ICYMI: #11thHampden Rep Bud Williams's 2024 challenger, Johnnie McKnight, is going to challenge the incumbent again next year. #mapoli #spfldpoli wmasspi.com/2025/12/brie...

Last week's #Springfield City Council meeting put a spotlight on the city's CPA program and its off-cycle recommendations, however rare those are. #mapoli #spfldpoli wmasspi.com/2025/12/take...

#Holyoke's election included some surprising results, particularly on the City Council. Local issues featured prominently, but it is hard to deny that the nationalization of the election contributed to the outcome--and some aquatic cameos. #mapoli wmasspi.com/2025/12/nati...

Next year, #11thHampden State Rep Bud Williams will face a familiar candidate. Johnnie McKnight has launched a fresh primary challenge to the longtime #Springfield pol after coming close to defeating Williams in 2024. #mapoli #spfldpoli wmasspi.com/2025/12/brie...

The #Springfield City Council approved $300,000 to repair a fire-damaged historic home. But councilors had some questions for the Community Preservation Chair and the homeowners. #mapoli #spfldpoli wmasspi.com/2025/12/take...

Which came first? The octopus or the nationalization of #Holyoke's election this year? Yes, it's all part of the story of the Paper City's results last month. #mapoli wmasspi.com/2025/12/nati...

The #11thHampden will have a contested Democratic primary as teacher Johnnie McKnight announces a rematch against longtime #Springfield pol and state rep Bud Williams. #mapoli #spfldpoli wmasspi.com/2025/12/brie...

Former #Springfield Mayoral aide seeks nearly $500,000 in attorneys' fees & costs arising from his suit against Mayor Sarno. Alongside the judgment for $750k, it would put the total cost to the city at over $1 million. Story on the judgment from Oct here. wmasspi.com/2025/10/moss...

ICYMI: #Springfield's election had some surprise results. Are the city's voters trying to send a message and who might be listening ahead of 2027? #mapoli #Spfldpoli wmasspi.com/2025/11/anal...

Once and future candidacy? Johnnie McKnight, who came within 250 votes of State Rep @BudLWilliams iin 2024, will try again next year. #mapoli #11thHampden wmasspi.com/2025/12/brie...

Last week's #Springfield City Council meeting was something of a breather for members after a surprising election season. #mapoli #spfldpoli wmasspi.com/2025/11/take...

This past week's #Springfield City Council meeting was quiet...perhaps too quiet, if not surprisingly so. #mapoli #spfldpoli wmasspi.com/2025/11/take...

ANALYSIS: After what many tipped to be a quiet election in #Springfield, voters ended up turning out four incumbents across the Council and School Committee. Are voters saying something politicos should be considering ahead of 2027? #mapoli #spfldpoli wmasspi.com/2025/11/anal...

Before the election, I interviewed Gerry Martin, who defeated incumbent Ward 7 Councilor Tim Allen in a rout. Read up a bit on what was moving in the race and on the Councilor-elect. #mapoli #spfldpoli wmasspi.com/2025/11/luck...

ICYMI: Our breakdown of the 413's big results in last week's election. #mapoli wmasspi.com/2025/11/surp...

#Springfield's Election saw four incumbents lose across the races for City Council and School Committee. There's an anti-incumbent air out there, but is that all that's going on in Springfield? Plus, 2027 looms. #mapoli #spfldpoli wmasspi.com/2025/11/anal...

INBOX: @waysmeanscmte.bsky.social Ranking Member @neal.house.gov statement on government funding bill. #mapoli

LISTEN: Last Friday, our editor-in-chief @mszafranski.bsky.social joined Paul Tuthill and @dustyc123.bsky.social for the Rundown with Carrie Saldo on @nepublicmedia.bsky.social for some local post-election analysis. #mapoli www.nepm.org/therundown/2...

READ: Our first look at Election Day in Western Massachusetts from #Holyoke to #Springfield, set against historic races across the country. #mapoli wmasspi.com/2025/11/surp...

Earthquake in #Holyoke Celebration at the Mayor's party. Mimi Panitch joins the city's council. Kevin Jourdain DEFEATED for reelection. Mimi Panitch will replace him in the at-large seat. Ward 3 City Councilor David Bartley loses to Anne Thalheimer. #mapoli

BREAKING: #Holyoke Mayor @TheGarciaJosh, who faced no opponent for reelection, leads slate that almost entirely wipes out opposition that had obstructed reforms to city's financial system. #mapoli

Former #Springfield Mayoral aide Darryl Moss prevailed on one of his claims against his former boss, Domenic Sarno, last week. A jury awarded him $750,000. #mapoli #spfldpoli wmasspi.com/2025/10/moss...

It is technically not the only example of a generational contest in #Springfield this year, but age and experience are front and center in the Ward 7 Council race in a way unlike any other election in the city this year. #mapoli #spfldpoli wmasspi.com/2025/11/luck...

A summer scandal that led to lawsuit between the candidates for the Ward 1 Council seat in #Springfield might have been the end of that race. Yet it has come back to life since. #mapoli #spfldpoli wmasspi.com/2025/10/ward...

Last week, Darryl moss, a former aide to #Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno, won a judgment of $750,000 as part of his suit over his termination. A jury found Sarno illegally retaliated against him under state civil rights law. #mapoli #spfldpoli wmasspi.com/2025/10/moss...

