For the House This Time, Edwards Again Looks East…
SPRINGFIELD—Only two major similarities exist between Melvin Edwards’s run for Senate in 2012 and his bid for the House this year. In both races, the primary will effectively decide the election and in...
View ArticleNow for Springfield’s Top Job, the Campaign according to Sal…
The prospect of running against an incumbent mayor apparently bolstered by a milieu of progress and strength is not deterring challengers in Springfield. Between MGM and a flurry of largely...
View ArticleBriefings: Circosta Camp Confirms Kickoff…
Springfield resident and former bakery owner Salvatore Circosta has confirmed his campaign for mayor in a press release issued earlier today. Touting his community outreach while running his bakery...
View ArticleGrowing Field Suggests a Brewing Battle for 36 Court Street…
UPDATED 7/26/15 1:11AM: For grammar. SPRINGFIELD—What looked like a dull election season now seems primed to be a more spirited affair as additional challengers pile onto the race for mayor and City...
View ArticleIn Springfield’s Mayoral Preliminary, a Classical Challengers’ Forum…
SPRINGFIELD—Gathering Thursday night in the main hall of Classical Condominiums, once the former high school’s auditorium, voters met, questioned and listened to six of the contenders in the city’s...
View ArticleIn Old World & New, Past Is Prologue in Circosta’s Bid to Unseat Sarno…
This post is the first in a series on Springfield mayoral candidates ahead of the September 8 preliminary. SPRINGFIELD—Salvatore Circosta and the man he seeks to replace as mayor, Domenic Sarno, have a...
View ArticleThe Education (and the Candidacy) of Johnnie Ray McKnight…
This post is the second in a series on Springfield mayoral candidates ahead of the September 8 preliminary. SPRINGFIELD—The building at the corner of Chestnut and Pearl Streets seems a metaphor for...
View ArticleEditorial: We All Own Springfield’s Turnout and Sad Democracy…
Despite a spirited race for mayor, voters simply whiffed on Tuesday’s preliminary. Sweltering heat and a moved election date contributed to an abysmal 7.1% turnout. But this is a tragedy, one that goes...
View ArticleIt’s Faccia a Faccia As Circosta & Sarno Advance to November…
SPRINGFIELD—As the dust settles on the mayoral preliminary here, the enormity of the challenge before Salvatore Circosta has begun to come into focus. Although Circosta received enough votes to...
View ArticleEndorsements on Parade: Protest in Springfield…by Voting…
Before the casino referendum vote in July of 2013, we urged Springfield residents to vote with their whole heart, their whole soul and their whole mind. It was crucial that they rise and register their...
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