Daniel Wesson built his dream home on Maple Street in the 1890s. Dubbed “Fort Wesson” by the newspaper, the interior featured gold plumbing fixtures, exotic wood walls and paintings on the ceilings. Two little girls watch in awe as the coach arrives on the left of the picture.

Just a piece of downtown Springfield. 🎨🎨

This view shows the corner of Maple and Stockbridge Streets. Daniel Wesson’s iron fence shows up in the far left. The buildings on the left are long gone but were still standing in the early 1970s. Many on the right remain today including the Dutch steps of Dr. Harvey Van Allen.

Protests erupted in #Springfield as elsewhere following George Floyd's killing. Darryl Moss, a former aide to #Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno, has sued him and the city alleging he was fired for speaking out as events unfolded. #mapoli #spfldpoli wmasspi.com/2022/10/darryl…

Early voting for the 2022 Statewide Electiom begins today! Here are the Early Voting times and locations for Springfield. #mapoli #spfldpoli

New: More than 21,000 Bay Staters cast their ballots during the first weekend of early voting, Secretary of State Bill Galvin's office says. #mapoli

Now: Mass Secretary of State predicts turnout for state election will be 2.2 million — much lower than the 2.7 million-plus turnout in the 2018 governor’s race. “There’s not an awful lot of enthusiasm,” Galvin says, adding it’s “more like a midterm exam than a midterm choice.” #mapoli

“My frustration with Democrats has been a desire to continually play nice with people who are very determined to not make that an option.” On “The Run-Up” podcast, hear voters share their biggest concerts before the U.S. midterm elections on Tuesday. nyti.ms/3t3TlZA

Another US election, another "Land doesn't vote, people do" style map showing the election results.

The scenes coming out of Georgia are flat out unacceptable. No one, and I mean no one, should be forced to trade hours of their time as a transaction to cast a ballot. Federal legislation is necessary to prevent any state from doing this.

Young’s Hotel on Worthington Street at Stearns Square was one of many downtown hotels at the start of the 20th century. At the west end of this block was the Hotel Worthy. Visitors to our town repeatedly reported ours to be a beautiful city with much to do.