BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY JUNE 5, 2023) — Today THE PLANET takes your mind off of budgetary considerations, the failure of the Pittsfield Slooch Department, and the complicit failure of our office holders to face facts. We lighten things up with the sport that boasts the most […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY ADD 1 6/2/23 a.m. — THE PLANET received the following from the Pittsfield Fire Department: On Thursday June 1st at 8:28 pm the Pittsfield Fire Department was dispatched to 20 Keeler Street for a reported structure fire. We were already on scene of a fire alarm activation […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY MAY 31, 2023) — Last Tuesday (May 23) THE PLANET‘s Right Honorable Good Friends had a splendid time. The meeting released certain tendencies, once latent, that have become characteristic. Our Good Friends branded themselves. Position … Name … Nickname … Claim to “Fame” […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MEMORIAL DAY 2023) — THE PLANET doesn’t have much to say today as we bring to a conclusion this long weekend. It’s a day America sets aside to remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice in war. Ask those who have been through war, […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION MAY 26-8, 2023) — This Memorial Day Weekend, we mourn the loss of sanity in government. THE PLANET will play three-dimensional chess with out grieving at both top (federal) and bottom (municipal). At the top, politicians from both parties have allowed […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY ————————– ADD 1 5/23/23 6:30 p.m. — As promised, our interview with D.A. Tim Shugrue is now available on YouTube. Go to PLANET VALENTI VIDEO and check it out. ————————— (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY MAY 24, 2023) — We slayed in third grade with this “knock knock” […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MAY 22, 2023) — Recently, the Berkshire chapter of United Way honored community volunteers, without whom, of course, it could not carry out its mission, which, in its own words, “ignites the collective power of individuals and organizations to build a stronger community together.” […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION MAY 19-21, 2023) — THE PLANET has several items to address today, so let’s get to it. One and Done: We have learned that Ward 2 councilor Charles Kronick will not seek re-election this year. Sources say Kronick will put his […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY ADD 1 5/17 10:05 a.m. — THE PLANET shares this notice from the Pittsfield Police Department: In July 2022 members of the Pittsfield Police Department (PPD) began searching for 69 year old Lee Walter Meisenheimer who was reported missing. Meisenheimer lived alone and did not have any […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY MAY 15, 2023) — Daniel Penny found out the hard way that to be a hero in any woke city puts you in the crosshairs of prosecution. Riding on the F Train in Manhattan recently, Penny subdued a career criminal threatening to kill […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY MAY 10, 2023) — You sitting down? Pittsfield isn’t done with Tyer. Yes. Tyer will be running for a council seat in Ward 3. Bill Tyer, by the way, not Linda (no relation). Tyer will face some chap named Matt Wrinn. Tyer told […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY MAY 10, 2023) — In THE PLANET‘s far-too-premature coverage of Pittsfield’s mayoral race, a campaign in the first half-mile of a marathon, we have focused on the two frontrunners, city council president Peter Marchetti and former Ward 6 councilor John Krol. There’s a […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY ———- ooo ———- On May 7, 2023 at approximately 5:00 AM, the Pittsfield Police Dept., Pittsfield Fire Dept. and Action Ambulance responded to the area of 1050 Dalton Ave for a report of a head on collision between two vehicles. A 2013 Cheverolet Silverado operated by Mr. […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY Part 1 of 2 Parts (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION MAY 5-7, 2023) — Before we get to the core of today’s column, THE PLANET wants to acknowledge Assistant District Attorney Aleah Fisher. She received the Spotlight Award at the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association annual state-wide conference. […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY MAY 3, 2023) — Housecleaning today for THE PLANET as we present six dustballs collecting in the corners, three on Hidin’ Biden and three on the State of Things in the city of Pittsfield. Slidin’ Biden: While the president languishes in the polls, […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MAY 1, 2023) — Who’s that dancing round the Maypole? Why, it’s THE PLANET‘s good friend, John Bissell. Bissell is Boss Man Greylock Federal Credit Union, the county’s #1 repository of fiat money at $1.4 billion. The bulk of THE PLANET‘s fractured fairy tale […]
