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It’s Not Just Springfield: Cats Go Missing in Bangor, Maine

September 25, 2024 Steve MacDonald

I’m not sure if Bangor, Maine, has a Haitian population or an unusual number of homeless who heard the news in Springfield and decided to give it a try, but twenty domesticated house cats have gone missing, sixteen in just the last two months. Animal Control Officer for the Bangor Police Department Trisha Bruen told … Read more

Springfield Mass. Casino Does What We Expected – Loses Jobs and Fails to Deliver

August 26, 2019 Steve MacDonald

New Hampshire’s Casino advocates can’t be happy with this news. The MGM Casino in Springfield, a year after opening, has shed hundreds of jobs. And locals say, “the promised downtown revival hasn’t materialized.”

North Country Writer Points to Springfield MA Casino As Proof Of Something…

August 26, 2019August 20, 2018 Steve MacDonald

A north country writer made the case today, in the Union Leader, that the opening of a new Casino in Springfield, Massachusetts is proof that the casino market is not oversaturated in New England.

I spoke with someone who has lived most of their life around Springfield with deep ties to the community. The local buzz down there is that even the casino operators think New England is probably oversaturated.

Virginia Drye – An Energetic, Fresh Voice for our Future

September 26, 2018August 11, 2018 Op-Ed

by Virginia Drye – Candidate, NH House: Sullivan District 1

I’m 19, a Republican, and a woman. There is no representation of this combination in my district, nor in Concord.

I’m running because, in order for young adults and young families to stay here in New Hampshire, we need young people serving in the State House. For too long, our voice has not been represented at the decision-making table.

I may be young, but I am not inexperienced.