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#OTD (Apr 17)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#LosAngeles #Chicago #Brooklyn #HotSpringsAR #Philadelphia #Bronx #SpringfieldMA #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

New today on Mafia Genealogy: The father of West Springfield, Massachusetts' Pugliano brothers, and co-founder of the popular Monte Carlo Restaurant, was a prolific bootlegger during Prohibition. https://mafiagenealogy.com/2026/02/13/the-bootlegging-pugliano-family-of-west-springfield-massachusetts/ #MafiaHistory #WestSpringfieldMA #SpringfieldMA #Genovese #Patriarca

Preview of Justin Cascio’s presentation in #SpringfieldMA
Justin: “I study the #Mafia like oncologists study cancer. I’m interested in how it takes root…”

https://www.masslive.com/living/2026/01/springfields-bootleg-queen-to-be-featured-in-forbes-library-talk.html

#MafiaHistory @mafiahistory #Histodons

#BostonWeekend 22x Sat & Sun Boston Fiber Festival in #SpringfieldMA https://www.easternstatesexposition.com/p/fiberfestival #Yarn #massachusetts #knitting #fiber #FiberArts #Crochet #FiberFestival #Boston #wool #sweaters #weaving #loom #alpaca #carding #spinning #sheep #angora

Fiber nerds: you probably know if you live in this area, but the #FiberFestival of New England is on this weekend in #SpringfieldMA .

My lace group also has a demo booth there.

#BobbinLace

https://www.easternstatesexposition.com/p/fiberfestival

Justin Cascio's latest book is scheduled for release next month through Amazon.
Pasqualina: The Bootleg Queen of Little Italy tells the story of Pasqualina Albano, #bootlegger and leader of a violent #gang in the South End of #SpringfieldMA.

https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2025/10/woman-bootlegger-gang-boss-is-focus-of.html

#Books #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#BostonWeekend 6x Through 9/28 HUGE FAIR The Big E out in West #SpringfieldMA - on top of all the 💩 you'd expect at an ag-focused fair, (food, rides, circus, midway, cars, motorcycles, flags) there's bands! #GovtMule, #BustaRhymes & #RickRoss, #TLC w/ #BigBoi, the #AvettBrothers, #Foreigner, #Train, #ZZTop, #ChubbyChecker, #Queensryche to name a handful from this round https://www.thebige.com
#massachusetts #Boston #fairs #BostonMusic

#BostonWeekend 7x Through 9/28 HUGE FAIR The Big E out in West #SpringfieldMA - on top of all the 💩 you'd expect at an ag-focused fair, (food, rides, circus, midway, cars, motorcycles, flags) there's bands! #GovtMule, #BustaRhymes & #RickRoss, #TLC w/ #BigBoi, the #AvettBrothers, #Foreigner, #Train, #ZZTop, #ChubbyChecker, #Queensryche to name a handful https://www.thebige.com
#massachusetts #Boston #fairs

Our lace guild's entries for the local fair have been judged and posted!

Some eye candy for you. Different lace styles and items.

If you visit The Big E in #SpringfieldMA you can see them in display cases there.

#BobbinLace #NeedleLace #Tatting #BigE

https://www.flickr.com/photos/147444006@N05/albums/72177720328918323/

In Springfield, MA until Monday for the Northeast Natural History Conference (NENHC). Anyone else?

Any locals wanna recommend a good greenspace to visit? (Edit) It looks like tomorrow, Friday is the only non-rainy day during my stay. I'm on the wait list for a field trip to Vermont in the afternoon, but I'll get out one way or another.

https://www.eaglehill.us/NENHC_2025/program/scheduleoverview.shtml

cc: @darwin

#SpringfieldMA #NENHC #NENHC2025 #Naturalists #Conference #Massachusetts #iNaturalist

Post Office, Springfield, Massachusetts, c.1905 - Springfield News Co Postcard

https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/post-office-springfield-massachusetts-c-1905-springfield-news-co-postcard-221204465.htm

#SpringfieldMA #Postcard #Postcards

#BostonWeekend 5/x
#TheBigE in #SpringfieldMA - 17 days of huge agricultural etc fair, through Sunday, rides, games, entertainment, tons of food options

Music headliners this #weekend include: #BrothersOsborne #Hinder #PublicEnemy

#Massachusetts #WesternMassachusetts #DolphinTown #BigE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTw9UP04FK0
https://www.thebige.com/

#BostonWeekend (12/x)
#TheBigE in #SpringfieldMA - 17 days of huge agricultural etc fair.

