‘GREYLOCK’ E-MAIL TURNS OUT TO BE BOGUS … PITTSFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS: ONLY THE UNQUALIFIED NEED APPLY AND TAXPAYERS BE DURNED … MUIR CASE IN SOUTH COUNTY ANOTHER BLACK EYE FOR DA DAVID CAPELESS … plus … FORE SCORE FOR OBAMA, SEZ MR. MITT’s DIGITAL GURU

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‘GREYLOCK’ E-MAIL TURNS OUT TO BE BOGUS … PITTSFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS: ONLY THE UNQUALIFIED NEED APPLY AND TAXPAYERS BE DURNED … MUIR CASE IN SOUTH COUNTY ANOTHER BLACK EYE FOR DA DAVID CAPELESS … plus … FORE SCORE FOR OBAMA, SEZ MR. MITT’s DIGITAL GURU

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary ADD 1 APRIL 24, 2012 The e-mail sent yesterday to THE PLANET under the name “Mark Mancari” of Greylock Federal Credit Union has turned out to be bogus. THE PLANET contracted the real Mark Mancari today, and he confirmed information that we had received earlier by way […]

April 24, 2012 58 Comments

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EXCLUSIVE!! GREYLOCK OFFICER: ‘STRACUZZI RECEIVED NO BUYOUT’ …A RIOT OF EMERALDS or A THOUGHT UPON WHICH NEARLY ALL WILL AGREE … ‘THE RED WHEELBARROW’ STILL GLISTENS IN THE RAIN WATER … plus … A CIPHER!! WHO CAN SOLVE IT?

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary and Everything (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2012) — For the first time since the scandal broke in 2010, a senior Greylock Federal Credit Union has gone on the record about the circumstances surrounding former CEO Angelo Stracuzzi‘s exit from the company. The key question have […]

April 23, 2012 30 Comments

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SPRINGSIDE PARK CLEANUP TOMORROW! PLEASE JOIN THE FUN, SINCE PERMIT IS IN HAND … WHY IS THE BARAN CASE STILL RELEVANT? PLANET SPELLS IT OUT … plus … WATCH THE TRAILERS FOR THE FILM PITTSFIELD M-U-S-T SEE, ‘FREEING BERNIE BARAN’

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary ADD #1 FRIDAY, APRIL 20 SPRINGSIDE PARK CLEANUP WILL HAPPEN, WITH OR (MORE LIKELY) WITHOUT CLEANUP THE PLANET reminds everyone of the all-day cleanup at Springside Park, scheduled to begin tomorrow at 9 a.m. Please support this wonderful community effort. Volunteers will have the chance to show […]

April 20, 2012 38 Comments

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TRANSCRIPTS IN BARAN CASE SHOW SHAMELESS ACTIONS OF PREDATORY PROSECUTORS AGAINST CONFUSED AND FRIGHTENED CHILDREN … plus … SHOWING DOCUMENTARY ‘FREEING BERNIE BARAN’ MUST HAPPEN AS A FIRST CONDITION OF THE CITY OF PITTSFIELD’s EXORCISM

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THURSDAY-FRIDAY, APRIL 19-20, 2012) — Anyone who read the May 2009 ruling of Judge Francis Fecteau in upholding a lower court’s dismissal of the Bernie Baran‘s conviction, published in full on THE PLANET yesterday, can only agree: the Pittsfield criminal justice system, especially the […]

April 19, 2012 33 Comments

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JUDGE FECTEAU’S MOTION TO UPHOLD NEW TRIAL FOR BARAN + CAPELESS DECISION TO DROP ALL CHARGES = BERNIE BARAN’S INNOCENCE … PLANET PRESENTS TO FULL OFFICIAL TEXT OF JUDGE FECTEAU’S RULING … plus … “FREEING BERNIE BARAN” DOCUMENTARY MUST BE SHOWN IN PITTSFIELD

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, APRIL 18-19, 2012) —When Berkshire County District Attorney David Capeless dropped all charges against Bernie Baran, he in effect declared Baran’s innocence. THE PLANET uses the word “innocent” with a reminding caution:We are not judges using the term from the bench […]

April 18, 2012 36 Comments

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PLANET EXTENDS CONDOLENCES TO DOWNING FAMILY ON SUDDEN DEATH OF NATE … TOBY MOORE, NOW GRACE: HOW THEY PUT HUMANS TO SHAME … plus … “FREEING BERNIE BARAN,” NEW DOCUMENTARY FILM, MUST BE SHOWN IN PITTSFIELD

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2012) — First, THE PLANET sends condolences to the Downing family on the loss of Nate Downing, Sen. Ben Downing‘s brother, who died recently. We extend our sympathies at their loss. We know we speak for many on this website when […]

April 17, 2012 43 Comments

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TOBY II DOG WALK A GRAND SUCCESS, DESPITE THE CITY FAILING TO PROPERLY PREPARE THE PARK … EVENT EXPOSES POLITICAL NATURE OF PITTSFIELD’S PREPOSTEROUS PERMITTING PROCESS … INCIDENT REPORTED BY ‘WAITERS’ AT MERRILL ROAD GREYLOCK BRANCH (YOU WON’T READ ABOUT IT IN THE BB!) … plus … MR. MITT THINKS VP

