BY DAN VALENTI We will be in and out all day with little, bite-sized nuggets about the size of rhetorical shredded wheat, humbly offered for your amusement, enlightenment, and edification. And don’t bother telling us that our prose IS rhetorical shredded wheat. We know. Jut make sure you notice the delicious cinnamon in between the […]
BY DAN VALENTI EXCLUSIVE TO THE PLANET! AN ERROR IN PAPERWORK BY PITTSFIELD OFFICIALS HAS ROBBED CITY COFFERS OF A SUBSTANTIAL SUM OF MONEY. AT THE SAME TIME, HOMEOWNERS AND BUSINESSES HAVE JUST BEEN HAMMERED WITH YET ANOTHER LARGE TAX HIKE. * * * Do you recall earlier this fall, when the city council needed […]
BY DAN VALENTI According to sources, William Hines, interim head of the Pittsfield Ecocomic Development Corporationand former founder/CEO of Interprint, has announced his retirement, effective April 29, 2011. Hines announced his intention “to return to retirement mode” at the last PEDA meeting. Pittsfield-based Interprint, founded by Hines in the mid-80s and now owned and operated […]
BY DAN VALENTI WE HAVE ADDED TO THIS STORY TO EXPLORE THE MOST SERIOUS STORY OF OUT TIME: THE ROLE OF THE LOCAL MEDIA IN COVERING THE NEWS, PEOPLE, AND EVENTS OF OUR TIME. THE ESTABLISHMENT MEDIA HAS LET THE PEOPLE DOWN. THIS SITE, PLANETVALENTI.COM, HAS COME TO THE RESCUE. WE HAVE THE AUDACITY TO […]
A Berkshire Theatre Festival production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens. Adapted by Eric Hill. Directed by Eric Hill and E.Gray Simons. Starring Eric Hill as Ebenezer Scrooge. Plays Dec. 11-30, 2010, at the Unicorn Theater on the BTF campus in Stockbridge, Mass. Go to the BTF website for remaining performances and times (www.berkshiretheatre.org.). […]
BY DAN VALENTI !!UPDATE!! ITEM: RENAMING WAHCONAH PARK There have been many reasonable suggestions offered as an alternative to renaming beloved Wahconah Park after a former politician and good guy. The best have been in ancillary naming alternatives. There are many “naming” opportunities at the park: one post suggested naming the bleachers after Paul Dowd. […]
BY DAN VALENTI Water, water everywhere, and today, my good friends, the H2O flows freely. Drinks are on THE PLANET. Specifically, water turns up three times in our latest episode of “As Pittsfield Turns”: (1) An ice warning from the Pittsfield Police and Fire departments, (2) another “company” fined by environmental authorities for polluting the […]
BY DAN VALENTI In a story that this website broke late last night, the U.S. Environmental Agency has fined the Interprint, a Pittsfield-based printing company, an amount that could reach $385,000. The EPA ruled against Interprint for building its new facility on Rt. 41 near the Richmond line without obtaining the permits required under the […]
BY DAN VALENTI WE INTERRUPT OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULE POST TO BRING YOU THIS BREAKING STORY. WE WILL HAVE MORE TOMORROW: THE PLANET has learned that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined Pittsfield business Interprint $80,000 and has ordered the company to pay $305,000 to replace old wood stoves in western Massachusetts. The EPA is […]
BY DAN VALENTI ——————————————————————————————————— THE PLANET will leave this story as the lead for one more day, since the number viewing continues to go up (a notable spike in the last couple of days). As a way of update, we attempted to share a link for the broadcast of this morning’s “Good Morning, Pittsfield” hosted […]
EDITOR’S NOTE — We present the coveted first spot in today’s posting to JOSH, a 22-year-old who has posted some of the best reaction and shared some of the most practical ideas for advancing the interests of downtown Pittsfield. JOSH posted the following “story” yesterday a a reaction to THE PLANET’s continuing dissection of the […]
BY DAN VALENTI A Further Downtown Note THE PLANET has received more information from the inside on downtown activity and developments. We will pass it along in the interests of furthering the discussion. Our intelligence will spur more debate, raise more feather, and garner more agreement. The info was passed along from several sources, and […]
BY DAN VALENTI Editor’s Note: We’ll add some pretty pictures later. Check back in tonight for that and more content. The subject of Downtown Pittsfield will not go away, judging by the reaction THE PLANET received to our previous two posts. In addition to the replies, we have had e-mails, in-person reaction, and other feedback. […]
Glad to see the Eagle finish in second place on the news we broke at this website yesterday, about The Market closing its doors. Their last day will be Dec. 11. The upscale grocery store in the 400 block of North Street gave it a go with their own money, but it didn’t work. Left […]
BY DAN VALENTI In a story we will continue to check, THE PLANET has learned of the imminent closings of three downtown businesses that have been used to proclaim the presence of a downtown “renaissance.” Most likely before the end of this month, although that is not certain, the Ferrin Gallery, Museum Facsimiles outlet store, […]
By DAN VALENTI As someone told us this morning, THE PLANET’s commentary on Korea certainly came at the right time. It just so happened that the latest fireworks (the North’s attack, the South military exercises with the U.S.) occurred as we were preparing our series on this site based on Historian Bruce Cumings’ penetrating book, […]
