Green Up Day synergy in Springfield

Bright sunshine, blue skies, and comfortable temperatures put spring in the steps of the many volunteers digging, planting, spreading mulch, and picking up trash at the People’s United Bank parking lot Saturday morning, May 5.

Springfield, a trash dump for Keene

The 1968 "ideal solution" to Keene's refuse problems: Truck it all to Springfield, Vermont and have it buried there.

Springfield Recycling rates hiked starting Monday

As of Monday, Oct. 2, the cost for a sheet of 25 tickets for the Springfield Recycling Center will increase $2.25 from $11.25 to a base price of $13.50 a sheet. Each ticket is good for 4 pounds of trash, or 100 pounds per sheet.

Few in Vermont using food scrap bins

Vermont’s effort to move toward so-called universal recycling passed a major milestone last month, when transfer stations were required to begin accepting food scraps, grass clippings and other organic waste.

Springfield tries to grapple with too much trash