Music headliners include: #Diplo #UmphreysMcGee #Ludacris #PublicEnemy

#Massachusetts #WesternMassachusetts #DolphinTown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTw9UP04FK0
https://www.thebige.com/

New details on the Labor Day vehicular homicide in #SpringfieldMA: victim IDed as Kristine Andrews, a 36-year-old mother whose teen daughter is now an orphan.

#VisionZero

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/09/05/springfield-teen-faces-homicide-charges-for-allegedly-killing-pedestrian-with-his-car?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Through Sunday, its #Brimfield #Antiques Shows out in #HampdenCounty (kinda Between #SpringfieldMA and #Worcester, at least a 70 minute drive from #boston depending on the 'pike).

They have everything, not just antiques, across huge grass fields. If you like haggling with vendors and unique goods. The May sale is usually the best of the year as vendors unload their winter finds.

https://www.brimfieldliveonline.com/
(#BostonWeekend 3/?)

Crash data show #SpringfieldMA is the Commonwealth's deadliest city for traffic violence:

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/04/03/springfield-is-the-commonwealths-deadliest-city-for-traffic-violence

#Westhampton #Massachusetts, is that near you?

A friend is somewhat desperate for a new, temporary housing situation, post-break-up, ideally for now through the next 3-4 months.

Do you know of a potential low-cost living space (roommates? Spare room? sublet?) while they get back on their feet? They're good people, employed at a community-focused non-profit org, non-smoker, and are a member of a marginalized group.

@ me for details.
#SpringfieldMA #Springfield #NorthamptonMA #Northampton #AmherstMA #Amherst #Holyoke #PioneerValleyMA #HampshireCollege #UMassAmherst #WesternMassachusetts

"The X" is notorious as one of the most dangerous intersections in the entire #SpringfieldMA region.

But for an upcoming $19 million reconstruction project, engineers sought exemptions from state safety standards in order to avoid building safer bike and pedestrian infrastructure there:

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/01/15/highway-engineers-sought-exemptions-from-safe-street-design-requirements-in-springfields-19-million-rebuild-of-the-x?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

When it comes to safe streets, Springfield, MA has done everything wrong.

"If I had the opportunity, I would fire the entire senior staff and start over. If state law allowed, I’d support litigating them into bankruptcy. This is the definition of gross negligence, the worst incompetency I’ve seen, and I’ve traveled to every state meeting with engineers, traffic safety officials, and advocates."

#SpringfieldMA #UrbanPlanning

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2024/1/8/just-another-and-another-and-another-pedestrian-killed-on-state-street

The #BobbinLace awards from the local ag fair (#TheBigE here in #SpringfieldMA) have been announced.

I'm not even really happy with the way my piece came out overall, but it certainly was colorful...

The other pieces are wonderful.

https://nelg.us/page-1857711

#SpringfieldMA - Jazz Festival - Pay what you can - Thurs-Saturday July 22 https://springfieldjazzfest.com/2023-schedule/ #WesternMassachusetts #Springfield #Massachusetts #BostonWeekend (7/?)

Y'all, this is the most evil piece of legislation I've seen come down the pike in a LONG fucking time. Gonzalez should see this bill shot down, and then retire from public life - no one advocating for this can be trusted with human life, or the apparatus of state.

This essentially calls for turning the Massachusetts Department of Corrections into an organ farm, under the auspice of 'healthcare access'. Dark. Dark and unsettling.

#mapoli #bospoli #springfieldma

https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2023/02/01/massachusetts-bill-prison-time-bone-marrow-organ-donations/