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Reminder Publishing photo by G. Michael Dobbs SPRINGFIELD – The ongoing issue of whether or not a bio-mass plant should exist in Springfield near the Chicopee border received renewed attention last week with Sen. Edward Markey coming to Springfield to announce his support for efforts to prevent its opening. City Councilor Jesse Lederman, who has long advocated against the plant proposed by Palmer Paving at its Page Boulevard property, reached out to Markey who was here in the region visiting the Holyoke Soldiers Home on Feb. 18. Lederman, accompanied by fellow colleagues on the City Counci...

Are smaller vaccination sites the key to reaching residents within Massachusetts’ urban centers? Updated Feb 13, 2021; Posted Feb 13, 2021 One of the 10 National Guards m edical personel stands outside the doors at the Eastfield Mall vaccination site. (Douglas Hook / MassLive) Facebook Share As the vaccine slowly drips through to municipalities across the state, city leaders look at where they could open their own sites for residents. Springfield houses the only super vaccination site west of Worcester at the Eastfield Mall, which has seen problems with understaffing and overbooking for ...

‘Tired of being nickeled and dimed’: Springfield City Council joins chorus of communities opposed to Comcast’s proposed data cap Updated Feb 09, 2021; Posted Feb 09, 2021 Springfield City Councilor Jesse Lederman, seen in file photo, was lead sponsor of a resolution opposing a Comcast fee for homeowners exceeding a proposed data cap by Comcast on internet usage. (Hoang 'Leon' Nguyen / The Republican) Facebook Share SPRINGFIELD — The City Council on Monday joined a growing number of communities voicing opposition to a proposed fee charged by Comcast for subscribers exceeding a data c...

Springfield councilors call for more money, testing, vaccines to battle COVID Updated Feb 03, 2021; Posted Feb 03, 2021 1/29/2021 - Springfield - A patient received his COVID vaccination from nurse Christa Feeney at Eastfield Mall site on Friday. (Hoang 'Leon' Nguyen / The Republican) Facebook Share SPRINGFIELD — The city needs more. That was the message this week as city councilors met with local department heads and with aides to federal elected officials to plead for more money, more testing and more vaccines to confront the coronavirus pandemic. Councilor Jesse Lederman, chairman of t...

Springfield city councilors urge Gov. Charlie Baker to expand COVID vaccine availability Updated Feb 04, 2021; SPRINGFIELD —- A group of 10 city councilors submitted a plea to Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday, urging him to spread his coronavirus vaccine program to reach all neighborhoods of the city. The councilors said it is “illogical” for the state to think that the nearly 160,000 residents of the city can be served by a single mass COVID-19 site now operated by the state at the Eastfield Mall on Boston Road. A localized vaccine distribution plan with multiple neighborhood clinics is...