Gerena School

In our first in a series of stories related to the environmental issues that have plagued the Gerena Community School in the North End of Springfield, Springfield School Superintendent Daniel J. Warwick and Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno talk with Jim Madigan to...

Food for Thought with Simon Stevenson

Simon Stevenson talks with Larry Katz, owner of Arnold’s Meats in Chicopee, and discovers what the advantages are in buying from your local butcher shop rather than a larger chain store and encounters some interesting ingredients along the...

Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade Award Winners

Parade President, Grand Marshall, and Grand Colleen talk about the excitement of this weekend’s Parade in Holyoke and their response to receiving their prestigious awards. Home   https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151328703968693&l=4829310bc4...

Detention Diversion Advocacy Program

Guests Rosa Santiago, Dave Strong, Adrienne Williams discuss the work done by Detention Diversion Advocacy Program (DDAP) to keep juvenile offenders out of jail.  DDAP currently has programs operating in Springfield and...

Kevin O’Hara

Pittsfield-based author Kevin O’Hara talks about the excitement of being last year’s JFK Winner, what it was like to lead the Holyoke Parade in front of 430,000 people, and what has come out of the award. He will also talk a little about this year’s...

MotherWoman

MotherWoman supports and empowers mothers to create positive personal and social change for ourselves, our families, our communities and the world. Representatives include: Annette Cycon (LICSW; Founder, MotherWoman in Hadley, MA); Maritza Smidy (M.Ed Practice...

Jewish Film Festival

Dyan Wiley, Director Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival, joins us to discuss this year’s festival, taking place April 4-18. The two week event features 28 award-winning internatioal and independent films and serves as a valley-wide celebration of the best in...

Lying Online

Psychology Professor Robert Feldman, Dean of the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at UMass Amherst,  discusses his paper “Liar, Liar, Hard Drive on Fire: How Media Context Affects Lying Behavior” and his finding that people are more likely to lie in...

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and a good time to review the recommendations for detecting and preventing this disease. Screening for colorectal cancer is recommended for everyone – both men and women – older than age 50. Colorectal cancer is the cause of...