by Heather Brandon | Jan 2, 2007 | Urban Compass
At a ceremony yesterday in City Council chambers, Councilor Kateri Walsh was sworn in as the body’s new president, becoming the first woman to hold that office since Mary Hurley in 1988. Replacing outgoing council president Jose Tosado, she automatically becomes...
by Heather Brandon | Jan 3, 2007 | Urban Compass
On a foggy November morning, a group of regional leaders, known as the trustees for the "Plan for Progress," met in a large circle of tables in a third-floor, glass-walled room at HCC’s Kittredge Center. The trustees are varied: heads of schools,...
by Heather Brandon | Jan 12, 2007 | Urban Compass
In a post today on Governing.com’s 13th Floor blog, Christopher Swope captures the comments of Round Lake, Illinois Mayor Bill Gentes on his daily blogging efforts. From his comments:[Blogging] is the single smartest thing I have ever done as Mayor, it allows me...
by Heather Brandon | Jan 12, 2007 | Urban Compass
Sheree Nolley (at right) of Springfield, a writing teacher and mentoring program coordinator at Kensington Avenue Elementary School, is in Honolulu, Hawaii this month leading a group of 13 student teachers, all seniors at Springfield College, in a project called the...
by Heather Brandon | Jan 3, 2007 | Urban Compass
At a Springfield Finance Control Board meeting on Monday, December 18, Springfield Schools Superintendent Joseph Burke presented information about the new Springfield Education Association teacher contract. Following is an excerpt, edited for brevity, of a transcript...
