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AF-AM News bits – May 2021
MY GOOD FRIEND DENNIS TERRY PASSED All I can say is that we have all experienced losses caused by the Covid pandemic but the loss of Dennis Terry probably affected me much more than most others. We roamed the streets of Springfield together for years before we eventually ended up as roommates at Howard University…
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AF-AM News bits – April 2021
JYNAI MCDONALD: IS ON THE JOB In the March issue of Point of View, I wrote a front page article on Ward 4 city council candidate Jynai McDonald that included her plans to revive the dormant tennis court on Acorn Street which is so overgrown with brush that it can no longer be seen. Apparently…
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AF-AM News bits – March 2021
MGM NOTES: WHAT! I find it very difficult to believe that Springfield’s city councilors are contemplating softening the MGM ordinance designed and passed by them to “…protect against public perception that city employees would use their authority to advance their (own) job interests.” (Quote by Councilor Michael Fenton in The Republican, February 16, 2021.) Michael…
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AF-AM News bits – February 2021
UNITY WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY It is one thing for President Joe Biden to call for unity but it is a much different thing for those who enabled Donald Trump for four of the ugliest and most divisive years in presidential history to call for it as though they have earned it and have the moral authority…
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AF-AM News bits – January 2021
WHAT TO DO DURING THE ISOLATION OF A PANDEMIC? I don’t know what others have done but I’ve used the isolation of the pandemic to read more books, mostly history books. I haven’t read fiction since I was a teenager gobbling up Shell Scott with rare exceptions like the required reading of Moby Dick by…
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SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield Museums will welcome guests to an alluring evening of art and intrigue at Spellbound: Fall Fundraiser 2026 on Thursday, October 22, from 6 to 8:30 pm. The 21+ event will celebrate the reopening of the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum following an extensive restoration project while raising funds to support…
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