22 News: Childhood Obesity Problems

22 News reports on the issue of childhood obesity.

Quick Hits: Springfield’s Court House Barber Shop and Campanile

A few leftover photos I took while wandering around downtown Springfield, taking shots for my “Reinventing Spfld” story… * – - Above is a shot of downtown Springfield’s campanile (Italian for ‘bell tower’), a monument that sits between the twin buildings that house City Hall and Symphony Hall (collectively called “The Municipal Group”). The campanile, [...]

Main Entrance, Court Square Hotel

Curb Work

Oops.

Reinventing Springfield

- – Springfield has been struggling economically for decades, thanks in no small part to the short-sightedness and outright corruption of its past leaders. For over forty years, now, Springfield has been slapping on band aids in response to a changing job market and an ever-increasing poverty rate.

RMR

I’ve decided to officially go public with a new phrase/ acronym to describe the work of the right wing media & left wing propagandists in America.  From now on when the usual wingnuts come out with some “scandal” or “big story” I will (unless it’s true – even a broken clock is right twice a day) label it [...]

22 News: Molly Bish Remembered

Did State Legislator’s reflect Commonwealth’s Values?

Massachusetts legislators have rejected several efforts to toughen the state’s enforcement of sanctions against illegal immigrants (See Masslive story).  The measures, in the form of amendments to the Senate’s budget bill, included such things as the codification of the current policy of denying in-state tuition rights to students who are illegal immigrants, and the creation [...]