by Tom Vannah | Apr 17, 2008 | News
When dozens of newspaper boxes disappeared from downtown Springfield last week—between 30 and 60 boxes, including seven Valley Advocate boxes—Advocate Circulation Manager Jeffrey Owczarski began calling city officials, hoping that someone in a position of...
by our readers | Apr 17, 2008 | News
Dining on DoctorowAndrew Varnon's "Book of Doctorow" (April 3, 2008) fails to answer the question he raises: Why [did renowned author E. L. Doctorow agree to appear at] Western New England College?I appealed to Doctorow on behalf of WNEC (and not Smith...
by Maureen Turner | Apr 17, 2008 | News
You've got to hand it to Brian Santaniello: the man has staying power.Let's start with his 24 years on the Springfield City Council, where he enjoyed the title of the Council's "dean." Santaniello served under several mayors, but was most closely...
by Laura S. Washington | Apr 17, 2008 | News
The suits at PBS must perspire profusely when they consider the latest from Tavis Smiley on the subjects of Sen. Barack Obama and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Smiley, the PBS talk show host and public television's Numero Uno black guy, is a vociferous and cagey Obama...
by Stephanie Kraft | Apr 17, 2008 | News
Prominent Republicans who might be seen as father figures to President Bush—including Henry Kissinger and James Baker III, the lawyer who helped put Bush in the White House—disagree with the president on key issues. It showed again in a recent forum...
