by On Springfield | Dec 27, 2012 | On Springfield
It’s hard for me to imagine the Pioneer Valley Central Labor Council without Rick Brown; he’s been the president of the group as long as I’ve been covering the Valley. But I better get used to it: last week, the Council announced that Brown was...
by On Springfield | Jan 2, 2013 | On Springfield
Mike Dobbs’ coverage of the splashy unveiling of Penn National’s North End casino proposal didn’t appear until six days after the Dec. 20 event; thus is the challenge of a weekly newspaper. Still, Dobbs’ report, in the Reminder, was a must...
by On Springfield | Jan 4, 2013 | On Springfield
It’s been more than 40 years since the city of Springfield enacted its zoning ordinance, and six years since work began to update it. Think of it this way: if the proposed zoning changes were a person, she’d be in kindergarten by now. Carrying a Shaun...
by On Springfield | Jan 7, 2013 | On Springfield
On Monday, a federal court judge will hear arguments in Scott Lively’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed against him by Sexual Minorities Uganda, or SMUG. Last March, lawyers for the Center for Constitutional Rights filed the suit on SMUG’s behalf,...
by On Springfield | Jan 11, 2013 | On Springfield
While the persecution lawsuit against Scott Lively comes to federal court today, down the road at Hampden Superior Court a second high-profile case kicks off: the retrial of Charles Wilhite. Two years ago, Wilhite and a second man, Angel Hernandez, were convicted of...
