by Heather Brandon | Jan 17, 2007 | Urban Compass
At last night’s Springfield City Council meeting, Councilor Tim Rooke proposed an amendment to Rules and Orders (Rule 10G) that would affect how new spending proposals might emerge. Rooke’s rule suggests that expenditures ought to be tied to the budget....
by Heather Brandon | Jan 5, 2007 | Urban Compass
Governor-elect Deval Patrick takes office today, the state’s first black governor, and the nation’s second. The nation’s first, Douglas Wilder of Virginia, is in attendance in Boston today. For video coverage, take a look at what NECN has to offer...
by Heather Brandon | Jan 18, 2007 | Urban Compass
Springfield Mayor Charles Ryan welcomed the press at his home in Forest Park early this afternoon. He looked well and was in good spirits, first sharing the story of what happened on Friday that brought him into a long weekend of hospital overnight stays, including a...
by Heather Brandon | Jan 8, 2007 | Urban Compass
Guest-blogging on the stimulating subject of zoning overlay districts (Word doc) is City Councilor Bruce Stebbins, who lives downtown on Mattoon Street and is a senior regional manager for the National Association of Manufacturers. Stebbins serves on the community...
by Heather Brandon | Jan 18, 2007 | Urban Compass
After another typical berating from our corner crossing guard for walking my kids to school on such a cold day, she and I launched into a relatively long discussion about what problems she is seeing from her twice-daily post at Oakland and Dickinson Streets. Today she...
