UPDATED 12:54PM: For confirmation Brewer is retiring and a previous version of this story indicated that Ludlow School Committee Member Chip Harrington would enter the 1st Hampden & Hampshire race as an independent. New information says he will run as a Democrat, setting up a primary
UPDATED 1/15/14 10:44AM: For additional comments from Councilor Fenton SPRINGFIELD—A new City Council tackled a modest, but significant agenda Monday night, the first full meeting since its reorganization and swearing in last week. Despite rather lonely dissents on a couple of issues the tone and
…And the World: We begin today in Israel where the nation is saying good bye to its controversial former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon who died over the weekend. Not every Israeli has fond memories of “Arik,” though. Vice-President Joe Biden represented the United States at
UPDATED 4:20PM: For a new link, grammar and clarity. Everyone knew a changing of the guard on Pearl Street was coming, but the swiftness of Mayor Domenic Sarno’s announcement that he would be selecting a new Police Commissioner from the ranks of the city’s deputy
SPRINGFIELD—The new City Council President moved quickly only a day after his election to appoint committees for the Council’s 2014 term. Ward 2 Councilor Michael Fenton shuffled the seats on the Council’s committee Tuesday and announced the formation of two policy-centric proactive committees, which will
SPRINGFIELD—For the first time in over a decade, Domenic Sarno was not taking an oath in an even year January. In the middle of the city’s first four-year mayoral term, he along with a packed Council chamber of family, friends, elected officials and city department
…And the World: We begin today in Bangladesh, where it seems poised for turmoil as the opposition party boycotted elections yesterday. Consequently, turnout was low. However, the ruling party may be open to fresh polls, if the opposition stops its often violent protests. In Iraq after a
This is a fourth post analyzing the election results of the 2013 election. As much as the elections at-large and in Ward 8 last month in Springfield captured attention because of their upsets, in a lot of ways the lessons derived from them tell some