Quick Hits
Well, the fall semester for my proper schoolin’ is almost here and I’ve just about got everything ready to go. I’ve also been a bit pre-occupied developing content ideas and design options for a possible replacement for this website. I haven’t had much free time to write very much, but I thought I’d at least [...]
Paramount Theater Redux
Springfield’s downtown district has been the backdrop for some pretty depressing news in the past couple of years – from gun fights and murders to restaurant closures, just about all of the media of late has been bad. But every so often, something good pops up on the news radar. Last month, it was word [...]
Chief Scott Continues to Strike Legal Nerves
The counter-offensive against Holyoke Police Chief Anthony R. Scott has continued into the heat of August with a feature story that appeared in the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly this past week.
Signs of Life: Keene, NH; Brattleboro, VT
Last week while up in New Hampshire on vacation, I decided to take the scenic route back home in a drive along that state’s countryside. My journey took me first through Keene, in the southern/central part of the state, and then on to Brattleboro, VT, where I then hooked onto RT91 for the trip back [...]
Bundle O’ News
As I prep to take a week’s break from The Intruder (while on vacation up in New Hampshire), I’ll leave visitors with a bundle of news bits from my inbox and elsewhere…
One Door Closes, Another Opens
For Brian Santaniello, it’s all about choices. He’s been given plenty of them through the years – from a career on the Springfield City Council to, after tiring of that routine, getting hand-picked for a job on the Elections Commission.
Ceasefire Declared in Hot Dog War – Conflict Looms on Other Front
SPRINGFIELD – The Springfield City Council brought the volatile Hot Dog War to a ceasefire the other night after agreeing to allow vendors to sell their treats until an updated ordinance is worked out. Meanwhile, all is not so rosy for Mayor Domenic Sarno after a judge delayed a civil trial on a suit filed [...]
City News Briefs
DAVILA OPPOSES MEALS TAX SPRINGFIELD – Springfield City Council candidate Victor Davila, who is running for the Ward 6 seat, says he is against raising the meals tax as a means for government to make ends meet. Instead of expecting still more sacrifice from the citizens, wrote Davila in a short press release, local government [...]
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