SPRINGFIELD - For a group of supporters of the Springfield segment of the Connecticut River Walk and Bikeway, this past Wednesday, May 20, was a day to check out how the River Walk has been getting along since they last held a series of three walking surveys at about this time last year.
Group organizer [...]
Last week I took a stroll around the center of East Longmeadow. I managed to snap a few photos before a rain shower sent me into a Starbucks for cover….
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This ballpark is located on the Maple Street & Shaker Road junction (parking is on Shaker Road). The field doubles as the locale for the annual [...]
Here’s the front page top of the fold story I wrote for our Springfield edition:
SPRINGFIELD — Mayor Domenic Sarno met with various members of his administration on Monday to discuss a plan that would scrap the controversial apartment complex on Longhill Street in favor of building a new Forest Park Middle School on the site.
Sarno’s [...]
The Mayor’s Office announced today that the search for a new Chief Administrative and Financial Officer (CAFO) will continue after a city-appointed joint screening committee reported that they were unable to provide Mayor Domenic J. Sarno with a short list of three qualified candidates for the position.
In an effort to create a list of issues important to the people of Holyoke, a group has formed inside Crush, (Citizens for the Revitalization and Urban Success of Holyoke), with the purpose of having a Community Conversation event. This came about because another Crush group was planning a mayoral debate, and was getting hung [...]
It’d be great if newspapers showed more pictures, I often mumble to myself…they have fine coverage and writing…but never enough pictures. Well, the print version, anyway. How many news readers have actually seen the twice-broken dike in Hadley? The clearing of the old Mountain Park site with it’s wetlands issues? The ever-widening, ever costlier sink [...]
Scenes from the 2009 St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The weather was clear in the morning, overcast in the afternoon, and not as warm as a lot folks were hoping. But just about everyone had a very good time.
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