by On Springfield | Sep 5, 2013 | On Springfield
Should those folks counting on a casino to be Springfield’s economic savior be worried about the big losses posted recently by MGM? Not at all, an MGM executive insists in a recent interview with the Reminder’s Mike Dobbs. As Dobbs reports, MGM Resorts...
by On Springfield | Sep 6, 2013 | On Springfield
The Mattoon Streets Arts Festival is the longest-running event of its kind in the Valley, according to organizers. This year’s festival—the 41st—will feature the work of about 100 painters, photographers, fiber artists, ceramicists and other artists...
by On Springfield | Sep 9, 2013 | On Springfield
Protestors will gather outside the TD Bank at 1441 Main St. on Monday, Sept. 9, at noon to draw attention to the bank’s investments in the controversial Keystone pipeline and “worsening climate change,” in the words of organizers. The protestors will...
by On Springfield | Sep 11, 2013 | On Springfield
Former Mayor Teddy Dimauro will be waked tomorrow evening, then buried on Wednesday after a funeral mass at Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Dimauro, a lawyer who served as mayor from 1978 to 1984 (and, before that, as a School Committee member and city councilor) died last...
by On Springfield | Sep 12, 2013 | On Springfield
So the folks at MGM must be feeling pretty good today, right? Yesterday, voters in West Springfield eliminated one of MGM’s two competitors for the one casino license to be awarded in western Mass. By a margin of 55 to 45 percent, West Side voters sent Hard Rock...
