No Golden Mean

by | Aug 16, 2007 | News

Not long ago, six Muslim immigrants to the United States, including three Albanian brothers named Duka, were charged in New Jersey with plotting to attack Fort Dix with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades. A relative of the brothers, Murat Duka, lamented...
The City Giveth and the City Taketh Away

The City Giveth and the City Taketh Away

by | Aug 16, 2007 | News

The Springfield mayor’s office announced last week, regarding the new trash fee, “The End is Nigh.” Actually, the release stated, “End of trash service nears for non-responders.” If you haven’t already paid the trash fee, whether...

Maple Street Repeat

by | Aug 16, 2007 | Music

Like most promoters/organizers, Dan Overton says that he and partner Pat Brennan are always looking to fine tune their Maple Street Music Festival. The second annual installment of their event rolls into Holyoke’s Veteran’s Park this Friday, Aug. 17 and...

FreeSport: Sport as Salve

by | Aug 16, 2007 | Leisure

I'll never forget that fateful day nearly six years ago when the world seemed to stop. Who can? Against the looming horror of the 9/11 attacks, nothing else seemed to matter. Not the rest of the day's news, nor the usually distracting coverage of our favorite...

FreeSport: Tour de Farce

by | Aug 16, 2007 | Leisure

If I ever need to know what happened on, say, Stage 15 of the 1998 Tour de France—or any other stage of the Tour in the last 23 years, for that matter—I need only reach into an enormous box of videotapes I keep under my bed. Yes, my obsession for bike...