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by Frank Dodge | Jan 13, 2009 | The Dodge Report
Oola makes a wicked good donut, & I ast her if she cld crunch some corn nuts as fine as powdered sugar & mix them w/ cinnamin on a powder donut & she done that & she calls it The Frank Dodge Cornnut Donut, and you know what? That is right, it is...
by Frank Dodge | Jan 16, 2009 | The Dodge Report
It took him abt a half hour to say it but last nite Cpt Slow told me he is real glad we had that G8 Economy Summit to figure out how we cld all make some money up here to whether the downturn in the economy b/c Drunken Donuts is going real good & he is glad we...
by Frank Dodge | Jan 21, 2009 | The Dodge Report
I told her I do not have to pay & she said "who says you do not have to pay, Frank?" & I said "I guess it is me who says I do not have to pay" & she said "why do you say that Frank?" & I said "Because it was me...
by Frank Dodge | Jan 23, 2009 | The Dodge Report
It is all b/c of that Obama fellow & his cult of responsibility. What happend is I went down to Drunken Donuts b/c dody said I needed to make sure all the donuts what I been eating etc are in fact free, which they ARE, & I even told her that. But do you know...
by Frank Dodge | Jan 28, 2009 | The Dodge Report
What happend was, there is actually a place called DUNKEN Donuts! And yesterday they showed up w/ briefcases & cease and desist orders & put Oola & Cpt Slow out of business & they also made them turn over all thier profits or else they said they...
by Frank Dodge | Jan 30, 2009 | The Dodge Report
It is not fair since Drunken Donuts is no longer in business, but I guess it is fair. I did eat a awful lot of donuts.I tell you what. So far we are 0-for-2 w/ the ideas we came up w/ at the G8 Economy Summit. What the problem is, is there are all these govt...
by Frank Dodge | Feb 2, 2009 | The Dodge Report
He says he is working hard on his idea which explains why he has been keeping to himself lately. I know it is abt astronauts so I bet he is inventing soething. I wonder if it is one of his inventions that never quite works. Like the time he retrofitted a haybaler so...
by Frank Dodge | Feb 4, 2009 | The Dodge Report
But he will not tell me what his idea is so I do not know how I will help. I hope it is not like when I & him buried all those arrowheads in Travises field & then called the museum of natural history down there at harvard & then all those archeologiests...
by Frank Dodge | Feb 5, 2009 | The Dodge Report
He says his part is almost done & my part starts soon. I wonder what it is.I hope his idea is a better idea then when we strung that big net in the maple sugar bush to catch one of those low flying fighter jets that used to come flying overhead scaring all the...
by Frank Dodge | Feb 12, 2009 | The Dodge Report
We are all afraid to sit in it, but we got it!What happend is, Cpt Slow knows a fellow what knows a fellow what knows a fellow, and I had mentiond to cpt slow a couple days ago how that wheelchair wld be a good addition to our collection since we already got Ted...
by Frank Dodge | Feb 13, 2009 | The Dodge Report
So far we have not sold any tickets. But this cld be a real moneymaker! It was my idea too, so you can write this on yr sleeve: when we are swimming in cash it will be all b/c of me.What happend is first we got Dick Cheneys wheelchair but none of us wanted to sit in...
by Frank Dodge | Feb 18, 2009 | The Dodge Report
YOU WILL NEVER GET THIS CHANCE AGAIN!What I mean is, please come sit in his wheelchair. It only costs a dollar. I will be out in travises field at a cardtable all day so just come out & you can sit in the wheelchair for valentines day.
by Frank Dodge | Feb 20, 2009 | The Dodge Report
Even tho I clearly wrote in my ad that it is Dick Cheneys Love Machine, nobody wld sit in it. Not even Georgie Femm's boys & they will sit in just abt anything. I even cut my price from a dollar a minute to 50 cent a minute, or 2 min for 1 dollar. And still...
by Frank Dodge | Mar 11, 2009 | The Dodge Report
It is gone. I went out this morning to check on it, & it was not there. Ordinarily I wld think someone stoled it but I do not think that is the case. I think it sank into the quicksand.It is just as well I guess. We cld not make any money off it anyway.So it is...
