BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY APRIL 10, 2023) — This is what we have become, THE PLANET is grieved to say. You’re a father. You live in Readsboro, VT. You’re driving your 2015 Subaru Crosscheck in Clarksburg, MA a few miles away. It’s almost 2 in the morning. […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION APRIL 7-9, 2023) — On March 31, Superior Court Judge John Agostini rejected defendant Melissa Mazzeo’s request for a summary judgment in a lawsuit brought by Barry Clairmont. THE PLANET discovered the document in a search of court records, a scan […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY ADD 1 APRIL 5, 1:53 p.m. — For those keeping score at home, here’s the most current candidate’s list for Pittsfield: Candidate List MAYOR Peter M Marchetti (413) 212-2163 petermmarchetti@gmail.com John Michael Krol Jr (413) 464-5830 jmkrol@gmail.com Craig C Gaetani (413) 442-5466 gaetanicraig@gmail.com CITY CLERK Michele Marie Benjamin (413) 822-1949 michelecetti@gmail.com AT LARGE […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY APRIL 3, 2023) — They get the mug shot and the perp walk. That’s all the Democrats want. Their indictment of Donald Trump in an orchestration worthy of Arturo Toscanini and Seiji Ozawa. It may doom the Trump candidacy in 2024 and give […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY PROGRAM NOTE: If you haven’t already, check our interviews with mayoral candidates Peter Marchetti and John Krol. Simply go to YouTube and search PLANET VALENTI VIDEO. You’ll find them there. (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION MARCH 31-April 2, 2023) — Tuesday, March 28. It was, perhaps, […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY ADD 1 3/29/23: Here is our interview with Peter Marchetti: https://youtu.be/hFDEXyA8xm0. If this link is not hot, simply go to YouTube and search “PLANET VALENTI VIDEO.” The John Krol interview is at https://youtu.be/h_LbxF6rsp4. (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY MARCH 29, 2023) — Lots to talk about today. As promised, THE […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY ADD 1 TUESDAY 3-28-23 6:30 pm — THE PLANET received two dispatches from the Pittsfield Police Department, which we now share: This morning, our state law enforcement partners made us aware that several communities in Eastern Massachusetts had received similar calls reporting critical incidents at local schools.These reports […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MARCH 24-6, 2023) — We end the week in Spring, tips of green spears piercing the soil, shafting through winter’s wake with an eagerness we would do well to emulate. Biking or Bilking? — A follow up on the New England Mountain Bike Association’s […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY MARCH 22, 2023) — Now one day into official Spring, THE PLANET sees this as a good time to update citizens on the attempts by a tiny groups of bike activists to hijack Springside Park for mountain biking. THE PLANET has obtained a […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY MARCH 20, 2023) — One the cusp of spring, THE PLANET takes note of yet another in the endless “advances” in technology and artificial intelligence (AI). Microsoft has just introduced an offering for its Office package. It’s being used initially by what the […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, ST. PATRICK’S DAY 2023) — THE PLANET be wearing’ the green in honor of the man who drove the wokesters out of Ireland. Oh, and the snakes … which are just about the same. That is why, in case you didn’t know, you would […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY MARCH 15, 2023) — It’s bad. How far, how farther, will the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) infect the U.S. economy? Already, two other large banks have failed. Moody’s just downgraded the ratings of U.S. bank stock from “stable” to “negative.” Moody’s […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY BONUS PICTURE! This just in. Our roving PLANETCAM brings you this latest picture, taken in advance of the storm. (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY March 13, 2023) — THE PLANET knows more than most how under these past years of city government, Pittsfield has flourished, to the […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION MARCH 10-2, 2023) — Dei, Latin for “God.” THE PLANET, therefore, refers to Pittsfield’s DIE office, not its DEI office. You know, the acronym stands for Diversity (actually, Exclusivity), Inclusion (Exclusion), and Equity (Injustice). This takes care of two things at […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY ADD 1, MARCH 912:40 PM — THE PLANET passes this along, from the Pittsfield Police Department: On Wednesday, March 8th, 2023, at approximately 9:46 PM, officers assigned to the Pittsfield Police Department’s Anti-Crime Unit (ACU), with the assistance of Pittsfield Police patrol officers, K9 Unit and Drug […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY MARCH 6, 2023) — THE PLANET has long been interested in the social aspects of culture, geopolitics, economics, and the arts — especially how they intermingle and mix in the formation of nations and societies.god. And nowhere do we find a greater amalgamation […]
