Planet Valenti

BY DAN VALENTI FIRST ADD, April 12, 2011 The Planet has what we judge to be good, reliable information from  informants within the Pittsfield Police Department. We are trying to vet as best we can prior to presenting this material, but the information does raise a number of interesting and plausible questions. A few days […]

BY DAN VALENTI FIRST ADD, APRIL 11, LATER THAN EXPECTED A Quick Question for Our Readers The Planet has been experimenting with a “1-Star,” or our Early Edition, posted for the next day the night before. Is that something you want to see? We think (though not entirely decided) that we can accommodate such a […]

BY DAN VALENTI FIRST ADD, 4/9/11, 3:44 p.m. (Ted Williams’ lifetime batting average) (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, APRIL 9) — Do you remember Patrick Sheehan, the mysterious owner of the building on outer East Street that the city wanted to purchase for a DPW garage? He of the seemingly countless LLCs and corporations? Uncovered by sleuths […]

BY DAN VALENTI The Planet, in the middle of an extremely busy and productive morning picking hundreds off the money tree, offers a few quick though not-so-random thoughts on matters that have come out way in the past 24 hours: — SURE TO HAPPEN: Before he leaves office in early January, 2012, assuming the world […]

BY DAN VALENTI FIRST ADD APRIL 7 The Planet and The Chief, Man to Man (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, APRIL &, ADD 1) — The Planet’s exclusive came this morning with Pittsfield Police Chief Michael Wynn. We called his office, and his secretary, Maggie (and one of the best in the business, by the way) put […]

BY DAN VALENTI SECOND ADD, APRIL 6 April Surprise Petition Circulating Ward 4’s Mike Ward is first in officially and on the record, posting on his Facebook page to my question that he likes the moves since it give the city two fine candidates “on a trial basis.” The Planet has talked off the record […]

BY DAN VALENTI FIRST ADD, 4/5/11 Chief Wynn, Attorney Dohoney to Speak? The Planet had learned that Pittsfield Police Chief Mike Wynn and City Attorney Rich Dohoney may be making a statement tomorrow about SteroidsGate. We haven’t confirmed that officially, as a call into city hall was not returned, but we believe the information is […]

BY DAN VALENTI SECOND ADD, 4/4/11 The Planet has just posted the following notice on the “comments” feature of this website: NOTICE TO ALL FROM THE PLANET!WE WILL NOT POST NOTES THAT GO BEYOND FAIR COMMENT. WE WILL TRY TO KEEP THIS SITE OPEN FOR A FREE EXCHANGE OF VIEWS, BUT, AS OUR DELETION OF […]

BY DAN VALENTI We started this modest enterprise at the tail end of September 2010. Why? Print is dying. Cyberspace is alive. The Planet recognizes that cyberspace is the dominant communications forum for pertinent issues and will remain so until a holocaust of some sort drives us all back to smoke signals and writing on […]

BY DAN VALENTI (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, April 1, 2011) — The Pittsfield Economic Development Authority has named Corydon “Cory” Thurston as its new executive director. Thurston succeeds William Hines, whose interim term expires this month. In making the announcement, the PEDA board go no information, either written or verbal in the open meeting, as to […]