by Frank Dodge | Mar 18, 2009 | The Dodge Report
It is part of Cpt Slows community service for running an illegal saloon called Drunken Donuts. I wld not of helped him but if he had to pick up all that trash all by himself it wld of took him forever. It takes him abt 10 minutes to pick up one paper cup off the side...
by Frank Dodge | Mar 24, 2009 | The Dodge Report
For some time jake has been sitting on his porch & then he goes inside for a while & then he comes back out and sits some more. He says he is making something but he has not told me what it is… until today!But it is still a secret so I cannot tell...
by Frank Dodge | Mar 26, 2009 | The Dodge Report
Actually, I am going to announce it tomorrow b/c Dody says it is my turn to bring in the wood, do the shopping, wash dishes, etc etc. I tell you what: it is ALWAYS my turn. All I do is work, work, work.Anyway, I will announce Jake's plan next time, I promise. I...
by Frank Dodge | Mar 29, 2009 | The Dodge Report
I know I said I wld announce it today but I want to make sure I announce it the right way & that takes time, so this is an annoucement that I will make an announcement real soon. Next time I will announce what I actually am announcing instead of announcing that I...
by Frank Dodge | Apr 2, 2009 | The Dodge Report
They are not sposed to fall in love when they are in space so it is a forbidden love that not only defies the law it defies gravity. Jake is a disgraced astronaut so he knows all abt it.You are probly wondering what my role in this is so I will tell you. jake ast me...
by Frank Dodge | Apr 7, 2009 | The Dodge Report
Jake is writing this romance novel to help weather the economy. I am helping him by typing it.CHAPTER ONE!Cage (that is jake backwards by the way), who was staggeringly handsome, stood on the launchpad looking at the rocket abt to get launched on the first Canadian...
by Frank Dodge | Apr 10, 2009 | The Dodge Report
When Cage (that is Jake spelled backwards by the way) looked at Simone w/ those other Canadian astronauts abt to go to Mars as part of the Canadian League of Aerospace Program, or CLASP, his heart went boom like a big drum. She had eyes & legs & arms &...
by Frank Dodge | Apr 17, 2009 | The Dodge Report
We plan on selling this book for a million dollars tho we will take less if we have to. I am probly more important then jake in this venture b/c I am doing alll the typing.CHAPTER THREE: Cage gets on the rocket shipAfter he karate chopped the security guard Cage dove...
by Frank Dodge | Apr 22, 2009 | The Dodge Report
We have not got any offers from publishers yet but that is probly b/c they have been busy filing there taxes. We planned it that way of course & that is why I did not type anything up in the last few days & instead cut wood & started to get the garden...
by Frank Dodge | Apr 22, 2009 | The Dodge Report
Cage (that is Jake backwards by the way) was getting real nervous where he was hiding under the floorboards of the rocketship. Simone said she wld come get him but it had been a long time… too long! And it was real quiet… too quiet!Then he heard a scraping...
by On Springfield | Jul 23, 2009 | On Springfield
Mayor Domenic Sarno is left in an awkward position after an article in today's Springfield Republican, questioning his role in the eviction of a well-known downtown hot dog vendor.The vendor, John Verducci III, recently received a letter from city officials...
by On Springfield | Jul 27, 2009 | On Springfield
On Monday, July 27, the legislative Joint Judiciary Committee will hold hearings on a bill sponsored by Springfield state Rep. Ben Swan that would reform sentencing laws that result in harsh penalties for people arrested for drug crimes within a designated...
by On Springfield | Jul 28, 2009 | On Springfield
I admit that I don’t always pay much attention to the press releases that show up in my inbox plugging new business openings. But it was hard to ignore the press release announcing the opening today of Hot Table, a snazzy-looking new...
by On Springfield | Jul 30, 2009 | On Springfield
Oh, what joy Denise Jordan, chief of staff to Mayor Domenic Sarno, must feel every time she logs on to her email and finds a message waiting from City Councilor Tim Rooke.Rooke’s messages to the mayor’s office typically have what might called a persistent...
by On Springfield | Jul 31, 2009 | On Springfield
As House Democrats and President Obama slogged forward to a healthcare reform compromise today, western Mass. activists got together to celebrate the granddaddy of single-payer healthcare—Medicare—and to press U.S. Rep. Richie Neal to sign on to an effort...
