UPDATED 12/5/12 2:47PM: For clarification of John Lysak’s political affiliation and grammar. Campaigns for the City Council Presidency in Springfield are quite unlike many of the city’s big political fights. While several important issues go by unnoticed at 36 Court Street, where there is a
SPRINGFIELD—A quiet quick meeting for the Springfield City Council dispensed with numerous housekeeping measures. However some items sent to committee portend either broader conflicts or a healthy helping of grandstanding. Still recuperating from injuries sustained in August, Ward 3 Councilor Melvin Edwards was absent from
UPDATED: 9:20 PM: To reflect details obtained from the Republican. UPDATED 9:40 PM: To show comments from Councilors. UPDATED 12/4/12 1:22PM: With Tweet from WMassP&I’s twitter account and new reporting. SPRINGFIELD—After five years of a relative calm among the mayor’s inner circle of advisers and
…And the World: We begin in Great Britain where last week, the long-awating Leveson Inquiry into the phone-hacking scandal that touched the press, politicians and the police was released. Prime Minister David Cameron, opposed to the proposal and his party, the Conservatives, have been
SPRINGFIELD—On Thursday night, the annual ritual of setting the city‘s property tax rates made its last road stop in East Forest Park. Members of the City Council’s tax-setting subcommittee and Board of Assessors Chair Richard Allen presented the city’s tax rates for the next year
The recent political explosion in Holyoke over Mayor Alex Morse’s reversal on casinos may have been one of the few news stories that was able to actually muscle the gas explosion in Springfield out of the headlines for a bit. Fighting two fronts between each
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story identified “George Pappas” as the developer questioning stalled activity at the old visitors center in Springfield. Peter Pappas is the developer, not George Pappas, who is a member of Springfield Forward. …And the World: Hourly after brokering a
UPDATED 11/21/2012 For Clarity From seven hour lines in Miami-Dade County to false or misleading information on billboards in Pennsylvania to endless counting in Arizona, Election Day 2012 was nothing to be proud of. Voters across the country faced myriad challenges, a reality that runs
…And the World: Tensions remain high and attacks escalating as the latest flare-up between Israel and the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip continues. Israel has stepped up its attacks on Hamas targets, although civilians have been hit in the process. Missiles continue to be fired from Gaza
Nearly ten days after the election, post-mortems of the 2012 campaign season go on. Most of these, of course, focus on the presidential election. The Massachusetts Senate race, while destined to be studied for generations, was more or less put to bed until the White