Curling

We’ll visit the Petersham Curling Club and learn more about the sport that originated in Scotland in the 1500s....

Guy McClain, History of the Gee Bee Aircraft

Join us as Guy McClain talks about the Granville Brothers Aircraft, Inc. and their aircraft the Gee Bee. Springfield Museum has a ¾ size replica of the Gee Bee Model R-1. Jimmy Doolittle piloted this famous racing plane in 1932 and came out victorious in the Thompson...

Holyoke Youth Task Force

Holyoke Youth Task Force coordinator Rebecca Masters and Youth Commission members Nick Alger, Cassidy Melendez and Travis Wells will discuss the work of the Task...

Parade Preview

Russ McNiff, Senior Past Parade President & Past Grand Marshal and Barry Farrell, 2012 Parade Grand Marshal –Representatives of Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade Committee—will talk about the importance, impact and tradition of the second largest St....

St. Patrick’s Day Pub Crawl

This Friday March 16, 2012 the Mummer’s will continue their St. Patrick’s Day tour with a pub crawl. The crawl starts at 6 p.m. at The Fort and will include stops at Unos, Bourbon Street, and Theodores’ on Worthington Street. Megan Lynn Allen talks...

WNEU/Republican-MassLive Poll

Political Science Prof. Tim Vercellotti, Director of the Polling Institute at Western New England University, will discuss the findings of his most recent WNEU/Springfield Republican-Masslive Poll along with Wayne Phaneuf, Exec. Editor, The Republican, regarding...

Maple Sugaring

Maple sugaring is a New England tradition at this time of year. We will visit Maple Corner Farm, Granville, MA and Bree-Z-Knoll Farm, Leyden, MA who are hard at work trying to make the most of a less than ideal Maple sugaring season. Maple Corner Farm Bree-Z-Knoll...

JFK award winner Kevin O’Hara

Kevin O’Hara, whose award-winning books recount life growing up in an Irish Catholic family and community in Western Massachusetts, is recipient of the 2012 John F. Kennedy Award given out annually by the Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade Committee. He’ll...

Anti-Bullying Activist

UMass Electrical Engineering and Computer Science major Krysten Moore is an anti-bullying activist after being a bullying victim in her younger years. She’s also Miss Bergen County New Jersey and a contestant for Miss New Jersey in June. A win there puts her in...

Prosperity Candle

March is Women’s History Month and host Carrie Saldo takes a look at the work Prosperity Candle is doing with women both in Western Massachusetts and around the world. Through candle making, Prosperity Candle is able to assist women from distressed areas of the...

Zoë Darrow & the Fiddleheads

Zoë Darrow and the Fiddleheads of Blandford, MA will talk about their traditional Celtic music and play some of their traditional tunes as we head toward St. Patrick’s Day. They have been performing publicly since 1999....