—By Willette Y. Johnson— On Saturday, November 14, 2015, some friends and I attended the Springfield Unity Festival at Symphony Hall. Thanks to the generosity of POV’s Rick and Marjorie Hurst, media sponsors of the event, our festival tickets allowed us easy entrance to an event that had been highly anticipated for many weeks. After…

Congratulations to all the Women of Color Honorees including the Western Mass. Honorees SEPTEMBER 18, 2015 ● Latoya Bosworth  ● Nikki Burnett  ● Helen Caulton-Harris ● Alysia Cutting Cosby  ● Mary Custard  ● Carole Moore-Cutting ● Fay Evans  ● Joan Fuller  ● Shelia Gibbs  ● Denise Hurst ● Marjorie Hurst  ● Willette Johnson  ● Denise…

—By Theresa Bryant, Special to Point of View— For 50 years, Lucille Kennedy has been an entrepreneur in the Greater Springfield area. She’s a hair stylist who has provided hair care to a multitude of women. She shares information to maintain one’s mind, body and hair. I have to admit that when I was asked…

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…