Springfield Election Updates
With the first year of Ward Representation just starting to get into full swing in Springfield (see ward map here [.pdf]), City Council and School Committee hopefuls are jumping into the political fray by the dozens. After the September 15 primary election, however, only a select few candidates will be contending for seats on both [...]
City Notes: Downtown Updates
ARBOR ALLIES HOSTS TREE PLANTING The local conservation group Springfield Arbor Allies will be hosting a tree planting on Saturday, May 30, 2009 from 9:30am to noontime, meeting up on Dwight Street behind the MassMutual Center. The group, which organized just this year, is helping to coordinate tree planting in neighborhoods throughout the city in [...]
South End Redevelopment: Revised Edition
As part of a series of community meetings being setup up to help keep residents and business owners up-to-date on the ongoing and proposed plans for the redevelopment of the South End neighborhood, city officials hosted a gathering at the Mount Carmel Academy on Margaret Street on Thursday, May 21.
Walking the South End segment of the CT River Walk & Bikeway
For a group of supporters of the Springfield segment of the Connecticut River Walk and Bikeway, this past Wednesday, May 20, was a day to check out how the River Walk has been getting along since they last held a series of three walking surveys at about this time last year. Group organizer Sheila McElwaine [...]
A Stroll Around East Longmeadow Center
Last week I took a stroll around the center of East Longmeadow. I managed to snap a few photos before a rain shower sent me into a Starbucks for cover…. * This ballpark is located on the Maple Street & Shaker Road junction (parking is on Shaker Road). The field doubles as the locale for [...]
Local News Briefs & Tidbits: 5-15-09
CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO TABLE BUDGET SPRINGFIELD – The Springfield City Council voted on Wednesday to “lay on the table” this year’s city budget until more concrete numbers were available from the State regarding future cuts in state aid. The vote was 6 to 2 in favor of tabling the budget. City Councilors Bruce Stebbins [...]
Preservation Trust to Hold Maple Street Historic Tour
The Springfield Preservation Trust will be hosting a Spring Tour of homes along Maple Street on Sunday, May 17, 2009, from 1pm to 4pm. The tour will include a visit to the Trust’s most recent project, an 1832 former Female Seminary building. According to the Trust’s Web site, Maple Street was first built in the [...]
New Bid for City Towing Contract Set To Go Out
Springfield’s city solicitor, Ed Pikula, said on Wednesday that an Invitation for Bids (IFB) on a new towing contract for the City of Springfield would be out within 30 days and that the city was looking to have the bids in before July 1, 2009. In a meeting at City Hall requested by Springfield City [...]
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