Mr. Peter Clarke
President and Chief Operating Officer
Western Massachusetts Electric Company
One Federal Street
Springfield, MA  01105

Dear Mr. Clarke,

As you are undoubtedly aware the October 2011 snowstorm created a serious hardship for many…

Collaborative partners begin first stage of employment creation

SPRINGFIELD – The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has awarded a $200,000 Roadmaps to Health grant to Partners for a Healthier Community, Inc. of Springfield, the lead agency with…

WHO:              Mayor Domenic J. Sarno, City Officials, MassMutual’s Assistant Vice President of Community Responsibility Nick Fyntrilakis and Representatives from a Non-Profit Foundation 

WHAT:            Announcement that Springfield will be…

State Funds to Reimburse for Emergency Response Costs and Support Emergency Roadway Repairs in Eight Cities and Towns

SPRINGFIELD – Thursday, December 15, 2011 – The Patrick-Murray Administration today released $14 million to help mitigate response…

December 14, 2011

MassDOT Press Office  617-973-8472

Contact at the event: Sara Lavoie, MassDOT 617-780-4016 (cell)

SPRINGFIELD – Tomorrow, December 15, 2011, the Patrick-Murray Administration will announce the release of funding to cities and…

SARNO PROPOSES EXPANDED PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FOR QUALIFYING SENIOR CITIZENS  

December 14, 2011 – Mayor Domenic J. Sarno announced today a recommendation of Fiscal Year 2012 property tax rates for consideration by the Springfield City Council at a…

Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 2:30 P.M. 

Project Rebuild to Create Jobs, Stabilize Communities, Rehab More Homes in Springfield, throughout Massachusetts

BOSTON - U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) New England Regional Administrator Barbara…

WHO:              Mayor Domenic J. Sarno, Springfield’s Emergency Preparedness Director Robert Hassett and American Red Cross Pioneer Valley Chapter Executive Director Rick Lee 

WHAT:            Unveiling of new mobile kitchen

WHEN:           …

Press Conference at Springfield City Hall

Date:                           Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Time:                          11:30am

Location:                    Front steps of City Hall
Meeting & light lunch to follow in City Council…

WHO:              Mayor Domenic J. Sarno, State Representative Cheryl Coakley-Rivera, City Housing Department Officials and representatives from the North End Initiative 

WHAT:            Demolition of 46 Washburn Street 

WHEN:           …

December 9, 2011 – Springfield’s Department of Public Works (DPW) announced today that it will end the seasonal collection of leaf and yard waste on Friday, December 16, 2011.  Leaf and yard waste collection will commence again in the Spring. …

The City of Springfield today accepted a donation on behalf of the Department of Parks, Buildings and Recreation Management from the USA Bicentennial Committee of Springfield, MA.

The USA Bicentennial Committee is comprised of Treasurer Daniel M.…

(WASHINGTON) Congressman Richard E. Neal today announced the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded the Commonwealth of Massachusetts $5.9 million in federal funding for the City of Springfield…

December 8, 2011  – Mayor Domenic J. Sarno today announced the appointment of Douglas L. Macmillan to the City’s Election Commission.

Macmillan, a resident of Springfield’s Forest Park Neighborhood, is President of Macmillan and Son, Inc., a…

WHO:              Mayor Domenic J. Sarno, Springfield’s Director of Parks, Buildings and Recreational Management Patrick Sullivan and representatives of the Springfield Bicentennial Committee 

WHAT:            Springfield Bicentennial Committee to…

November 23, 2011 – Springfield’s Department of Public Works (DPW) announced today that is the deadline for residents to place tree debris from the unprecedented October snowstorm out for collection.

City hired contractors will collect tree debris…

November 21, 2011 – The Department of Public Works reminds Springfield residents who have municipal trash collection on Thursdays that there will be no collection service on Thursday, November 24th due to the Thanksgiving Holiday.  

Collection of…

WHO:             Mayor Domenic J. Sarno, Veterans Service Director Thomas Belton and Members of the Veterans Day Parade Committee

WHAT:           Veteran of the Year and Veterans Day Parade Marshal will be named 

WHEN:           Thursday,…

November 10, 2011 – Springfield’s Department of Public Works (DPW) is asking for assistance from the public as the City’s ongoing storm clean-up efforts continue.  The DPW issued a parking advisory today asking that residents who park on city streets…

WHO:             Mayor Domenic J. Sarno, Springfield’s Veterans Services Director Thomas Belton and Members of the Veteran’s Day Parade Committee

WHAT:           Veterans Day Parade  

WHEN:           Friday, November 11, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. …