by On Springfield | Mar 25, 2013 | On Springfield
Mike Dobbs has a dynamite story in this week’s issue of the Reminder about the tension between Peter Pan Bus Lines CEO Peter Picknelly and city officials over the fate of the long-awaited Union Station delay. And yes, like just about everything in the city these...
by Advocate Staff | Mar 25, 2013 | Stage
You wouldn’t think of Scott Goldman, principal of Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School, or Chris Rohmann, theater director and critic (full disclosure: he writes the Advocate’s Stage Struck column), as the types to ignite a firestorm. But...
by Maureen Turner | Mar 25, 2013 | News
For Penn National, landing Peter A. Picknelly as a local partner in its plan to build a casino in Springfield was a significant coup. Picknelly is the chairman and CEO of Peter Pan Bus Lines—the Springfield-based company that was founded by his grandfather and...
by Our Readers | Mar 25, 2013 | News
Gun Violence Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better The death of the assault weapons ban (which has only been delayed by Harry Reid’s change of heart) provides a stark illustration of two basic principles of American politics. “An interested and active...
by Maureen Turner | Mar 25, 2013 | News
There’s still much to be done, but the oldest extant school building in Springfield—77 Maple St., originally the home of the Springfield Female Seminary—has come a long way since long years of neglect left it all but lost. Since buying it in 2009,...