Fact, Fiction, Chaos and Control

by | Jul 31, 2008 | The Public Humanist

I have some very close friends who annoy me no end with questions such as, "When are you going to make a real movie." "What do you mean," I ask. "Aren’t documentaries real enough for you?" "Well, documentaries are OK, but why...

Tow Job Snow Job?

by | Jul 31, 2008 | News

The headline in last Tuesday's Springfield Republican caught my eye right away: "Report says towing group in compliance," read the banner over an article by reporter Mike Plaisance.Just a couple of days earlier I'd filed with my editors at the...

The Trash Is Not for Burning

by | Jul 31, 2008 | News

The Northampton Department of Public Works (DPW), under the leadership of Director Edward S. Huntley and City Engineer James R. Laurila, is pushing forward in its pursuit of longstanding plans to expand its 39-acre regional landfill, located at Glendale Road off Route...

What do you think?

by | Jul 31, 2008 | News

A Bird in the Hand My experience over the years in commercial real estate has taught me that companies' locational decisions are based, not suprisingly, upon a combination of economic and emotional considerations. Office tenants, especially, are greatly influenced...