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Springfield official, organizations describe deep need for rent and utility assistance during COVID pandemic Updated Mar 04, 2021; SPRINGFIELD — City officials and organizations that help the homeless and poor said this week there remains a dire need for financial assistance and guidance as families cope with rent arrears and the threat of evictions. The challenges were discussed during a meeting on Tuesday conducted by the City Council’s COVID-19 Response Committee. Geraldine McCafferty, the city’s director of housing, said Wednesday in the aftermath of the meeting that thousands of r...

Strong Majority of Springfield City Council Sign Letter Supporting MNA Baystate Home Health Nurses' Effort to Secure a Fair Contract to Improve Conditions for Nurses, Patients and Community Baystate Health insists on cutting nurse sick time and making other contract proposals that would diminish the quality of working conditions and the ability of nurses to provide the best possible care to home care patients News provided by Share this article Share this article SPRINGFIELD, Mass., March 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Nine out of 12 current Springfield City Council members have signed a letter add...

‘Has he ever been here?’: Tucker Carlson’s description of Springfield doesn’t mesh with reality, residents and officials say Updated Feb 26, 2021; Posted Feb 26, 2021 Fox News host Tucker Carlson referred to Springfield, Massachusetts, as a place "famous for burned-out buildings and murders" during his Thursday night broadcast. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Getty Images Facebook Share Fox News’ Tucker Carlson — whose on-air statements a court determined shouldn’t be viewed as facts — opened Thursday night’s show smearing Springfield in a story about cultural fric...

Springfield’s health official and city councilors perplexed by the state’s fragmented data on vaccinations Updated Feb 24, 2021; Posted Feb 24, 2021 Private medical company, Curative have worked to keep residents out of the cold by reorganizing their site indoors. (Douglas Hook / MassLive) Facebook Share “There’s so much we don’t know,” said Springfield’s Health and Human Services Commissioner Helen Caulton-Harris at the city council COVID-19 response committee meeting. Springfield’s city councilors met on Tuesday via Zoom to discuss the data sent by the Massachusetts Depart...

Data on vaccinations that have taken place at one of the large scale vaccination sites in Massachusetts has raised equity concerns.