WAMC:JamesPaleologopoulos
@jpaleolo.bsky.social
Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief at WAMC News: Northeast Public Radio. Can be found on Twitter at @WAMC_J_Paleo. Massachusetts is the best state in the union and I'll fight you over it.
Last note because MassLive/The Republican also made this error: the clerk accidentally said it was a 7-5 vote at the end of the tally. For record: Hurst, Martin, Govan, Walsh, Brown, Whitfield, Delgado and Santaniello voted Whitfield. Edwards, Davila, Fenton, Perez and Click-Bruce voted for Edwards
Folks, apologies - it was 8-5 in favor of Whitfield. Santaniello's audio came in rough for me (he voted for Tracye) but I should've figured this out sooner since there were 13 voting members.
December 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Last note because MassLive/The Republican also made this error: the clerk accidentally said it was a 7-5 vote at the end of the tally. For record: Hurst, Martin, Govan, Walsh, Brown, Whitfield, Delgado and Santaniello voted Whitfield. Edwards, Davila, Fenton, Perez and Click-Bruce voted for Edwards
I absolutely appreciate the iPhone feature that automatically mutes spam callers using unidentified #'s like these shitheads. but, I've also missed two separate interview calls already because of it so I'm somehow even more mad than I was before
December 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I absolutely appreciate the iPhone feature that automatically mutes spam callers using unidentified #'s like these shitheads. but, I've also missed two separate interview calls already because of it so I'm somehow even more mad than I was before
ZIPPING. ZIPPING THROUGH
Here, @mszafranski.bsky.social does a better job of summarizing tax increment item and grant items the council is sipping through
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The Council approved the tax incremental financing for the properties along Main Street. Deputy Econ Director Brian Connors indicated the break would amount to 47% of the *new growth* the developer puts into the property. #mapoli #spfldpoli
December 16, 2025 at 2:09 AM
ZIPPING. ZIPPING THROUGH
For @wamcradio.bsky.social : i'm back at Springfield City Hall! It's the last council meeting of the year & we're likely to see an unofficial vote on next year's leadership. Councilor at Large Tracye Whitfield seems primed to be prez and Councilor at Large Jose Delgado's likely to get VP role
December 16, 2025 at 12:02 AM
For @wamcradio.bsky.social : i'm back at Springfield City Hall! It's the last council meeting of the year & we're likely to see an unofficial vote on next year's leadership. Councilor at Large Tracye Whitfield seems primed to be prez and Councilor at Large Jose Delgado's likely to get VP role
East Granby, CT!
December 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
East Granby, CT!
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Maine's loons are on the mend, filling more of the lakes and ponds in the state with their haunting calls.
More loons are filling Maine's lakes with their ghostlike calls
Maine’s loons are on the mend, filling more of the lakes and ponds in the state with their haunting calls.
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December 14, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Maine's loons are on the mend, filling more of the lakes and ponds in the state with their haunting calls.
For @wamcradio.bsky.social: After year of high demand for its services, Hilltown nonprofit preps for holiday giveaway
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After year of high demand for its services, Hilltown nonprofit preps for holiday giveaway
After a year of seeing need for their services only rise, a nonprofit in western Massachusetts is nearly done collecting toys for its annual gift giveaway. Serving rural western Mass. and beyond, “It ...
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December 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
For @wamcradio.bsky.social: After year of high demand for its services, Hilltown nonprofit preps for holiday giveaway
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There's a real chance UMass Amherst's football program improves just enough to make a bowl game the same year most college football programs decide they're not worth it anymore.
The bowls are dying, and bowl eligible teams opting out of playing in them are just the latest symptom
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Notre Dame's CFP opt-out is further proof bowl games won't last much longer
Teams opting out of bowl games is another symptom of a fatal disease killing the bowl system
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December 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
There's a real chance UMass Amherst's football program improves just enough to make a bowl game the same year most college football programs decide they're not worth it anymore.
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When Netflix announced a blockbuster $83 billion deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery on Friday, among the elements not included in the purchase was a conspicuous one: CNN.
Here’s what the deal means for the cable news giant:
Here’s what the deal means for the cable news giant:
What Netflix’s purchase of Warner Bros. means for CNN
The cable news giant won’t be part of the deal, foreshadowing an era without the backing or the baggage of a much larger parent company.
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December 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
When Netflix announced a blockbuster $83 billion deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery on Friday, among the elements not included in the purchase was a conspicuous one: CNN.
Here’s what the deal means for the cable news giant:
Here’s what the deal means for the cable news giant:
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NPR wants to speak with swing voters across the political spectrum.
Are you a swing voter? We want to hear how you're feeling about politics
Do you think the country is going in the right or wrong direction? Are you happy with your vote last year or do you have any regrets? Or maybe you sat the election out? NPR wants to speak with swing voters across the political spectrum.
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December 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
NPR wants to speak with swing voters across the political spectrum.
For @wamcradio.bsky.social: Multiple fire crews are working to put out the remainder of a massive apartment building fire in Holyoke at the corner of Franklin and High streets. No details yet on injuries or displaced, but it's the second such fire in the city in less than 24 hours.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
For @wamcradio.bsky.social: Multiple fire crews are working to put out the remainder of a massive apartment building fire in Holyoke at the corner of Franklin and High streets. No details yet on injuries or displaced, but it's the second such fire in the city in less than 24 hours.