Generational contests are springing up everywhere this year. Even #Springfield has a few, but the clearest example may be the Ward 7 Council race where Tim Allen, whose held the seat since 2010 faces a challenge from twenty-something Gerry Martin. #mapoli #spfldpoli wmasspi.com/2025/11/luck...

The race for #Springfield City Council seat hit a major inflection point over the summer when the incumbent sued her challenger for defamation. However, since then, the campaign has restarted and has been firing on all cylinders. #mapoli #spfldpoli wmasspi.com/2025/10/ward...

Five years ago, #Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno fired his aide Darryl Moss for violating the city's social media policy. This week, a jury found that in doing that, Sarno unlawfully retaliated against Moss. #mapoli #spfldpoli wmasspi.com/2025/10/moss...

ICYMI: @amtrak.com's Lake Shore Limited, the only rail link between the 413 and Boston, is returning on December 1. The service had been suspended due to a sinkhole in New York state. #mapoli wmasspi.com/2025/10/brie...

After Maria Perez sued her opponent for defamation, among other things, the #Springfield Ward 1 race looked over. But then her opponent, Joesiah Gonzalez up got off the ground--and Perez changed up, too. #mapoli #spfldpoli wmasspi.com/2025/10/ward...

Darryl Moss, the former #Springfield Mayoral Aide who sued his ex-boss, won a $750,000 verdict this week. He only won on a retaliation claim, not direct discrimination, and the city will fight the verdict, but it could still sting. #mapoli #Spfldpoli wmasspi.com/2025/10/moss...

The only rail service linking Boston and Western Mass was shut down due to sinkhole further down the route in New York state. On December 1, the service returns. #mapoli wmasspi.com/2025/10/brie...

Was last week's #Springfield City Council discussion about a residential conversions in downtown an omen? #mapoli #spfldpoli wmasspi.com/2025/10/take...

Former #Springfield mayoral aide scored a $750,000 verdict against his former boss, Domenic Sarno, as part of a discrimination suit Moss had filed. However, the city will seek to overturn the decision. #mapoli #Spfldpoli wmasspi.com/2025/10/moss...

The Lake Shore Limited returns to Massachusetts in December. A New York sink hole had swallowed the service east of Albany #mapoli wmasspi.com/2025/10/brie...

The #Springfield City Council approved a project that will convert several historic commercial buildings into residences. Some councilors would have liked to see affordable housing, but there may be more housing conversations ahead. #mapoli #spfldpoli wmasspi.com/2025/10/take...

On December 1, the only direct rail service between Western Mass and Boston, presently replaced with a bus, will return. The Lake Shore Limited in Massachusetts and the seasonal New York to #Pittfield Berkshire Flyer had been suspended due to a sink hole. wmasspi.com/2025/10/brie...

Earlier this month, @edmarkey.bsky.social got a significant primary challenger. But is @sethmoulton.bsky.social somebody who can take advantage of growing demands for generational turnover? #mapoli wmasspi.com/2025/10/a-mo...

The #Springfield City Council had a light agenda this past Monday. However, its approval of a project that would convert old downtown buildings to apartments comes amid a growing housing debate in the city. #mapoli #Spfldpoli wmasspi.com/2025/10/take...

The #Springfield City Council had a light agenda this past Monday. However, its approval of a project that would convert old downtown buildings to apartments comes amid a growing housing debate in the city. #mapoli #Spfldpoli wmasspi.com/2025/10/take...

Only one train connects the 413 to Boston and a sinkhole in Upstate New York took it away this summer. This week, Amtrak, which owns the track near the land deformity, announced service would return in December. #mapoli wmasspi.com/2025/10/brie...

#Springfield is going to try again to get its EPA grant, but at the appellate level. #mapoli #spfldpoli wmasspi.com/2025/10/brie...

Senator @edmarkey.bsky.social has a primary challenge in form of #Salem Congressman @sethmoulton.bsky.social, who's quite explicitly running on generational turnover. #mapoli #masen wmasspi.com/2025/10/a-mo...

After a sinkhole in New York swallowed the only trans-commonwealth service in Massachusetts, a date has been set for the #Boston leg of the Lake Shore Limited. #mapoli wmasspi.com/2025/10/brie...

Was the October 6 #Springfield City Council meeting a throwback to when the body successful stuck together to accomplish a goal? #mapoli #spfldpoli wmasspi.com/2025/10/take...

#Springfield and its co-plaintiffs in a class action suit are appealing to revive the case. #mapoli #spfldpoli wmasspi.com/2025/10/brie...

Congressman @sethmoulton.bsky.social is challenging Senator @edmarkey.bsky.social. The incumbent is stronger in some ways in comparison to his last challenge six years ago, but Moulton's entry ensures the primary will not be a runaway. #mapoli #masen wmasspi.com/2025/10/a-mo...

At its meeting last week, the #Springfield Council finally approved requests for an internet service provider to perform street work. In exchange, there are commitments to wire the whole city. Is the Council flexing its muscles again? #mapoli #spfldpoli wmasspi.com/2025/10/take...

ICYMI: On Sept. 30, #Longmeadow voted to override tax caps to pay for debt to finance a new middle school to replace the existing two schools. #mapoli wmasspi.com/2025/09/long...

#Springfield and its co-plaintiffs are appealing the dismissal of their suit to recover EPA grants that Trump's administration snatched. #mapoli #spfldpoli wmasspi.com/2025/10/brie...