by Hunter Styles | Aug 19, 2015 | MGM Springfield Casino coverage, News
Here’s what’s on our MGM Springfield casino playlist this week: At Last: MGM executives cleared two major hurdles on Aug. 6, when the Massachusetts Gaming Commission voted to approve a historic preservation agreement between the company and local and state historical...
by Gary Carra | Aug 4, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Columns, Music, Nightcrawler
She married into the first family of jazz, forever linking her to the Big Easy. In recent years, however, Kristin Neville says that she has reconnected with Basketball City U.S.A. And when community leader Evan Plotkin informed her that Springfield’s Hoop City...
by Amanda Drane | Jul 28, 2015 | Articles, Blogs, Featured, News, The Uncanny Valley
Buses are big and so are the advertisements they often host — that’s no surprise. What is jolting, however, is when the typical music or beverage ad is replaced with a giant placard offering a $50,000 reward for information regarding an unsolved murder from 2013....
by Hunter Styles | Jul 14, 2015 | MGM Springfield Casino coverage, News
Right Here Waiting: The Massachusetts Gaming Commission will pay Springfield $350,000 to establish a trust that will preserve all historic buildings within a half-mile radius of the casino footprint. These funds match an investment promised by MGM. Ostensibly, this is...
by Hunter Styles | Jun 30, 2015 | Articles, Featured, News
A t the end of Bible study on Wednesday night, Steve Powell tells a joke. “This guy is talking to God,” he says. “God says that in his eyes, a million years is like a minute, and a million dollars is like a penny. So the man says: well then, God, give me a penny!”...
