St. Michaels School Plan

Students from St. Michael’s Academy Middle School in Springfield will display and discuss their award-winning design for a school –in an ironic twist; their school was badly damaged by the June 1 tornado. St. Michael’s...

Children with Alopecia Day

Seven year old Owen O’Brien has Alopecia Universalis, a condition where hair grows nowhere on his body. Owen and  his parents, Nancy Grimes O’Brien and Timothy O’Brien, appear with  Dave Roback, photographer for the Republican who also has Alopecia...

Braess Paradox, and How it Impacts Our World

UMass Professor Anna Nagurney is an expert in transportation systems. She speaks with Carrie Saldo about the Braess Paradox, which she also discusses as part of the PBS Program America Revealed (airing April 11). Nagurney is also Director of the Virtual Center for...

Mike Quincy

Mike Quincy, Automotive Content Specialist for Consumer Reports Magazine, will discuss the automobiles of 2012. Consumer...

Jacob’s Pillow 80th Anniversary

Jacob’s Pillow is  lauded as a “hub and mecca of dancing” by TIME Magazine. “The Pillow,” located in Becket, is a 163-acre National Historic Landmark and home to America’s longest-running international dance festival. Carrie Saldo...

Crisis Counseling

Crisis Counselors Everett Stevens and Neal Boyd from the MassSupport Network will discuss the help and services available locally to people coping with the trauma caused by the June 1st tornado which tore through western Massachusetts. MassSupport...

MassLive Republican Readers Rave

Wayne Phaneuf (Executive Editor of The Republican), Mark French (Advertising Director for the Republican) & Maureen Sullivan (Marketing Director for the Republican) will discuss the “Reader Raves” April project, in which readers will be asked to vote...

Western MA Medical Reserve Corps

Kathleen Conley Norbut and Bob Klupa, volunteers with the City of Springfield Health & Human Services MRC unit, will discuss the work of the Western Mass Medical Reserve Corps.,  which responds to emergency situations in the region — including the recent...

PorterHouse Media

PorterHouse Media is a Holyoke based production company founded by world-renowned master video re-mixer DJ Steve Porter. They create unique, engaging, and eye-catching music-video compositions for a variety of media companies worldwide. Porter House...

The State We’re In: Mayor Sarno

Mayor Domenic J. Sarno of Springfield, MA will be talking to Jim about his four year term,  including fighting crime, city finances, plans for downtown Springfield, and more on this edition of the State We’re In....

Dr. Suess

Dentist and “Dr Seuss” aficionado Charles Cohen of South Deerfield discusses his efforts that helped lead to the publication this year of a collection of “Dr. Seuss” stories under the title “The Bippolo Seed and other Lost Stories”...

Soldier On

Soldier On is a non-profit organization that works in partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs and other agencies to provide veterans with both shelter and support within an environment that offers dignity, integrity and, most of all, hope....