Letters: What Do You Think?

More Springfield Arts Coverage, Please I read your paper weekly, and in my opinion, your writings do this Valley a tremendous service—the arts, political advocacy and minority communities in particular. It’s great to have such a great news source here! I...

Another Conviction From Armitage Transit Venture

Michael Armitage, whose company EV Worldwide had proposed to develop an energy-saving battery to power electric buses, last October pleaded guilty in federal court to 10 criminal counts of fraud and tax evasion related to the battery venture. Now a partner of...

ImperiumWatch: Corporate's Foreign Service

A U.S. diplomatic cable from December 14, 2007, released by Wikileaks, opens a window on the way our State Department personnel abroad quarterback for corporate interests, in this case biotech companies. The classified cable was sent to U.S. Trade Representative Susan...

Between the Lines: Out on a Limb

Less than two months ago, Democrats scored a dramatic special-election victory in a solidly Republican congressional district in New York. The defining issue? Medicare, and how Republicans were dead set on destroying it. There are nearly 100 Republican-held House...

School Building Project Gets Mixed Reviews

Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno announced last week that the city has found a developer to take over the former School Department headquarters at 195 State Street. College Street Management, or CSM North, the New Haven-based company selected as the preferred developer...