Every year, I start putting moleskine notebooks in my left coat chest pocket. within months, I start feeling chestpain & think my family history of heart disease caught up with me. Then I put a notebook in my right chest pocket and feel the same pains

For @wamc.org: It may have rained, but thousands of spectators and marchers still made their annual rounds in Holyoke Sunday, coming out for one of the Northeast’s biggest St. Patrick’s Day parades. www.wamc.org/news/2026-03...

FOLKS! I had to delete my initial Holyoke St. Patrick's Day Parade video. The rest of the @wamc.org thread can be found here! bsky.app/profile/jpal...

For @wamc.org: Owners of Bridgeport Islanders plan to move Conn. AHL team to Canada www.wamc.org/news/2026-03...

For @wamc.org: The Massachusetts State Ethics Commission says it’s found “reasonable cause” while probing potential conflict of interest violations involving a former Holyoke city councilor. www.wamc.org/news/2026-03...

For @wamc.org: A federal hold, furloughs and a card on St. Patrick’s Day: What we know about CRRC rail cars returning to Springfield www.wamc.org/news/2026-03...

For @wamc.org: CRRC MA: Nearly year-long federal holdup of rail cars ends, furloughed workers to be recalled www.wamc.org/news/2026-03...

BREAKING For @wamc.org: Per a spokesperson, MBTA rail car manufacturer CRRC in Springfield says the holdup of crucial train car shells by U.S. Customs has ended. The shells had been held up for months, holding up production and leading to 140+ workers being furloughed this year

For @wamc.org: This Old (and extremely large) House: Historic mansion up for sale said to be largest single-family home in Springfield, Mass. www.wamc.org/news/2026-03...

For @wamc.org: Confusion, anxieties over changes to local sober home program leads to rally in Holyoke, Mass. www.wamc.org/news/2026-03...

For @wamc.org: Easthampton, Mass. celebrates $3.5M federal earmark for Old Town Hall renovations www.wamc.org/news/2026-03...

Me accidentally clicking on Microsoft Teams: Damn TEAMS: HEEEY F*@$ FACE. GUESS WHATS HAPPENIN NOW? Me: Stop. I'm closing you right now TEAMS: @#$%IN' SUCKS TO BE YOU PAL, I'M NOT GOIN ANYWHERE FOR THE NEXT TWO MINUTES. Me: I literally jus- TEAMS: YOU CAN'T KILL WHAT'S ALREADY DEAD

For @wamc.org: Happy St. Patrick's Day! Before I injure myself covering Holyoke's St. Patrick's Day parade Sunday, here's another Irish/Western Mass. story I filed a few months ago. www.wamc.org/news/2025-12...

A Palestinian woman who was the last person still in immigration detention after the Trump administration's 2025 crackdown on pro-Palestinian activists has been released.

For @wamc.org: Nearly 10-year sentence given to Agawam man accused of trying to import gun parts from China www.wamc.org/news/2026-03...

Hey, guess who shows up first when you try to look up what the WNE pressure cooker suspect looks like? A photo of me! Google scraped WAMC's website in a way that creates two image listings for the suspect and decided to list me first! Oh, happy day!

For @wamc.org: Ex-WNE student faces 3D printer gun manufacturing charge following dorm sweep; pressure cooker, ball bearings also found www.wamc.org/news/2026-03...

FROM MY @wamc.org INBOX: AIC's women's rugby program is getting a promotion. After enough dominant Div II play, they're now NIRA Div I-bound. They've previously won 3 NIRA Div 2 titles in five years, and often played Div 1 teams as is

For @wamc.org: As neighbors ask for community space, experts call Montague’s Farren lot ‘shovel-ready’ for housing www.wamc.org/news/2026-03...

Head? Hurts Phone? Looking at golden retrievers on reddit Music? Blaring Alice in Chains's "Nutshell" Pedestrian passing by my car while all of this is happening? Concerned

If it's one thing I learned working in TV news - it doesn't hurt AT ALL to give credit. It doesn't undermine a thing. The era of total exclusivity & not allowing any source to receive any credit should have died years ago. Of all the newsroom standards still kicking around, this is the stupidest one

For @wamc.org: @edmarkey.bsky.social is in Easthampton, Mass., promoting $3.5 million secured for the group CitySpace and the restoration work they're doing at Old Town Hall

My hearing has still not fully returned from this.

For @wamc.org: Springfield Bishop Emeritus Timothy McDonnell dies at 88 www.wamc.org/news/2026-03...

Six Flags announces sale of Great Escape

For @wamc.org: Per the diocese, former Springfield Bishop Timothy McDonnell has died.

For @wamc.org: Despite recent divisions, Springfield's city council unanimously called for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame to keep one of its biggest high school basketball showcases in the city. www.wamc.org/news/2026-03...

For @wamc.org: State IG says there are plenty of lessons for MassDOT to learn from Applegreen travel plaza debacle www.wamc.org/news/2026-03...

For @wamc.org: The Holyoke City Council could take up an amendment that would mean less car honking downtown on Friday. Some councilors want to restore the air-raid siren at the Wherehouse? that was silenced in January, adjusting city code to allow its weekly 2-min. blares again

Toymaker Hasbro, which used a WMass facility amid trade worries, seeks tariff refund

For @wamc.org: Following weeks of press conferences, legal memos and debates, the Springfield City Council rejected a “no confidence” resolution targeting its president, Councilor Tracye Whitfield – but not before some confrontations in the council chambers. www.wamc.org/news/2026-03...

For @wamc.org: Springfield City Council votes down 'no confidence' resolution targeting Council Prez Whitfield (longer story to come) www.wamc.org/news/2026-03...

For @wamc.org: In Springfield City Council Chambers, following an intense back-and-forth, a "no confidence" resolution re: Council President Tracye Whitfield has failed

Hey, guess what I'm writing up?

lol at the tourists in dubai being like ‘what do you mean i took my vacation at The Neiman-Marcus That Kills You’

For @wamc.org: Tonight, city councilors in Springfield will vote on a “no confidence” resolution concerning Council President Tracye Whitfield. www.wamc.org/news/2026-03...

This is a joke at this point right?

The end of the Politico Massachusetts newsletter after nearly 11 years comes amid changes for the company, but could have broader impacts for Bay State political media. #mapoli wmasspi.com/2026/02/afte...

For @wamc.org: A Massachusetts state police sergeant is facing assault and battery charges following a use-of-force investigation. www.wamc.org/news/2026-02...

we finally reached the end of this calendar event i accidentally made 12 years ago

For @wamc.org: The mayor of Springfield, Mass. says he's concerned and disappointed with the Basketball Hall of Fame, following reports that its leadership put out feelers for moving a major high school basketball showcase out of the city. www.wamc.org/news/2026-02...

For @wamc.org: Chicopee launches state’s first-ever, violator-funded ‘School Bus Stop-Arm Safety Program’ www.wamc.org/news/2026-02...

For @wamc.org: In Chicopee, city, school & bus co. officials are unveiling the city's bus stop arm safety program, which goes live on April 1. Five Star Buses have been outfitted w/cameras designed to capture drivers passing while stop signs are extended with a $250 fine to boot