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CURRENT STREET EDITION

DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

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NONI GOLDMAN OF FOUR TREES PUSHES FOR SOCIAL CONSUMPTION IN HOLYOKE

Written by MIKE CRAWFORD Posted March 3, 2020 Filed Under: Talking Joints Memo

Noni Goldman got into the cannabis industry in 2016 with a 50,000-square-foot greenhouse. With a background in supply chain management and agriculture, she says it “seemed like a cool thing to look into,” but “coming from a conservative family, it was definitely ...  read more

Filed Under: Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: #mapoli, cannabis, Cannabis Control Commission, CCC, economic empowerment, Holyoke, Marijuana, microbusiness, social consumption, social equity, Talking Joints Memo, western Mass, Young Jurks

AG’S OFFICE BLOCKS ACCOUNTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SHIELDS BAD ACTORS

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted February 26, 2020 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Now records we have received from Healey’s shed light on why her office may be avoiding the issue—her office is also guilty of the same kind of questionable social media management.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, AG, attorney general, Chick-fil-A, Chicopee, criminal justice, Critical MA, Facebook, FOIA, Healey, LGBTQ, Massachusetts, Police, public information, public records, Shoestring, social media, Twitter, western Mass

COP BLOCK: CHICOPEE POLICE CLAIM JOURNALISM IS AN ATTACK ON THEIR DEPARTMENT

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted January 15, 2020 Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

While there have indeed been formal requests made for public information and several articles written about CPD misconduct, it is news to us that we are on the “attack.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Chick-fil-A, Chicopee, criminal justice, Critical MA, Facebook, FOIA, LGBTQ, Police, public information, public records, Shoestring, social media, western Mass

A CHICKEN FOR EVERY COP

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted November 4, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Chick-fil-A

The Western Mass police department that has hosted more than two-dozen events at Chick-fil-A

Filed Under: FEATURES, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Chick-fil-A, Chicopee, criminal justice, Critical MA, Facebook, FOIA, LGBTQ, Police, public information, public records, Shoestring, social media, western Mass

SPECIAL FEATURE: HAMPDEN COUNTY CORRECTIONAL CENTER’S PEPPER SPRAY PROBLEM

Written by SETH KERSHNER Posted July 3, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Use of force reports from the Hampden County Correctional Center reveal disproportionate use of chemical force against prisoners with psychiatric disabilities

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Bristol County, corrections, criminal justice, feature, features, Hampden County, Human Rights Watch, incarcerations, longform, Massachusetts, pepper spray, Police, prisons, Springfield, The Shoestring, western Mass

BOSTON BETTER BEER BUREAU: SIN AND SASS IN WESTERN MASS

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted November 11, 2018 Filed Under: Better Boston Beer Bureau, COLUMNS, GTFO, Honest Pint, LIFESTYLE

There are far too many breweries and destinations to name in a column (or a book, for that matter), but an obvious starting point is Fort Hill Brewery in Easthampton

Filed Under: Better Boston Beer Bureau, COLUMNS, GTFO, Honest Pint, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: BBBB, Beer, Berkshires, Boston better Beer Bureau, citra, Easthampton, Fort Hill Brewery, Hops, leicester, NETA, New England IPA, northampton, Pioneer Valley, Sinshine, western Mass, Worcester

SPECIAL FEATURE: THE HURRICANE CONTINUES

Written by MICHELLE SANTIAGO CORTÉS Posted February 1, 2018 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

Luisa Mercedes, 53, is from Aibonito, a mountain municipality in Puerto Rico haunted by a local myth involving a llorona (Spanish for “crier”). She paints an apocalyptic picture of a world ravaged by wind and water: “We saw the cars under water where we were staying. We saw a light post ripped out at the root.” She’s wearing jeans and a puffer jacket zipped up to her chin.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: Department of Transitional Assistance, doctors, education, Holyoke, licensure, Massachusetts, MassHealth, nurses, Puerto Rico, reciprocity, schools, Spanish, teachers, western Mass

SPECIAL FEATURE: WAITING FOR RECIPROCITY

Written by SARAH BETANCOURT Posted January 17, 2018 Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Springfield and Holyoke in particular have had an influx of displaced Puerto Ricans, coming to stay with their families, in hotels, homeless shelters, and with friends. Beyond the question of what to do for housing as winter settles in comes the concern over employment, and more specifically, what to do for people who have licensure and years of education in their professions.

Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Department of Transitional Assistance, doctors, education, Holyoke, licensure, Massachusetts, MassHealth, nurses, Puerto Rico, reciprocity, schools, Spanish, teachers, western Mass

GE BOSTON DEAL: THE MISSING MANUAL, PART 7

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 11, 2016 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS

General Electric tries to cheap out on cleaning up its PCB apocalypse on the Housatonic River

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS Tagged With: cleanup, EPA, GE, General Electric, Housatonic, Pittsfield, Super Fund, The Missing Manual, western Mass

MASS HAS A NEW PARTY (AND NOT JUST THE ONE REPUBLICANS ARE THROWING RIGHT NOW)

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted November 5, 2014 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

I didn't hang at Evan Falchuk's campaign office on Tremont Street past midnight just for kicks this morning. Nor was I only there for the beer, much of which was being sipped and spilled in celebration.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #magov, #magov14, #mapoli, Boston Common, Boston Globe, Brad Falchuk, Brandeis, Charlie Baker, Commonwealth, Debate, Evan Falchuk, independent voters, Jeff McCormick, Martha Coakley, Mass Politics, NECN, Ralph Nader, Scott Lively, spoiler, United Independent Party, western Mass, WGBH

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