The Massachusetts Teacher's Association is holding their Annual Summer Conference at UMass today.
Hmmm, I wonder why the teachers are so paranoid about any outsiders finding out what they say or do at their meetings.
Recently I came across some old photos I have of former Springfield Mayor Charlie Ryan, who died last October. Ryan was unique in Springfield's political history as the only person to serve as mayor in two different centuries - three terms in the 1960's and two terms following the millennium. Here he is after being sworn in as Mayor in 2004.
On his second go-around, Ryan inherited a city on the brink of financial collapse after decades of corruption and fiscal mismanagement. As a result, then Governor Mitt Romney placed Springfield under a state appointed Financial Control Board. Here Ryan and Control Board President Alan LeBovidge are swarmed by the local media following a 2004 Control Board meeting in City Hall.
Charles V. Ryan (1927 - 2021) in front of City Hall in 2003.
A beautiful skyscape as seen from the parking lot of the Hamshire Gazette in Northampton yesterday afternoon.
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| photo by joseph malinoski |
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