BY DAN VALENTI Missing Person; Can You Help? The Planet has been requested by concerned friends and family to ask if anyone out there has word on the whereabouts of Richmond veterinarian Michael Roth. Roth, who has a mobile medical practice, has been missing for about a week, according to information received this morning. Roth […]
BY DAN VALENTI A letter of inquiry has been sent to the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) by a Berkshire County resident regarding the legality of a letter sent Nov. 29, 2010, to congressional candidate Andrea Nuciforo by 23 local Democrats calling themselves “Concerned Democrats of Berkshire County,” The Planet has learned. The letter ratchets up […]
BY DAN VALENTI We start off praising the actions of a politician. Seriously. The Planet does not sing praises of or drum dirges for pols on a whim. We dish out sweet or sour depending on their actions. Their actions determine all, since we never have predispositions on any issue. We let the facts determine […]
BY DAN VALENTI What’s cooking? The Planet’s food consultant, Ron Kitterman, and others who love food will be interested in these couple food-related missives. The first is from guest writer Laura Gross. She writes about places in high-toned South County where the average Joe and Jane can eat and not have to take our a […]
BY DAN VALENTI The Planet loves feedback, especially from people who, for whatever reason, dislike what we do, an occupational hazard of truth telling. We enjoy responses along the lines of “your blog sucks,” since it reveals the limited intellectual capacity of those who assert such claims. “That sucks” is the equivalent of the old […]
BY DAN VALENTI More Scoops that Ben and Jerry’s We’ve got some interesting material in the hopper. The Planet has learned the identity of the new manager of the Pittsfield Colonials. The team will announce it Thursday. We got the scoop and will give it to you tomorrow. Moreover, we have seen the draft of […]
BY DAN VALENTI We will be in and out with you several times today, with items of interest and breaking some news. !!BULLETIN, JUST IN!! Fatal Car Accident The Planet just got word of a fatal crash in the town of Monterey. Details are sketchy. It appears that the accident happened on Sandisfield Road earlier […]
BY DAN VALENTI The Planet begins a new series today: TO VETS, WITH GRATITUDE. It will be periodic and ongoing. In it, we salute veterans. We will be soliciting JPEGS or hard copies of service commendations (plaques, certificates, honors, letter of merit, and the like) with the intention of posting them on this site. War […]
BY DAN VALENTI Ah, so much to say, and so many stories breaking, but what’s a cyberspace for? Please, no comments about ending a sentence with a preposition. As a part of speech, the humble preposition wears camouflage, and it can move unnoticed to several parts of the sentence. Enough of grammar, and onto our […]
BY DAN VALENTI The Berkshire Eagle’s executive editor, Tim Farkas, hasn’t responded to our challenge to debate the role and responsibility of the media to the community. From that, you may draw your own conclusions. The Planet noted with satisfaction that in today’s page one news story by Clarence Fanto, the Eagle through our good […]
BY DAN VALENTI Nigger. Did that get your attention? That’s the word on publisher wants to remove in Mark Twain’s great novel, Huckleberry Finn. The PC Police and other misguided “moralists” somehow got a publisher of a new edition to replace the word “nigger” with “slave” as it pertains to the character of Jim. Not […]
BY DAN VALENTI Some things are strong enough or conclusive enough to speak on their own. Such is the reply letter Berkshire County Registrar of Deeds Andy Nuciforo sent to the 23 local Democrat Poo Bahs who, led by Sherwood Guernsey and L. Lee Harris, told Andy he better not run for Congress if he […]
BY DAN VALENTI and FRANCOIS ARNEAU THIS CONCLUDES OUR 3-PT. SERIES ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. The tremendous success rural North Carolina had in the last three years luring huge investment in data centers from Apple ($1 billion), Google, Microsoft, and others begs the question: How did they do it? Can Berkshire County learn from the NC […]
BY DAN VALENTI Francois Arneau is an investigator and researcher employed by The Planet, though not exclusively. He leads our data and statistics efforts. He sent this reply, c/o the editor, to a couple of critics, who questioned sources in Part 2 of our series on economic development: FROM: Francois Arneau TO: Mr. Turner and […]
BY DAN VALENTI UPDATED!! HAPPY NOO YEER EVERYBODY!! Hope the hangovers you’re nursing do not loom large over your poor noggins. We trust most made it through their evenings of reverie and welcoming of Baby Time in reasonably good shape. The Planet did, popping Dom 1982 with lovely women. The Planet share a couple of […]
BY DAN VALENTI COMING TOMORROW: PT. 2 OF THE PLANET’s 3-PT. SERIES ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WITH CO-AUTHOR FRANCOIS ARNEAU. ALSO, BUY THE PITTSFIELD GAZETTE FOR THE PRINT VERSION OF PLANET VALENTI. WE PRINT THE EXPLOSIVE “DEAR ANDY” LETTER “DA BOYZ” SENT TO ANDREA NUCIFORO, TELLING HIM NOT TO RUN FOR CONGRESS IF HE KNWS WHAT’S […]
