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DAVILA OPPOSES MEALS TAX SPRINGFIELD – Springfield City Council candidate Victor Davila, who is running for the Ward 6 seat, says he is against raising the meals tax as a means for government to make ends meet. Instead of expecting still more sacrifice from the citizens, wrote Davila in a short press release, local government [...]
Scenes from Springfield’s Cleanup Day
With the numbers not yet out on the citywide cleanup conducted by volunteers of Keep Springfield Beautiful on Saturday morning, May 2, below are some photos of the event, which ran from 8:00am to 1:00pm. Despite a number of news stories on the cleanup effort that day, judging from some puzzled forums posters on Masslive, [...]
Scenes from the KSB Kick-Off
Keep Springfield Beautiful (KSB), the local affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, held its 2009 kick-off event fundraiser on Thursday, April 2, raising over $1100 on the evening. The event, held at the Red Rose restaurant in downtown Springfield, marks the official start of KSB’s 2009 effort to help rid the City of Homes of its [...]
Keep Springfield Beautiful Gearing Up for Cleanup Day
On Thursday, January 8, 2009, members of Keep Springfield Beautiful (KSB) met at the offices of the Maple High/Six Corners Neighborhood Council to plan for this year’s city-wide Cleanup Day, scheduled for May 2, 2009. The event is on a Saturday, and will run from 8:00am to 1:00pm.
Springfield Clean Up Day – 2008
It was an overcast and damp Saturday morning as eager volunteers signed up at the four designated staging areas around Springfield for the annual “Keep Springfield Beautiful” Cleanup Day, a part of the national Great American Cleanup Day beautification program that took place on May 3rd. Organizers passed out trash bags and gloves at four [...]
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