In Pioneer Valley Radio’s continuing narrative of how popular eateries in Western Mass. have faced the challenges of the COVID-19 era, PVR’s Lauren Brill spotlights the Frontera Grill and its owner, Federico Mendiola.
Federico’s story is a classic example of the manner in which a restaurant faces disruption and determines the necessary changes to a business model to accommodate the extreme limitations of the pandemic.
There is expert calibration in compassion for employees and solid and difficult choices to protect the future of a successful business.
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Not content to let East Longmeadow’s formidable Fourth of July Parade disappear completely from consciousness this year, East Longmeadow Rotary Club Secretary, Nurse Practitioner, and Colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve
Speaking on behalf of a newly formed organization, The Coalition To Fund The Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, member Lorraine Gorham is excited about a big event planned for July 3rd.
Long-serving Hampden selectman John Flynn triumphs in his sixth bid for the Board of Selectmen in the town’s election.
The new health and safety guidelines, handed down to the Mass. Gaming Commission by the state, are causing MGM Springfield operators to question the impact of the protocols on revenue and on the entire casino experience.
At Formal Affair Clothier in West Springfield, owner Kevin Kousch has seen his business through a microburst and a pandemic!
It’s the time of year when our shelled friends are laying their eggs, and likely to be making their way from one side of the road to the other.
In this program, former Agawam Mayor Richard Cohen, along with his brother Alan, are pleased to relate that business is brisk and busy!
American police departments in large cities and small towns are under fire due to the death of George Floyd.
Chief Farnsworth is also the head of the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association, and as such is in regular contact with the chiefs of other forces in the Commonwealth, as well as the governor.
In an exclusive interview with Pioneer Valley Radio, Criminal Attorney William Bennett refutes the suspension of Holyoke Soldiers’ Home Superintendent Bennett Walsh, and the associated allegations of his mishandling of the COVID-19 crisis at the Home.
Pioneer Valley Radio’s newest summer intern, Lauren Brill of Granby, MA, is a journalism major going into her senior year at Hofstra University. She is interviewed by PVR president Michael Harrison about being a college student during the pandemic, the state of journalism, and her plans for the future.
A silver lining in the pandemic cloud? Possibly, at least as far as your fresh vegetables are concerned!
Her three children (the youngest has autism), have provided Aggie with the background to publish children’s books dealing with the condition.