by On Springfield | Aug 4, 2009 | On Springfield
When City Councilor Tim Rooke mentioned to me a couple of days ago that John Verducci-Springfield's most famous hot dog vendor-was going to be interviewed by the "Today" show about his scuffle with City Hall, I wondered if Rooke was pulling my leg. While...
by On Springfield | Aug 5, 2009 | On Springfield
No doubt recognizing the power of thousands of angry, sweaty residents struck with freezers full of prematurely defrosted food, City Councilor Bud Williams has stepped forward with a call for City Hall to file a class-action lawsuit against WMECO, after a power...
by On Springfield | Aug 17, 2009 | On Springfield
From the moment Springfield Republican reporter Stephanie Barry christened it "Wienergate," the battle between hot dog vendor John Verducci and the Sarno administration has proved irresistible to punsters and word-play aficionados across the city, with the...
by On Springfield | Aug 19, 2009 | On Springfield
Acai berry peddlers exempted, my most devoted correspondent over the past week has been City Councilor and mayoral candidate Bud Williams, who filled up my inbox (and, lest I sound like I’m boasting, the inboxes of reporters throughout the Springfield area) with...
by On Springfield | Aug 21, 2009 | On Springfield
Supporters of a bill that would guarantee paid sick days to Massachusetts workers will rally at Springfield’s Kenefick Park (on Plainfield Street, by the Gerena School) this Thursday. The “Family Fun Day for Paid Sick Days,” will run from 11 a.m. to...
by On Springfield | Aug 27, 2009 | On Springfield
Monday evening is the big moment for Mason Square residents who've been waiting for six years to get a full library branch restored to their neighborhood. That's when the City Council will vote on a proposal to take by eminent domain 765 State St., which had...
by On Springfield | Aug 31, 2009 | On Springfield
A previously scheduled prayer vigil for immigration reform has shifted focus a bit to also honor a champion of that cause: Sen. Ted Kennedy.The vigil—to be held this evening from 6 to 7 p.m. at the federal building at 300 State St. in Springfield— was...
by On Springfield | Sep 4, 2009 | On Springfield
The Pioneer Valley Central Labor Council released over the weekend its endorsements for Springfield’s upcoming preliminary elections. Those elections, on Sept. 15, will winnow down the field of candidates for five of the eight newly created ward seats on the...
by On Springfield | Sep 10, 2009 | On Springfield
Like political junkies around the Commonwealth, blogger Tom Devine marked the death of Teddy Kennedy with some reminiscing about the senator—albeit with a trademark Devinian twist.Devine recounts his sort-of up-close-and-personal encounter with Kennedy at the...
by On Springfield | Sep 11, 2009 | On Springfield
Members of Pioneer Valley MomsRising hit the Statehouse today to call on legislators to throw their support behind a bill that would guarantee Massachusetts workers a minimum of seven paid sick days a year—a measure that’s all the more vital as we gear up...
by On Springfield | Sep 14, 2009 | On Springfield
Springfield City Councilor and mayoral candidate Bud Williams has seized on one of the most contentious issues to hit the city in recent months: plans to redevelop the former Longhill Gardens apartments into low-income housing.In point of fact, William has launched a...
by On Springfield | Sep 17, 2009 | On Springfield
Tuesday’s a big day for the first wave of ward representative candidates for Springfield’s City Council and School Committee—well, at least for some of them.Preliminaries are held for seats if there are more than twice the number of candidates than...
by On Springfield | Sep 18, 2009 | On Springfield
Turn-out for Tuesday's preliminary election was disappointing, even by Springfield standards: Fewer than 10 percent of voters turned out to cast their votes in an election to narrow down a number of candidates for several City Council and School Committee seats to...
by On Springfield | Sep 22, 2009 | On Springfield
Earlier this week, as the state House of Representatives geared up to vote on a bill to allow Gov. Deval Patrick to appoint a temporary successor to fill Ted Kennedy’s U.S. Senate seat (they passed the bill late yesterday), the state GOP launched a last-minute...
by On Springfield | Sep 24, 2009 | On Springfield
The City Council is keeping the pressure on the Sarno administration over the controversial decision to move the School Department to the old federal courthouse building on Main Street, rather then send out a request for bids to let other potential landlords compete...
by On Springfield | Sep 28, 2009 | On Springfield
The Pioneer Valley Central Labor Council has released its latest round of endorsements for this year’s election season, although the group has yet to announce a pick in the biggest race, that for Springfield’s mayor.The labor council’s newest...
