The “Big E” has a new boss. Eugene Cassidy is the new president and C-E-O of the Eastern States Exposition. The organization has hosted the region’s largest agricultural fair and exposition on its grounds in West Springfield for 95 years. WAMC”s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Cassidy about what makes the “ Big E” such a big draw through the decades.
The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout from the deadly COVID outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Those are just a few of the thousands and thousands of stories WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill has covered for WAMC in his nearly 17 years with the station.