In a tasteful, but crowded ceremony at City Hall, Springfield swore in its City Council and its Mayor Domenic Sarno for another term. Sarno will be serving the city’s first four year term following enactment of a ballot question in 2009 that extended the mayor’s
The Springfield City Council closed out the year on a high and uncharacteristically brief note. Most of the measures were largely uncontroversial approvals of grant money and donations. An informal caucus was held at the end to select the Council’s officers for next year. Budget
**UPDATED** The following post has been updated with new pictures and additional reporting. (WMassP&I) Controversy and passionate, if not always stimulating debate are not foreign to the Springfield City Council. However, there are certain topics that simply do not make their way into the austere
(WMassP&I) The gang at 36 Court Street got together once again, but for the most part without the trademark mischief. The Springfield City Council met again for only the first of two times this week to consider a roster of formal acceptances of grants, approve
**UPDATED 12/3/11** Following a report by Maureen Turner posted to her Valley Advocate blog “On Springfield” on biomass & campaign contributions, the Republican today singled out Kateri Walsh’s hundreds in campaign contributions from the Callahan family and their lawyer Frank Fitzgerald. The same report notes
(WMassP&I) With the holidays around the corner, the turkeys of the Springfield City Council gathered Monday for a Thanksgiving week meeting to handle some issues that had been at a simmer for several weeks now. Some of the hottest items were taken care of before
Mayor Sarno (VoteSarno.com) Anybody watching the elections play out in Springfield and the neighboring towns should not really be surprised what transpired. Mayor eating that may end the latter’s political career and won the city’s first four-year mayoral term. On the other hand, Bud Williams,
Not quite five years ago, with then Council-President Kateri Walsh looking on, Judge William Boyle swore in at-large councilor James Ferrera, III as the city’s newest councilor. His effective predecessor, Angelo Puppolo, had resigned his seat in order to join the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
Sorry for the delayed post of this week’s Take My Council, Please. If it make you feel any better, part of the reason was due to the relatively minor items that were before the council. (WMassP&I) The Springfield City Council pulled out a quick meeting
(WMassP&I) The Springfield City Council meant to bring some measure of finality to the budget process and a provide a measure closure to the acrimony that has bedeviled the City Council and the Mayor’s office. Between a canny move by at-large Councilor Jimmy Ferrera and