Between the Lines: Bad Times for A Good Teacher

Between the Lines: Bad Times for A Good Teacher

by | Jul 30, 2014 | News

Debra Caldieri looked across at me with sadness in her intelligent eyes and mustered a warm smile. Appearing frail and exhausted in her wheelchair, nervously pushing at her hair to cover a noticeable bald patch, she looked almost defeated. Sitting in her modest but...

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by | Jul 2, 2014 | News

Swan Rebuts Underwood In response to last week’s letter to the editor from libertarian and state representative candidate Robert Underwood (“Swan Expounds Selectively,” June 26, 2014): Bob, Bob, Bob, here we go again! My record for working on local...

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by | Aug 6, 2014 | News

Casino Won’t Bring Back Vital, Diverse City   In reply to E. Anthony Mosio’s letter to the editor [July 24, 2014] about the good things MGM will do for Springfield, people forget what casinos are all about: gambling, making billions of dollars for the...
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From Our Readers

by | Jul 2, 2014 | News

Swan Expounds Selectively Regarding the cover story on Rev. Talbert Swan (“Real Talk,” June 19, 2014): I am not one of Swan’s anonymous critics. The harsh reality is that he will expound on cases from Springfield, which are white-on-black incidents,...
Immigrant Children in Chicopee?

Immigrant Children in Chicopee?

by | Aug 6, 2014 | News

Even more than some other Western Massachusetts communities, Chicopee is a city of immigrants, a city where a large influx of Poles—who are still coming—became layered over French Canadian and Irish populations. Once a city with a strong, diverse range of...