Coming Up Wednesday, April 12

Off the Beaten Path: Skinnerville Connecting Point’s “Off The Beaten Path” continues with a look at Skinnerville, a typical mill village of the mid-nineteenth century that was located along the banks of the Mill River near Williamsburg, Haydenville and Leeds. In 1874,...
Amherst Sanctuary Community Vote, In Favor

Amherst Sanctuary Community Vote, In Favor

Residents in Amherst will be voting on a proposed bylaw during the April 26, 2017 town meeting. The proposal would declare Amherst a sanctuary community, strengthening language from a previous resolution. The term sanctuary city has become somewhat of a controversy of...
Making It Here: Photojournalist Ben Brody

Making It Here: Photojournalist Ben Brody

Ben Brody has been photographing and writing about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2005. The result of his six years of work is titled FOREVERSTAN, an ambitious multimedia exploration of America’s attempts to extricate itself from Afghanistan in an orderly...

Coming Up Monday, April 10

Making It Here: Photojournalist Ben Brody Ben Brody has been photographing and writing about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2005. The result of his six years of work is titled FOREVERSTAN, an ambitious multimedia exploration of America’s attempts to extricate...
Coming Up Friday, April 7

Coming Up Friday, April 7

The State We’re In: Rep. Aaron Vega on Legalized Marijuana State Rep Aaron Vega (D– Holyoke), Vice Chair of the Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities, discusses the work of the Marijuana Policy Committee, the upcoming Fiscal Year 2018 State...
Off the Beaten Path: Florida, MA

Off the Beaten Path: Florida, MA

Mention the name “Florida,” and it usually conjures up thoughts of sun, sand, and palm trees – not snowy covered mountaintops in Massachusetts’ Berkshire Hills. With the Mohawk Trail running right through it, this rural and rugged town might be mistaken for being just...