by Heather Brandon | Apr 2, 2007 | Urban Compass
Today’s Springfield Republican includes two letters to the editor that focus on the March 13 shooting incident in which a Officer David Askins was shot in the leg, and suspect Aaron Brevoort was shot and killed by police as he emerged from a house, firing at the...
by Heather Brandon | Apr 3, 2007 | Urban Compass
by Heather Brandon | Apr 6, 2007 | Urban Compass
At last week’s Springfield Finance Control Board meeting, Police Commissioner Edward Flynn appeared in order to present 2006 crime data. Resident Sheila McElwaine provided a transcript of the proceedings. Police Commissioner Edward Flynn: Good morning. I...
by Heather Brandon | Apr 4, 2007 | Urban Compass
In response to a blog post here last week about setting standards in Springfield, and our collective cultural struggle to do so, I was contacted by Bill Miller. Miller is executive director of Friends of the Homeless, a non-profit that operates Worthington House at...
by Heather Brandon | Apr 6, 2007 | Urban Compass
At 4:00 pm on Wednesday, April 18, the Mason Square branch library advisory committee is planning an event to announce the results of a public vote for a suitable location for a new branch to serve the surrounding neighborhood (technically the juncture of several...