PLANET ENDORSES NUCIFORO FOR CONGRESS … WHY DOES BB RUN NILAN STORIES ANONYMOUSLY? WHAT’S IT AFRAID OF? … THE PLANET VISITS MANY, INCLUDING MAYOR BIANCHI, WHO SHARES BUDGET PLANS … MATOON APPOINTMENT RAISES QUESTIONS … plus … LETTERS THE TO EDITOR ON NILAN-MOORE CASE

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PLANET ENDORSES NUCIFORO FOR CONGRESS … WHY DOES BB RUN NILAN STORIES ANONYMOUSLY? WHAT’S IT AFRAID OF? … THE PLANET VISITS MANY, INCLUDING MAYOR BIANCHI, WHO SHARES BUDGET PLANS … MATOON APPOINTMENT RAISES QUESTIONS … plus … LETTERS THE TO EDITOR ON NILAN-MOORE CASE

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 15, 2012) — We trust you had a cozy, romantic Valentine’s Day, as did the PLANET and MRS. PLANET. We cannot give the details, except to say that poets have felled many trees for the reams of paper needed to describe such […]

February 15, 2012 96 Comments

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PETER MOORE BENEFIT NEEDS LOCAL TALENT … PLANET’s GROWING INFLUENCE A WIN FOR THE LITTLE GUY … A VALENTINE DAY POEM FOR A SECRET AGENT OUT THERE … ODD BEDFELLOWS: 1BERKSHIRE and PUMMELIN’ PAM … OTHER PERSONNEL MOVES AT 1B, or, WHY WE GET NO MFG. JOBS … plus …

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, TUESDAY, FEB. 14, 2012) — THE PLANET wishes to relay a word on this Valentine’s Day from impresario extraordinaire Andy Poncherello regarding The REAL Pittsfield Benefit for Peter Moore and Family. Singers/Songwriters Wanted to Play for Packed House Poncherello asked us to put out […]

February 14, 2012 72 Comments

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!!EXCLUSIVE!! HELLER REPORT: JUDGE OVERTURNS MAGISTRATE DECISION IN NILAN-MOORE CASE, UPHOLDS PPD APPEAL … CRIMINAL CHARGES TO BE WEIGHED AGAIN FOR RE-INSTITUTION … MORE DETAILS LATER!!

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY, FEB. 13, 2012) — BULLETIN! JUDGE HADLEY RULES IN NILAN-MOORE. SEE BELOW. ———————————————— It having been a weekend of no small energy expenditure, we shall ease our way back into the saddle with THE PLANET. Productive but tiring might be one way to […]

February 13, 2012 103 Comments

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NEXT BYP ‘NETWORKING SOCIAL’ TO BE HELD AT A … DRUM ROLL PLEASE … LIQUOR STORE!!!!!!! … RETURNING IN KIND WITH JOE D. ON PEDA COVERAGE … WANNA BE A TALK SHOW HOST? or WALK IN THOSE SHOES FIRST

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, FRIDAY, FEB. 10, 2012) — Irony, primarily a literary term, also enjoys many uses in real life. Irony typically has a caustic aspect to it, ranging from mild to strong. We would define it as the use of language to describe a situation contrary […]

February 10, 2012 109 Comments

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FAT MAN AND PLANET GO FOR TWO HOURS, SAYING AND UNSAYING … REMEMBER PETER MOORE BENEFIT FEB. 26 … plus TICKING TIMEBOMB OF PITTSFIELD’S UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITIES A LITTLE CLOSER TO GOING KABOOM AND KABLOOEY

February 9, 2012 24 Comments

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GRUNIN OUT AS PEDA BOARD CHAIR; MICK CALLAHAN IN … HOSING DOWN THE PETULANT … ‘WEREWOLVES OF PITTSFIELD’ and OTHER LETTERS … plus … PEDA’s THURSTON SAYS ‘IT’S A DONE DEAL’ (BE NERVOUs, FOLKS. BE VERY NERVOUS)

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary ADD 1 FEB. 8, 2012 The Pittsfield Economic Development Authority met at the usual convenient time of 8 a.m. The most interesting aspect of the meetings is that — Voila! — Gary Grunin is out as the board’s chair. After a nationwide search, Mick Callahan, as good […]

February 8, 2012 75 Comments

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PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION: WHAT’s WRONG WITH THIS PHOTO? WHAT’s RIGHT WITH THAT PHOTO? Plus more pix that will let you get to know Peter Moore a wee bit better

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, TUESDAY, FEB. 7, 2012) — First, let us get a couple of things out of the way. (1) On behalf of Andy Poncherello, the Friends of The REAL Pittsfield Benefit for Peter Moore, and THE PLANET, we hereby offer this invitation to the Berkshire […]

February 7, 2012 55 Comments

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MORE INFO ON PETER MOORE GALA FEB. 26 … DID NILAN CALL LAWYER FIRST AND THEN POLICE and WHY THAT MIGHT MATTER … PLUS WE CONNECT (IN A WAY) WITH BYP (YOU WON’T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENS!)

