Casino Drama

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...

?Blasphemous:? Say What?

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...
Both Sides of the Table

Both Sides of the Table

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...

Letters: What Do You Think?

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...
This Old School

This Old School

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,...