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS & COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2012) — Many have asked how Toby II turned out. As you likely know, Toby II was the Kirvin Park dog walk organized by Pittsfield citizen Ken Ramsdell to honor cute, little Toby Moore, the pooch hero of the sad events […]

April 16, 2012 41 Comments

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TOBY II DOG WALK IS SUNDAY! … SUSAN MOORE GIVES US THE LATEST ON PETER AND MORE … plus … LOVE IS IN THE AIR, AS WE AIR IT OUT

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News, Commentary, and Everything (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2012) — This Sunday, April 15, beginning at 9 a.m. and continuing to whenever, Ken Ramsdell and Friends presents the Toby II Dog Walk, in honor of little Toby Moore, the hero of the events of Dec. 8, 2011. Toby […]

April 13, 2012 8 Comments

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‘WE REAL COOL’

BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2012) — This is a poem written by Gwendolyn Brooks in 1960. With only a few topical updates, it can be used as the epitaph of the Gangsta hip-hop culture that has so permeated and infected America. Last night, The Professor […]

April 12, 2012 21 Comments

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SPRINGSIDE FRIENDS READY TO ROCK ON APRIL 21, PERMITS OR NO PERMITS … NORTH LL TO BE RENAMED APRIL 28 IN HONOR OF DON GLEASON …BEEPERS TEMPT FATE TWICE BY HAVING ‘SOCIALS’ AT TWO ALCOHOL EMPORIUMS … BB’s STORY ON LAUREN PURCHASE OF KB TOYS BUILDING A GOB SPECIAL … plus … NORTH STREET CONSTRUCTION RESUMES; DOWNTOWN PITTSFIELD INC. GIVES MERCHANTS DREADED ‘EVERYTHING IS UNDER CONTROL’

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2012) — The Friends of Springside Park have scheduled their annual volunteer cleanup for Saturday, April 21, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. For those who want more information, go to this link: http://www.facebook.com/FriendsofSpringside. Friends, the Reich Fuhrer, and The Ramsdellian Gauntlet […]

April 11, 2012 17 Comments

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DOCUMENTS FROM YORK COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT SHEDS LIGHT ON THE STRACUZZI ‘PROSTITUTION OF A MINOR’ CASE … MANY QUESTIONS STILL LOOM FOR GREYLOCK FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, ESPECIALLY REGARDING ANGELO’s ‘GOLDEN PARACHUTE’

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2012) — As we wrote last week, the Angelo Stracuzzi case from Biddeford, Maine is still relevant on many fronts, including its legal implications for Greylock Federal Credit Union, where Stracuzzi (“Tell ’em Angelo Sent You”) ruled for so many years. Many […]

April 10, 2012 80 Comments

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PERMIT PARTY HITS PITTSFIELD AGAIN, THIS TIME FOR SPRINGSIDE PARK CLEANUP VOLS … TAXPAYER RIPOFFS LEAD RANDOM OBSERVATIONS … plus … WHAT MR. MITT HAS TO DO NOW

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY, April 9, 2012) — Not long ago, we told you about the machinations the city of Pittsfield put Ken Ramsdell through when it came to getting a permit to … to what, square the circle? to build a time machine on Park Square? […]

April 9, 2012 67 Comments

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PLANET RESPECTS GOOD FRIDAY, AND WE WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY, HEALTHY, AND HOLY EASTER WEEKEND

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2012) — Today is Good Friday. THE PLANET presents some food for thought for those who are interested: “It is not for man to seek or even to believe in God. He only has to refuse to believe in everything […]

April 6, 2012 14 Comments

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‘THE HAUNTING’ ROCKED … WHY THE ‘STRACUZZI THING’ MATTERS … PLAY BALL! … plus … WEIGH IN ON THE ISSUE: THE DEFENSE OF TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE — WE WANT YOUR VIEWS

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2012) — Today, we tackle a new issue on THE PLANET: The Definition of Marriage. First, let us deal with a few quickies: SCREEN SHOTS — A splendid time was had by all who attended THE PLANET’s free showing of the […]

April 5, 2012 49 Comments

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TONIGHT: A FREE SCREENING OF THE ROBERT WISE CLASSIC, ‘THE HAUNTING’ … ‘TELL ‘EM THE PLANET SENT YOU’ or OUR DEFINITION and USAGE NOTE OF CHILD MOLESTATION … plus … A LOOK AT THE DEVASTATING EFFIECT ILLEGAL ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS HAVE HAD ON THE MIDEAST PEACE PROCESS

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2012) — Remember, tonight we will show The Haunting, Robert Wise‘s brilliant take on Shirley Jackson‘s genre classic, The Haunting of Hill House. This is part of our Advanced Composition class. The class will begin in K-111 at BCC beginning at […]

April 4, 2012 97 Comments

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THE GOOD NEWS ON PETER MOORE … PLANET’s FREE SCREENING OF ‘THE HAUNTING’ … PHOTO OF GREYLOCK ROBBERY SUSPECT LOOKS NOTHING LIKE ANGELO … PLAY CHARADES; FILL OUT SCHOOL DEPARTMENT’s ‘SURVEY’ ON NEW SUPT. … FINALLY, SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES ARE REASONABLY UP TO DATE (KINDA SORTA)

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 2012) — Today let us share a trio of good news clusters to start things off in the right direction, north by northwest minus the corn field and crop duster. (1) PETER MOORE’S PROGRESS — You will be delighted to know […]

April 2, 2012 50 Comments

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