


Springfield conducts pinning ceremony for promoted officers
The Springfield Police Department’s newly pinned supervisors pose for a photo after the ceremony. From left: Deputy Chief David Martin, Deputy Chief David Kane, Superintendent Lawrence Akers, Mayor Domenic Sarno, Father William Hamilton, Police Commissioner Albert...Change is hard but I’m trying to embrace it this time
For me, this move really represents a homecoming, as my entire life has been spent between Springfield, Hampden and Wilbraham.
A pair of reviews crossing video games and movies
With a couple of high-profile video game turned movie and movie turned video game releases in December, I wanted to review both. As has become clear from my previous columns, one of my biggest hobbies is gaming, so I could not pass up the opportunity to talk about two of my favorite pieces of media this year, the movie “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” and the video game “Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.”

West Springfield honors veterans with parade, ceremony
WEST SPRINGFIELD — On Veterans Day, all of West Springfield came out to show its support for veterans with a parade and ceremony at the Municipal Building.