by Amanda Drane | May 20, 2015 | Articles, Featured, News
In a public housing complex specifically designed for the elderly and disabled, something as basic as a wheelchair ramp to the common community space should be part of the facility on day one. But it took the Agawam Housing Authority nearly seven years to install one...
by Hutner Styles | May 6, 2015 | MGM Springfield Casino coverage, News
At the site of the future MGM casino in Springfield’s South End, groundbreaking has come and gone. That event symbolized the beginning of a new chapter for Springfield. This thing is really happening. And between now and July 2017, construction on this massive project...
by Amanda
Drane | Apr 28, 2015 | Articles, Featured, Free Sport, News
Summer is just around the bend and the Connecticut River — the region’s longest body of running water — remains largely unswimmable due to high levels of fecal bacteria in the water. The river has come a long way since its days nicknamed “America’s most beautiful...
by Amanda Drane | Apr 28, 2015 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Food + Booze, Madame Barfly
After getting laid off, 32-year printing press veteran Scott Santaniello decided to move into an industry that always seems to stand the test of time: booze, baby. Two years ago, Santaniello, a 51-year-old life-long resident of Springfield, got a distiller’s license,...
by Hunter Styles | Apr 28, 2015 | Articles, Featured, MGM Springfield Casino coverage, News
On March 24, cannons shot confetti over the heads of shovel-wielding politicians and corporate executives in a vacant lot in Springfield’s South End. Around them, hundreds had gathered to celebrate the official groundbreaking of the MGM Springfield casino, which is...
