Tech center will adapt funding to independence

On Town Meeting Day, some towns will see a change in the way they fund River Valley Technical Center.

Springfield voters take on $9.4M budget

Town Meeting voters will decide a $9.4 million town budget and a modest pay raise for the Board of Selectmen.

State suspends broker's license temporarily

Veteran real estate broker Bonnie McPadden, the owner and principal broker of Century 21 Scott Realty, has been disciplined by the Office of Professional Regulation for the second time in two years

Road salt running short

Harry Henderson went to the cupboard this week, and discovered the town's cupboard was bare — of road salt.

Charges denied in pot sting

A Springfield man pleaded innocent on Tuesday in District Court to charges he sold marijuana to a police informant.

Town ratifies takeover of polluted prison plot

The Springfield Select Board voted Monday night to accept title to a 32-acre parcel next to the Southern State Correctional Facility, with hopes of using the land for either industrial or commercial development.

Public works union has new contract

Unionized workers in the town's Public Works Department have a new three-year contract, after seven months of waiting and negotiations.

Union police press action

The unionized members of the Springfield Police Department have filed an unfair labor practice against Chief Douglas Johnston, charging him with "rude, hostile and demeaning" behavior.

Plea copped in crime spree

A string of unrelated crimes caught up with a Springfield man on Tuesday.
Joshua Morgan, 21, was sentenced in district court to three to six months' probation after pleading guilty to two misdemeanor counts of consuming alcohol as a minor, one misdemeanor count of giving alcohol to a minor, one misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct and one count of possessing deer out of season. In addition, Morgan pleaded no contest to one misdemeanor count of simple assault.

Hartland cemetery removal challenged

When Marcia Neal began to research her genealogy, she had no idea she would find herself having to go to court to defend the graves of her ancestors.
J. Michel Guite of Springfield, the prospective buyer of the property containing the Aldrich-Kendall Cemetery, said he would like to do just that after the burial ground is relocated.

Police station moves to Clinton Street

The town's men in blue moved less than a mile away this week into the new Springfield police station on Clinton Street.

State awards $2.8 million in enhancement grants

Gov. James Douglas announced Wednesday that 21 towns would receive a total of $2.8 million in community enhancement grants.
Springfield was awarded a $35,000 grant to explore the possibility of extending the Toonerville Trail, which currently runs from Clinton Street to the Connecticut River, up to Bridge Street, said Town Manager Bob Forguites.