Holyoke Transfer Station Hearings Continue

Holyoke Transfer Station Hearings Continue

Monday night’s Transfer Station hearing got off to a slow start, and was plagued with audio problems. It was the second session in the hearing process, with the first one’s purpose being to lay the ground work for the following hearings.

The hearing took place at the High School again, even though the opponents, organized as [...]

Please remember others this season

Please remember others this season

* Over 500,000 people in Massachusetts are living with food insecurity. ~ Project Bread
You may not have much, but please remember: many others have even less. Throw away your stereotypes, remember what the holiday season is really all about, and make a donation of food or money to an area food pantry.

Open Pantry’s Emergency [...]

A little drama and I missed it!

My wife and I have lived in the Maple High -Six Corners section of Springfield since April 1990. It is an inner city neighborhood with working class and working poor residents that has, frankly, clearly bothered some of our friends and relatives.
It hasn’t bothered us, though.
The threat of crime has remained largely a threat. [...]

PVC gets press in The Valley Advocate

Maureen Turner did a very nice story on this site, which you can read here.
This is our first bit of press, but hope it won’t be our last.

Will my trash be worthy? I hope so!

I’m keeping my fingers crossed this week.
In my newspaper column this week I wrote the following:
Now the bulk of religious Americans believe in only one God, but sometimes I think we divide our deity of choice into subsets.
Certainly as students we sent prayers to the subset in charge of final exams, SATs and prom [...]

Springfield Election Tallies

This year’s Presidential election season was historic for a few reasons: The American people elected the first African-American president; The Republican Party nominated a woman for vice president for the first time; Voter registration and turn-out reached record-breaking numbers.

Please remember others this season

Please remember others this season

* Over 500,000 people in Massachusetts are living with food insecurity. ~ Project Bread
You may not have much, but please remember: many others have even less. Throw away your stereotypes, remember what the holiday season is really all about, and make a donation of food or money to an area food pantry.

Open Pantry’s Emergency [...]

Northampton Panhandling in the Spotlight

Northampton Panhandling in the Spotlight

On Monday, November 24, 2008, the civic group Poverty is Not a Crime (PINAC) held a mock Ordinance enforcement demonstration and parade in downtown Northampton, MA, as a part of their effort to bring down a proposed city ordinance that would greatly restrict where panhandlers could ply their trade. (See restriction details in this story.)

Upcoming concert honors composer on Dec. 14

Sounds like a neat show!
Whether we realize or not, we’re all very familiar with the music of
Leroy Anderson. On Sunday, December 14, at 3 p m, the Holyoke Civic Symphony
welcomes Leroy Anderson’s son,Rolf Anderson, in a program that will joyfully
offer many of Anderson’s well-known pieces in: “Sleigh Ride: A Leroy Anderson
Centennial Celebration.” [...]

Will my trash be worthy? I hope so!

I’m keeping my fingers crossed this week.
In my newspaper column this week I wrote the following:
Now the bulk of religious Americans believe in only one God, but sometimes I think we divide our deity of choice into subsets.
Certainly as students we sent prayers to the subset in charge of final exams, SATs and prom [...]

Please remember others this season

Please remember others this season

* Over 500,000 people in Massachusetts are living with food insecurity. ~ Project Bread
You may not have much, but please remember: many others have even less. Throw away your stereotypes, remember what the holiday season is really all about, and make a donation of food or money to an area food pantry.

Open Pantry’s Emergency [...]

A little drama and I missed it!

My wife and I have lived in the Maple High -Six Corners section of Springfield since April 1990. It is an inner city neighborhood with working class and working poor residents that has, frankly, clearly bothered some of our friends and relatives.
It hasn’t bothered us, though.
The threat of crime has remained largely a threat. [...]

Will my trash be worthy? I hope so!

I’m keeping my fingers crossed this week.
In my newspaper column this week I wrote the following:
Now the bulk of religious Americans believe in only one God, but sometimes I think we divide our deity of choice into subsets.
Certainly as students we sent prayers to the subset in charge of final exams, SATs and prom [...]

PVC gets press in The Valley Advocate

Maureen Turner did a very nice story on this site, which you can read here.
This is our first bit of press, but hope it won’t be our last.

Holyoke Transfer Station Hearings Continue

Holyoke Transfer Station Hearings Continue

Monday night’s Transfer Station hearing got off to a slow start, and was plagued with audio problems. It was the second session in the hearing process, with the first one’s purpose being to lay the ground work for the following hearings.

The hearing took place at the High School again, even though the opponents, organized as [...]

Please remember others this season

Please remember others this season

* Over 500,000 people in Massachusetts are living with food insecurity. ~ Project Bread
You may not have much, but please remember: many others have even less. Throw away your stereotypes, remember what the holiday season is really all about, and make a donation of food or money to an area food pantry.

Open Pantry’s Emergency [...]

At the Parade of the Big Balloons

At the Parade of the Big Balloons

Springfield’s annual Parade of the Big Balloons kicked of at 11:00am on Friday, November 28th. The weather was perfect for marching and for watching, as thousands of people lined either side of Main Street to catch the parade as it made its way from Lyman Street to the city’s South End.
According to the Parade [...]

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