The residents of Mason Square and the broader Springfield community are demanding what should never have required a fight: respect, responsiveness and the basic safety owed to every neighborhood.

For far too long, Eversource has failed to uphold its contractual obligations in our urban corridors, leaving critical streetlights dark, corners dangerous and our people vulnerable.

We mourn yet another life lost on the State Street corridor: Sylvia Gladden Dixon, a recent hit-and-run fatality at a location long known to be hazardous.

For years, the intersections of State and Catherine streets and nearby corners have been shrouded in darkness due to un-repaired streetlights. Yes, careless drivers bear responsibility, but these tragedies occur in predictable places where lighting is insufficien

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