For the City of Springfield, 2016 proved notable on multiple fronts. It briefly saw itself as the center of attention in the presidential contest. MGM evolving complexity dodged for at least another year a threat from Connecticut. A bevy of police controversies throttled City Hall
GOFFSTOWN, N.H.—As Election Day creeps ever closer, United State Senator Elizabeth Warren and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s shared a stage Monday afternoon to energize volunteers. But their focus seemed not just Clinton or even the GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump. With polls showing
UPDATED 10/26/16 7:56PM: For clarity and grammar. Longmeadow Daze is an occasional series reporting on and analyzing Longmeadow government and politics. LONGMEADOW—It is an oddity among Western democracies, but one American students learn early on in social studies classes. Since the founding of the republic,
EAST LONGMEADOW—With Election Day nearing, former Governor Michael Dukakis and his wife Kitty were here to rally volunteers on behalf of Senator Eric Lesser and return him to Beacon Hill for another term. With a mix of nostalgia and prospective-minded praise for Lesser, Dukakis emphasized
PHILADELPHIA—Sixteen months ago when she pulled the trigger on one of the worst kept secrets in the United States, Hillary Rodham Clinton knew, if successful, she would make history. But as she strode out onto the stage to roaring cheers in the Wells Fargo Arena
PHILADELPHIA—It was a call to arms, an appeal to the better angels of our nature, a riposte to critics and a firm defense of a rival-turned trusted colleague. But it was also a good-bye. President Barack Obama, in perhaps his last prime-time address as president,
Some days ago a piece of mail arrived at a nondescript municipal building in mid-Cambridge. It would eventually find its way to a school north of Harvard Square where its contents were fed into a voting machine, disappearing into the anonymity of the ballots cast
UPDATED 3/2/16 4:17PM: For clarity. SPRINGFIELD—Presidential candidates have lavished an unusual amount of attention on the commonwealth’s third largest city this cycle. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, seeking the Democratic nomination, drew a large crowd at the MassMutual. Ohio Governor John Kasich, a Republican, held an
With a commanding lead in the polls for the March 1 Republican primary, the supporters of real estate tycoon and provocateur Donald Trump will hold a rally on the steps of Springfield City Hall on Sunday. Having won three out of the first four primary
UPDATED 2/24/16 3:47PM: For grammar & clarity. AMHERST—Following his momentum blunting-loss 2500 miles away in Nevada, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders came to the University of Massachusetts Monday night to rally his youngest and arguably most fervent supporters eight days before the Bay State votes in the