SPRINGFIELD — The Sept. 1 primary elections in Massachusetts just a few days away, and with 73 precincts within the city’s eight wards, Springfield voters may wonder where to go to cast their ballot or if they are registered to vote.
SPRINGFIELD — City leaders and state Rep. Angelo Puppolo are taking steps to address blight along the Boston Road-State Street corridor posed by large commercial properties whose owners have allowed them to deteriorate.
SPRINGFIELD — Passing through Forest Park on Aug. 12, debris had been cleaned from the roads, but forestry crews were hard at work, stacking downed branches and cutting up the trunks of once-mighty trees. The damage could be seen everywhere, but it was nothing compared to the zoo.
SPRINGFIELD — Developer FDS MA Liberty Junction LLC had its day in court, going before Judge Jeremy Bucci, as he listened to arguments from rival developers who argued that Liberty Junction should be blocked from building the new Springfield Regional Justice Center.
SPRINGFIELD — Two people looking to unseat U.S. Rep. Richard Neal in the Massachusetts 1st Congressional House District met at a debate on Aug. 11 to discuss their politics, priorities and approach. Of those, the most daylight between Nadia Milleron and Jeromie Whalen was in their approach.
SPRINGFIELD — Standing on the porch of a newly built three-bedroom house on Highland Street, Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno turned the handle on a bingo cage, sending the green and white balls inside clattering as it spun. Opening the cage door, he fished out a ball at random, cracked it open and read the slip of paper inside.