WE’RE READY TO GO! SHERIFF REVEREND JAMES GILL, JR. —-By Frederick A. Hurst—- The excitement in his voice was palpable and the fear that one would expect from him for making the weighty decision to run against the chosen candidate of the “powers-that-be” was nonexistent. Reverend James Gill, Jr., who has served in corrections and…

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National transportation leader Beverly Scott, Ph.D. will visit Springfield to help launch a local effort to achieve greater equity in federal transportation policy. Dr. Scott will speak on Tuesday, May 12 at 5:00 p.m. at the UMass Center at Springfield, 1500 Main Street in Tower Square. In 2012, President Barack Obama named Dr. Scott a…

–By Frederick A. Hurst— Reprinted from July 1, 2014— A White friend and his wife sent my wife and me an autobiography by Black M.D. Ben Carson titled “Gifted Hands.” After suffering a wisp of trepidation, I picked it up one day and couldn’t put it down until I read it from cover to cover.…

On Being a Volunteer Soccer Coach, Are You Interested? —By David Kelley— After being cooped up all winter, it will be nice to get back to grass stains and opening the car windows to evacuate the stench of winter season. You soccer moms know what I am talking about. That spring sun beating down, while…