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY, FEB. 6, 2012) — THE PLANET continues — along with the Pittsfield Police Department and all the good, honest, decent citizens of Pittsfield — the Hadley Watch in the Nilan-Moore Case. Appellate Judge William P. Hadley of Greenfield (NOT Springfield, as the Boring […]

February 6, 2012 46 Comments

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!!FLASH!! PETER MOORE BENEFIT SLATED FOR FEB. 26, 1-5 p.m., at CHAMELEONs Restaurant!! … MORE NILAN-MOORE: WAITIN’ ON DA JUDGE … CRIMINAL VS. CIVIL CASES … CONOR BERRY, AS USUAL, IS JOHNNY ON THE SPOT (NO WONDER WHY HE EXITED THE BB)… CAPT. TOM MOORE SHARES MORE INFO. … MORE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR … AND WORDS OF ADVICE ON HIT-AND-RUN FROM A DEFENSE ATTORNEY

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary ADD 1 FEB. 3, 2012 LATE EVENING THE PLANET has been in touch with Andy Poncherello, empressario supreme, regarding the nuts and bolts of the Benefit for Peter Moore. WHAT: BENEFIT FOR PETER MOORE AND FAMILY. WHEN: 1-5 p.m., Feb. 26, 2012 WHERE: Chameleon’s Restaurant, East Street, […]

February 3, 2012 111 Comments

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TOM AND SUSAN MOORE, PETER MOORE’S PARENT, TALK TO THE PLANET … plus … THE BB RUNS WITH IT BUT WITHOUT A BYLINE

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THURSDAY, FEB. 2, 2012) — THE PLANET continues to stay in touch with the family of Peter Moore. The human dimension of the tragedy that befell Peter can best be appreciated by a father’s resilience and a mother’s heartbreak, each clothed in thanks for […]

February 2, 2012 84 Comments

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WYNN: POLICE APPEAL OF NILAN-MOORE DECISION BEING HANDLED OUTSIDE BERKSHIRE COUNTY… FORENSIC SUPERSLEUTHS, WE GIVE YOU PICTURES OF THE SCENE FOR INFOR AND (MAYBE) CLUES … MORE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR … plus … VOTER LIST FROM WINESAP TURNS UP LOTS OF NAMES OF FOLKS WHO MAY MORE INFORMATION

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary FEB. 1, 2012 ADD #1 It appears that the Pittsfield Police Department’s appeal of the magistrate’s decision in the Nilan-Moore case has been referred to a judge outside of Berkshire County. Chief Mike Wynn, who returned THE PLANET‘s inquiries today at about 3:20 p.m., told us he […]

February 1, 2012 66 Comments

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!!PLANET EXCLUSIVE!! WE HEAR FROM PETER MOORE’S MOM and FAMILY … WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE PPD APPEAL OF THE NILAN-MOORE DECISION? … plus … GUEST COLUMN TAKES ON HEALTH CARE

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary If you didn’t read the comments left on THE PLANET by Peter Moore‘s mother and his cousin, Heather, over the weekend, we present them here. They are instructive and add a human dimension to the support that this website is pouring out for Peter Moore. This is […]

January 31, 2012 127 Comments

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LET’S STICK TO FACTS? OK, HERE’S ONE: MEREDITH NILAN IS A BLONDE

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY, JAN. 30, 2012) — Meredith Nilan is a blonde. We write this because it’s a fact. Meredith Nilan is a blonde. That is a fact. One of the themes “The Good Ol’ Boys” have been preaching in the Nilan-Moore case is “stick to […]

January 30, 2012 81 Comments

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Four our of five dentists recommend sugarless gum to their patients who chew gum, and FOUR OUT OF FIVE BERKSHIRE STATE REPS (ALL EXCEPT SCHOOLMARM CARIDDI) CARE ABOUT WE THE PEOPLE ENOUGH TO COMMENT ON THE NILAN-MOORE CASE … HEY, CHARLEY: LET’S TALK FREE SPEECH, BABE! … plus … IS PETER MOORE NOT THE VICTIM, AND SHOULD THE STATE’S VICTIM FUND ASSIST HIM?

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, FRIDAY, JAN. 27, 2012) — After a not-so-restful night out of state, and driving through rain, snow, and ice on a couple of scary Interstates, THE PLANET returns afresh to bring you more of the news and commentary that matters. STATE REPS WEIGHT IN […]

January 27, 2012 131 Comments

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THE PLANET WRITES TO OUR STATE REPS FOR THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE NILAN-MOORE HIT-and-RUN CASE … plus … WORD BEGINS TO TRICKLE IN ON THE PLANET’S APPEAL FOR INFORMATION BY THOSE WHO MIGHT ‘KNOW SOMETHING’ … INTRIGUE GROWS AS SUSPICION ON VERDICT MOUNTS … FOLKS, THIS CASE ISN’T GOING AWAY

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THURSDAY, JAN. 26, 2012) — There is much happening and things are a-poppin’ on THE PLANET this morning. As our good friend David Kolman used to say, we are busier than a one-legged man in a butt-kicking contest. We shall post and then part, […]

January 26, 2012 63 Comments

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‘INSTEAD, WE HAVE A YOUNG WOMAN WHO, IT APPEARS, CALLOUSLY ABANDONS A MAN TO A SOLITARY DEATH IN THE ROAD” … AS THE HEART BREAKS, WE PURSUE OUR RELENTLESS COVERAGE OF THE MEREDITH NILAN COVERUP … ALL THE WHILE, THE BB HASN’T PUBLISHED ONE, NOT ONE, LETTER TO THE EDITOR, ADDRESSING THIS SLIME … plus … PROBATION DEPARTMENT HAS HELP WANTED AD. WANT TO WRITE UP A JOB DESCRIPTION? WE’RE GAME

By DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 25, 2012) — “Instead, we have a young woman who, it appears, callously abandons a man to a solitary death in the road.” Instead, She Ran And these, my dear friends, are to date the most eloquent words to encapsulate the tragic […]

January 25, 2012 43 Comments

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