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

#NoKings 2.0
Saturday, October 18th, 2025

#NoKingsMassachusetts
(Part 8 of 10)

#SharonMA
#SherbornMA
#SpringfieldMA
#StockbridgeMA
#StoughtonMA
#SudburyMA
#SwampscottMA
#SwanseeMA
#TauntonMA
#TewksburyMA

Link:
https://www.nokings.org

#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/

#TheMetalDogArticleList
#MetalInjection
SHADOWS FALL Cemented In Springfield, MA History With Official Proclamation For Their Own Day

https://metalinjection.net/news/shadows-fall-cemented-in-springfield-ma-history-with-official-proclamation-for-their-own-day

#ShadowsFall #SpringfieldMA #MayorDomenicSarno #OfficialProclamation #ShadowsFallDay #MetalInjection #SpringfieldHistory #MassachusettsMetal #LocalMetal #MetalNews

If you or your neighbors think you see ICE in Massachusetts, call or text the LUCE hotline: 617-370-5023

And if you or anyone else needs resources, please share this multilingual link collection with them that has links to know your rights resources in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Haitian Creole: http://bit.ly/lucemass

#ImmigrantRights #LUCEMassachusetts #Massachusetts #Boston #Worcester #SpringfieldMA #CambridgeMA #Brockton #Lowell #NewBedford #Lynn #Quincy #FallRiver

Here's a website where you can find a partial directory of May Day actions: https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/

For Massachusetts we are seeing events in Boston, Wakefield, Lynn, Bedford, Waltham, Chelmsford, Holliston, Worcester, Gill, Springfield, and Great Barrington.

#MayDay2025 #Boston #Wakefield #Lynn #Bedford #Waltham #Chelmsford #Holliston, #Worcester #Gill #SpringfieldMA #GreatBarrington #Berkshires #Massachusetts #MAEvents

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

One for the folks in Western Mass!

Chicopee Dance for Democracy - NO KINGS Protest & Public Disco

Hosted by Western Mass Solidarity & Action

Saturday, March 15
12 – 3pm EDT

Price Rite Parking Lot
1600 Memorial Dr
Chicopee, MA 01020

https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/760220/

#ChicopeeMA #HolyokeMA #SpringfieldMA #NorthamptonMA #Antifascism #Events

From Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DGBHKTng74F/

From @wmassasylumsupport
Our Know Your Rights training is back for February! This time we have both in-person and virtual options.

These trainings fill up quickly, so if you and/or your loved ones do not have active immigration concerns, we strongly recommend that you wait until February 17 to register. Registration is required.

If you need childcare (on-site only) or have access needs (both sessions), please let us know by February 20.

By the way, we still have space remaining in our Feb 25 (6-8 pm) Virtual Volunteer Orientation!

#SpringfieldMA #Massachusetts #WesternMassachusetts #ImmigrantRights #Antifascism

#nowPlaying

Chained To The Bottom Of The Ocean, Obsession Destruction (2023)

#metal #sludge #deathDoom #springfieldMA 🇺🇸

https://chainedtothebottomoftheocean.bandcamp.com/album/obsession-destruction

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/