by Heather Brandon | Nov 30, 2006 | Urban Compass
After this week’s Finance Control Board meeting at City Hall, I asked the audio and video technicians in the room how folks at home might be able to view the proceedings. There were three Comcast cameras mounted high on tripods on the far side of the room, as...
by Heather Brandon | Dec 1, 2006 | Urban Compass
At Monday night’s Springfield City Council meeting, developer Frank Colaccino of Colvest Group, based in Windsor, Connecticut, presented plans for a new CVS on State Street, in a roughly triangular-shaped lot that backs on Bay Street. Colaccino’s...
by Heather Brandon | Dec 1, 2006 | Urban Compass
Following is an excerpted, edited transcript of the Springfield Finance Control Board’s last meeting, on Monday, November 27, 2006, provided by resident Sheila McElwaine. The full transcript is also available hosted by the Forest Park Civic Association....
by Heather Brandon | Dec 4, 2006 | Urban Compass
Several police cruisers, include state police, descended this morning onto a couple of homes on Oakland Street between Kensington Avenue and Bloomfield Street. That area is often very crowded during rush hours, and is easily gridlocked just after school lets out. The...
by Heather Brandon | Dec 4, 2006 | Urban Compass
Governor-elect Deval Patrick, through his transition-oriented working groups, has scheduled a series of issues-focused "community meetings" across the state. The first took place last Friday, including one focused on higher education at the UMass-Amherst...