by On Springfield | Oct 1, 2009 | On Springfield
On the eve of Springfield’s “Project Homeless Connect,” Mayor Domenic Sarno announced today that two local agencies that serve the homeless population have been awarded $1.7 million in federal grants: the housing-assistance agency HAP, Inc., and...
by On Springfield | Oct 2, 2009 | On Springfield
Mayor Domenic Sarno’s office yesterday released some stats from “Project Homeless Connect,” held Tuesday at the MassMutual Center, where homeless people were invited to meet with representatives from various service agencies and to partake of free...
by On Springfield | Oct 5, 2009 | On Springfield
“I am at a level of frustration that I have never experienced before in all the years that I have been allowed to serve on the City Council,” Tim Rooke wrote in a recent email to a group of reporters who cover Springfield. That’s saying a lot. Rooke...
by On Springfield | Oct 9, 2009 | On Springfield
Local families are invited to join Pioneer Valley MomsRising on a trip to the Statehouse this Wed., Oct. 7, to call for a new law that would guarantee paid sick days to Massachusetts workers. Supporters of the bill plan to show up in force that day for a 10:30 hearing...
by On Springfield | Oct 12, 2009 | On Springfield
Tomorrow is the official public grand opening of the new Museum of Springfield History at the Quadrangle (members get a sneak preview at 5:30 tonight). The new museum, in the former Verizon building, across the street from the Quadrangle visitor center, will be heavy...
by On Springfield | Oct 13, 2009 | On Springfield
The Pioneer Valley Central Labor Council announced this weekend its endorsement of incumbent Domenic Sarno over Bud Williams in next month’s mayoral contest.The labor council—made up of 58 affiliate groups in Hampden County, as well as a few Hampshire...
by On Springfield | Oct 14, 2009 | On Springfield
Robert Forrant, a former worker at American Bosch and now a history professor at UMass-Lowell, will be at the Museum of Springfield History tomorrow evening to discuss his new book, Metal Fatigue: American Bosch and the Demise of Metalworking in the Connecticut River...
by On Springfield | Oct 20, 2009 | On Springfield
Last Friday’s press conference announcing that MassDevelopment has finalized its purchase of the former federal courthouse at 1550 Main St. was, presumably, an effort to inject some positive momentum into City Hall’s plan to move the School Department...
by On Springfield | Oct 24, 2009 | On Springfield
With Election Day just two weeks away, the campaign to get mayoral aide Tom Walsh elected to the City Council as a write-in candidate is heating up.Neighbors of Walsh launched the effort last month, shortly before the Sept. 15 preliminary. Over the summer, Walsh had...
by On Springfield | Oct 28, 2009 | On Springfield
The Forest Park Civic Association has released questionnaires it sent to the four candidates for the City Council’s Wards 3 and 6 seats, each of which will represent parts of that neighborhood. The results are on the association’s website (which, by the...
by On Springfield | Oct 30, 2009 | On Springfield
Health New England is due for a dubious honor tomorrow: Billionaires for Wealthcare plans to stop by the insurance company’s Springfield office to deliver a thank-you card for “its participation in the vital work of American Health Insurance Plans...
by On Springfield | Oct 31, 2009 | On Springfield
A couple of days ago, I got a letter from city activist Karen Powell (co-founder of the Citizens Action Network, or CANE) that she was hoping to submit as a letter to the editor.Unfortunately, the letter came just a bit too late for publication in this week's...
by On Springfield | Nov 2, 2009 | On Springfield
With just a couple of days until Tuesday’s election, it’s time for the local media to endorse candidates, and this year there’s a lot of work to do: In addition to a mayor’s race, Springfield voters will also choose five at-large city...
by On Springfield | Nov 3, 2009 | On Springfield
In a not particularly surprising development, the Springfield Republican yesterday endorsed Domenic Sarno in tomorrow’s mayoral election.Two years ago, the newspaper endorsed Sarno’s opponent, then-incumbent Mayor Charlie Ryan, as the candidate with the...
by On Springfield | Nov 4, 2009 | On Springfield
The Springfield election office is predicting a 30 percent voter turnout today in this morning’s Republican. While that would be a step up from the abysmal turnout at the Sept. preliminary (when fewer than 10 percent of voters bothered to show up at the polls),...
