Coming Up Thursday, February 20

Heroin Addiction Connecting Point Contributor Carolee McGrath looks into the heroin epidemic that has become prevalent in Franklin County.  She talks with members of the Opioid Education and Awareness Task Force that was formed because of the recent spike in heroin...

History of the Valentine’s Day Card

Esther Howland, a Mt. Holyoke College graduate and MA resident, was the “mother” of the Valentine’s Day card. Hear about how she got this idea, was able to implement it and see some of her designs as Leslie Fields, Head of Archives and Special Collections...

Author Winthrop Smith

January 2014 marked the 100th birthday of the financial powerhouse known as Merrill Lynch. The former chairman & son of one of ML’s founders went to Amherst College and currently lives in VT. Winthrop Smith is one of the few people to have known all of the...

K-9 Vests

Connecting Point visits the Connecticut Department of Correction’s K9 Unit and meets the officers and their canines. We learn about what the dogs are trained for and also, how recently they were given 9 bullet and stab protective vests for the canines to keep them...

Coming Up Monday, February 18

Author Winthrop Smith January 2014 marked the 100th birthday of the financial powerhouse known as Merrill Lynch. The former chairman & son of one of ML’s founders went to Amherst College and currently lives in VT. Winthrop Smith is one of the few people to...

The State We’re In: Round Table

Guests are political science Prof. Jerold Duquette, political consultant Ryan McCollum, and Republican Party activist Paul Santaniello for a discussion on national politics and the 2014 races for Governor and the U.S. Senate here in...

Coming Up Friday, February 14

The State We’re In: Round Table Scheduled guests are political science Prof. Jerold Duquette, political consultant Ryan McCollum, and Republican Party activist Paul Santaniello for a discussion on national politics and the 2014 races for Governor and the U.S. Senate...

Coming Up Thursday, February 13

Frontline’s Raney Aronson Frontline is one of the best known and most cherished series in public broadcasting, often investigating topics that receive little attention elsewhere on television. The series is produced by WGBH and is distributed nationwide by PBS. Deputy...