by Alan Bisbort | Feb 19, 2009 | News
They held a birthday party for Abraham Lincoln at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford last week. The birthday boy showed up, in the person of the suitably tall and lanky Howard Wright, a West Hartford schoolteacher. Children squealed in delight at the sight of Honest...
by Tom Vannah | Feb 19, 2009 | News
Would President Obama have run into this much trouble appointing an entirely left-leaning cabinet?No doubt, the president would have come under mild criticism from Republicans if, rather than picking New Hampshire Republican Senator Judd Gregg as commerce secretary,...
by Mary Serreze | Feb 19, 2009 | News
Attorney and downtown property owner Alan Scheinman not only thinks that the proposed Northampton Business Improvement District (BID) is a bad idea, but believes that the Northampton BID petition does not meet the requirements of Chapter 40O, the state legislation...
by James Heflin | Feb 19, 2009 | News
Walking the aisle of Springfield's frigid old Bing Theater is, in some respects, like visiting the set of a '70s slasher pic. Even in the daytime, it's a dark cavern. Flashlight beams slice through air heavy with vapors; glass cracks under your boots....
by Stephanie Kraft | Feb 19, 2009 | News
The state Department of Environmental Protection has thrown out testimony offered by a highly credentialed expert on rivers for a hearing on the Russell Biomass plant. The hearing focused on the water withdrawal permit the state has issued for the wood-fired...
