Springfield schools called safe after $1.2M ventilation project completed
Updated Mar 05, 2021;
Posted Mar 05, 2021
John Carignan, assistant director of buildings in Springfield (left), and HVAC technician Patrick Sullivan look over the new iWave commercial air cleaners installed in the ventilation system at Roger L Putnam Vocational Technical Academy on Jan. 6, 2021. (Don Treeger / The Republican)
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SPRINGFIELD As state education leaders set the stage on Friday for the reopening of schools in April, in phases under the coronavirus pandemic, city officials said they have gone “above and beyond” the call to make the buildings safe.
The measures include $1.2 million invested in ventilation improvements targeting all school buildings that has now been completed, along with other renovations and COVID-19 precautions, city officials said this week.
Authors’ objection to Dr. Seuss mural causes furor
Dave Roback/The RepublicanThe mural of “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” is shown in the Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum in Springfield. Dave Roback/The Republican
Artist John Simpson works on the murals on June 24, 2016, in the Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum housed in the William Pynchon Memorial Building on the museum grounds in Springfield. Here, he works on the mural of And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street. Dave Roback/The Republican
Published: 10/9/2017 12:20:36 AM
SPRINGFIELD A Northampton children’s author and two colleagues are facing criticism after highlighting their objections to a mural at The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum in Springfield, the birthplace of Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss.
March 1, 2021
Sen. Ed Markey and other local officials in Massachusetts rebuked Tucker Carlson after he recently singled out the city of Springfield.
During a segment last Thursday night focused primarily on the fallout from a racial profiling allegation at Smith College in nearby Northampton, the Fox News host decided to use Springfield to make a wrought comparison, calling the city a “tragic place” and “famous for burned-out buildings and murders.”
The conservative commentator’s unprovoked slight at Springfield known more for being the home of basketball and Dr. Seuss than for its socioeconomic challenges – elicited a forceful defense from the city’s elected leaders.
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VAX HEARING AND REOPENING COLLIDE It was a tale of two headlines for Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday.
At the beginning of the day, Baker was on defense as lawmakers grilled him over the state s Covid-19 vaccine rollout at a much-anticipated oversight hearing. It was an unusual position for the popular Republican governor, who usually does not face sharp criticism from the Democratic-majority legislature.