Time to Place Your Bets

It’s the moment of truth: later today, Mayor Domenic Sarno will announce the casino developer, or developers, with whom his administration has negotiated a host-community agreement. (Technically, of course, he could also announce that he’s reached an...
Wellness: Overbuzzed

Wellness: Overbuzzed

  Since 14-year-old Anais Fournier died of caffeine toxicity late in 2011 after downing two 24-ounce cans of Monster within 24 hours, there’s been a flurry of investigation into the composition and health effects of energy drinks. It turns out that Red...
Stagestruck: Guys in Tights

Stagestruck: Guys in Tights

Four male characters dominate this week’s Valley theater. Not too surprising, considering women’s chronic underrepresentation in dramatis personae from the Greeks to the present, but a bit so, since two of the productions are at all-women’s colleges....

City Faces Deadline Over River Accessibility

Springfield city officials have until next week to come up with a plan to address the long-broken public elevator on West Columbus Avenue that’s supposed to provide access to the city’s riverfront. The elevator, along with a pedestrian bridge, was built in...