For @wamcradio.bsky.social: After coming close to unseating Springfield State Rep. Bud Williams last year, Johnnie Ray McKnight says he's running again. Last November, he came about 250 votes short of an upset in the state's 11th Hampden district. #mapoli #spfldpoli
December 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
For @wamcradio.bsky.social: After coming close to unseating Springfield State Rep. Bud Williams last year, Johnnie Ray McKnight says he's running again. Last November, he came about 250 votes short of an upset in the state's 11th Hampden district. #mapoli #spfldpoli
For @wamcradio.bsky.social : I'm at the @mabroadcasters.bsky.social 's Sound Bites 2025 award ceremony in Milford! Got in just as they were honoring the memory of western Mass's Barbara Bernard
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November 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
For @wamcradio.bsky.social : I'm at the @mabroadcasters.bsky.social 's Sound Bites 2025 award ceremony in Milford! Got in just as they were honoring the memory of western Mass's Barbara Bernard
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A minute ago, I was singing part of "Tupelo Honey" as I worked in my office, writing the worst story you've ever heard. I then stopped when the man using the bathroom next to my office for the past hour finally came out and slammed the door at decibels I didn't know were possible
November 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
A minute ago, I was singing part of "Tupelo Honey" as I worked in my office, writing the worst story you've ever heard. I then stopped when the man using the bathroom next to my office for the past hour finally came out and slammed the door at decibels I didn't know were possible
For @wamcradio.bsky.social : In Easthampton, it looks like Salem Derby's been elected the city's 4th mayor in its history since its charter change in 96. He collected at least 40% in the 1st round of the rank choice vote. Lindsi Sekula was 2nd, and says she was 600 votes short in the 2nd round
November 5, 2025 at 3:08 AM
For @wamcradio.bsky.social : In Easthampton, it looks like Salem Derby's been elected the city's 4th mayor in its history since its charter change in 96. He collected at least 40% in the 1st round of the rank choice vote. Lindsi Sekula was 2nd, and says she was 600 votes short in the 2nd round
For @wamcradio.bsky.social: Authorities say a top staffer for Governor Maura Healey – an aide who's often been a liaison for Healey in western Massachusetts - is facing drug trafficking and firearms charges, following seizures of over 20 kilograms of suspected cocaine.
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Western Mass. staffer for Gov. Maura Healey arrested on cocaine trafficking, firearms charges
Authorities say a top staffer for Governor Maura Healey – an aide who's often been a liaison for Healey in western Massachusetts - is facing drug trafficking and firearms charges, following an investi...
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October 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
For @wamcradio.bsky.social: Authorities say a top staffer for Governor Maura Healey – an aide who's often been a liaison for Healey in western Massachusetts - is facing drug trafficking and firearms charges, following seizures of over 20 kilograms of suspected cocaine.
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42 million Americans who rely on SNAP will go w/out benefits on Nov 1 because of Trump & GOP. 🍞🥛🍎
"Federal cuts or not, western MA food bank & partners continue hunger-fighting mission," 9/1/2025
DONATE TO EASTHAMPTON COMMUNITY CENTER: easthamptoncommunitycenter.org
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"Federal cuts or not, western MA food bank & partners continue hunger-fighting mission," 9/1/2025
DONATE TO EASTHAMPTON COMMUNITY CENTER: easthamptoncommunitycenter.org
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Federal cuts or not, western Mass. food bank and partners continue hunger-fighting mission
For decades, a regional food bank in Massachusetts has been working to fight hunger, providing millions of pounds of food annually throughout western Mass. With demand not letting up and federal cuts ...
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October 27, 2025 at 8:10 PM
42 million Americans who rely on SNAP will go w/out benefits on Nov 1 because of Trump & GOP. 🍞🥛🍎
"Federal cuts or not, western MA food bank & partners continue hunger-fighting mission," 9/1/2025
DONATE TO EASTHAMPTON COMMUNITY CENTER: easthamptoncommunitycenter.org
www.wamc.org/news/2025-09...
"Federal cuts or not, western MA food bank & partners continue hunger-fighting mission," 9/1/2025
DONATE TO EASTHAMPTON COMMUNITY CENTER: easthamptoncommunitycenter.org
www.wamc.org/news/2025-09...
Amherst Cinema: where you can't sit next to your fiancée at a sold out movie because 10 undergrads planted their backpacks on the seats next to them, claiming someone's going to sit there five minutes into the movie
October 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Amherst Cinema: where you can't sit next to your fiancée at a sold out movie because 10 undergrads planted their backpacks on the seats next to them, claiming someone's going to sit there five minutes into the movie
Been watching The Chair Company and I now understand a core tenet of Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin's approach to writing and developing characters/conflict: that if you work in an office, you're an inherently weird person.
October 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Been watching The Chair Company and I now understand a core tenet of Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin's approach to writing and developing characters/conflict: that if you work in an office, you're an inherently weird person.
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A headline-grabbing study touting apple cider vinegar for weight loss has been retracted. Other claims for the internet-famous remedy are also under fire.
How apple cider vinegar cured everything — until it didn't
A headline-grabbing study touting apple cider vinegar for weight loss has been retracted. Other claims for the internet-famous remedy are also under fire.
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October 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
A headline-grabbing study touting apple cider vinegar for weight loss has been retracted. Other claims for the internet-famous remedy are also under fire.
I don't have an opinion on it and won't because I have to report on it at some point, but I'll note the following:
Never have I seen a city councilor invoke the strife and struggles of immigrants and working poor to say a disused parking lot shouldn't be redeveloped.
Never have I seen a city councilor invoke the strife and struggles of immigrants and working poor to say a disused parking lot shouldn't be redeveloped.
October 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I don't have an opinion on it and won't because I have to report on it at some point, but I'll note the following:
Never have I seen a city councilor invoke the strife and struggles of immigrants and working poor to say a disused parking lot shouldn't be redeveloped.
Never have I seen a city councilor invoke the strife and struggles of immigrants and working poor to say a disused parking lot shouldn't be redeveloped.
