Jeanette DeForge

| SPRINGFIELD -- The School Committee will hold two meetings to seek public input on its controversial agreement with the police department on the use of cameras inside public schools.

SPRINGFIELD — The city is proposing to create a new tax relief initiative to help elderly, disabled and low-income residents who may not be eligible for other assistance.

| CHICOPEE – An early morning fire badly damaged a mobile home and displaced the residents Sunday.

| SPRINGFIELD – Police and educators agreed they must provide more information about the controversial school camera policy after students

The bench was found to be damaged and dangerous so it was removed.

The building at 51-59 Taylor St. sold for $1.4 million this fall.

SPRINGFIELD – A tax classification committee will recommend the City Council shift the biggest tax burden permitted onto businesses this year, but the average homeowner will still see the largest increase they have in a decade.

The $673,000 project is partly funded with a $240,000 state shared streets and spaces grant.

| SPRINGFIELD — With residents facing the largest tax bill in more than a decade, Mayor Domenic J. Sarno pledged to put more money toward tax relief.

The victim is expected to recover from a leg wound.