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 [...]
Local News Briefs - March 11, 2009
News from Around the Pioneer Valley…
Don Feder to Speak at UMass:
AMHERST - Conservative commentator Don Feder will be making an appearance in the Cape Cod Lounge at UMass-Amherst at 7:00pm this Wednesday (March 11). His lecture, entitled “Hate Crimes - Fighting Bias with Facism,” will focus on “the myth of hate crime laws and the [...]
A Survey of the CT River Walk & Bikeway
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 [...]
A test for Sarno
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 [...]
Search for New Springfield CAFO Comes Up Empty
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.
Community Conversation (part one)
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 [...]
A Survey of the CT River Walk & Bikeway
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 [...]
A Stroll Around East Longmeadow Center
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 [...]
Scenes from The Holyoke St. Patrick’s Day Parade
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.
(Click on images to enlarge.)
Springfield Updates
CITY HALL NEWS
Springfield City Councilor Bruce Stebbins is calling on City Hall to reduce its reliance on paper as a means of conducting day-to-day business.
Currently, city council staff are tasked to copy and mail out documents. Notification of meetings and other City Hall business are also mailed out to individual city councilors. “Next [...]
A Stroll Around East Longmeadow Center
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 [...]
Search for New Springfield CAFO Comes Up Empty
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.
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A Survey of the CT River Walk & Bikeway
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 [...]
A Stroll Around East Longmeadow Center
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….
*
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 [...]
A test for Sarno
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 [...]
Search for New Springfield CAFO Comes Up Empty
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.
Community Conversation (part one)
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 [...]
Seeing Is Believing
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 Holyoke St. Patrick’s Day Parade
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.
(Click on images to enlarge.)
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