets every yard gained or lost in the scrimmage for the Republican presidential nomination is the quiet voice of a third-party campaigner, Green Party veteran Jill Stein. Stein, who lives in Lexington, is well known in the...
