Tuesday’s election results show that D. Joseph Morissette garnered 43 percent of the 9,814 votes in the mayor’s race. That name and contest may not be familiar to 99 percent of our readers, but Joe is well-known in Chicopee, Mass. and – most importantly – is my 55-year-old nephew.
With California Governor Gavin Newsom’s October 8, 2019, approval of Assembly Bill 1482, the state’s residential landlords will, for the first time, be enjoined from raising rents by more than a stipulated amount.
“Hair” became among the most controversial stage productions of the 20th century. Referred to as a rock musical—with a book by Gerome Ragni and James Rado, and with music by Galt McDermot—“Hair” premiered at Joseph Papp’s Public Theater in October of 1967.
Across the forbidding icy-blue landscape a small group of men struggle to reach an isolated dwelling somewhere in Terra del Fuego (Fucco), Chile. Inclement weather conditions make their progress painfully slow, but eventually the men reach their destination.
Last week we attended a kick-off event for the Long Beach Reform Coalition, which is supporting two City Council candidates in the March 3, 2020 election: Robert Fox (running in Council District 2) and Juan Ovalle (running in Council District 8), Their goal is to clean up the corruption currently
Fellow apartment investors – and aspiring apartment investors – let me share some advice with you. The pathway to profitability in multi-family residential investment isn’t necessarily the standard exhortation to buy in elegant areas and rent to the elite. Eh, you want to know why not?
Tragedy and talent often seem intertwined; examples – such as Judy Garland, Janis Joplin, Otis Redding, Jimmy Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Michael Jackson, Amy Winehouse – abound, but nowhere is the intersection of songstress and sadness more evident than in the life of Bill
Past events can unexpectedly have a greater influence on the future than those that are taking place in the present. Isabel (Michelle Williams), manager of an orphanage in Kolkata, India, leads a happy, rewarding life serving the needs of the hundreds of children in her school.
[Editor’s Note: What to do? Gerrie Schipske’s history column, “That’s the Way It Was,” addresses a current event topic that includes her opinion – a big no-no.
I hereby confess … I’m a people watcher. It’s something that’s been a part of my temperament for decades. However, this is not just a random habit. Not at all. I’ve developed it in a most selective manner. My specialty: I observe people in their failures.
