The Still-Ins and Outs

Yes, they’ve been dropping like flies, lately. The “crowd” first fell to a “gathering” a couple of weeks back, and has now come down to a coupling for the two Big Parties. For the Democrats, John Edwards’ Hollywood-like candidacy has come to an end. He was always a plastic, pre-fab candidate, made for television – [...]

Written on January 30, 2008 | Posted in Elections,Feature Stories,Politics | 2 comments

Merrill Lynched

One of the most in-depth and thorough stories to date on Springfield’s Merrill Lynch investment fiasco was found in the Monday edition of The Boston Globe. The story narrowed down the list of the Possibly Guilty and also gave us a more detailed accounting of exactly what transpired during the weeks and months of what [...]

Written on January 29, 2008 | Posted in Cities & Towns,City Hall,Feature Stories,Politics | 3 comments

HILLARY! Comes to Springfield

All of Springfield, it seemed, was in a hot lather over presidential candidate Hillary! Clinton’s quick visit to Springfield College yesterday. Something like 5,000 people flocked to the college’s Blake Arena to catch a glimpse of Bubba’s wife. I decided to go to my brother’s house for lunch, instead – and it was probably a [...]

Written on January 29, 2008 | Posted in Cities & Towns,Elections,Feature Stories,Politics | 4 comments

Mike Dobbs, Micky D’s and a few Odds & Ends

MEET THE AUTHOR: On Saturday, January 26, Reminder Publications managing editor Mike Dobbs hosted a book signing and presentation on the art of animation and how it’s changed throughout the years. Dobbs’ new book, “Escape! How Animation Broke into the Mainstream in the 1990s” is on sale now and can be purchased here. Unfortunately, due [...]

Written on January 27, 2008 | Posted in Cities & Towns,Feature Stories,Society | 4 comments

The Chapter 40-B Blues

FILE UNDER: When good intentions go wrong. A recent article in the Union News Springfield Republican touched upon a brewing controversy that has been ongoing in Massachusetts for quite sometime now. Several communities in the state have been arguing for a moratorium on Chapter 40-B housing projects designed to provide more affordable housing in communities [...]

Written on January 25, 2008 | Posted in Politics,Society | 2 comments

Local Note: ELPD Logs On

Folks around Springfield, MA, who are Web-savvy are perhaps familiar with the Springfield Police Department’s online database of arrest logs. Granted, their website doesn’t exactly inspire visions of web design greatness, but at least you can check out who got bagged for breaking-and-entering in the last 90 days. Now I’ve come to find out that [...]

Written on January 25, 2008 | Posted in Society | Comments Off

Oh! – Speaking of Deer…

The other day, the Union News Springfield Republican had a story about a study done by State Farm Insurance that concluded that Massachusetts had the lowest number of reported incidents of deer collisions with automobiles than any other state in the northeastern United States. According to their results, folks in Massachusetts have a one in [...]

Written on January 23, 2008 | Posted in Opinion,Society | 8 comments

Mass Politics TV

Whilst checking out the visitor stats for the Springfield Intruder, I happened upon a couple of visitors from a local website I hadn’t heard of before. So I stopped by “Mass Politics.tv” and found out it’s brought to us by the folks at Channel 22 News. (Apparently, they’re working hard for us.) The site is [...]

Written on January 22, 2008 | Posted in Elections,Politics | 3 comments