Domestic Violence

Marianne Winters, Executive Director of Safe Passage in Northampton, will discuss emerging issues in successfully dealing with domestic violence and building safety and justice for those afflicted by domestic...

MA Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative

Edward Leyden, Pres. of Ben Franklin Design and Manufacturing in Agawam, is Co-Chair of the Mass.  Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative: a public-private group focused on accelerating the growth of manufacturing in Massachusetts....

Curling

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

New Hampshire Primary

Political consultant Prof. Mike Hannahan of the University of Mass-Amherst will join Jim Madigan to analyze the results of the New Hampshire Republican Presidential Primary....

ACLU

Attorney Bill Newman of Northampton,W. Mass. representative for the American Civil Liberties Union, will discuss ACLU comments on the Tarek Mehanna terror trial and the ACLU suit seeking release of the South Hadley settlement with the family of Phoebe Prince....

Northampton Living Wage Coalition

Kitty Callaghan and Jon Weissman, Steering Cmte. members of the Northampton Living Wage Coalition, will discuss the group’s’ efforts in the community to have workers paid what they consider a living wage in Northampton. ($12.09 per hour –Mass....

Diocese of Springfield

Secretary of Communications Mark Dupont and Msgr. John Bonzagni, Director of Pastoral Planning for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield, will respond to comments from the Friends of Mater Dolorosa regarding their complaints about the closing of that parish and...

Friends of Mater Dolorosa

Victor Anop and Peter Stasz of Friends of Mater Dolorosa will talk about their legal batle with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield to keep Mater Doloraso Church in Holyoke open. Friends of Mater Dolorosa has kept a vigil occupying the church since...

Entrepreneurship

Marla Michel, UMass Exec. Dir. for Economic Development and Regional Partnerships and Director of the Scibelli Enterprise Center at STCC Technology Park, Cari Carpenter, Harold Grinspoon Charitable Foundation Entrepreneurship Initiative and attorney Scott Foster of...

Vayu Vest

Guests: Chris Leidel, Vayu Vest co-creator, Brian Mullen, PhD, and Frieda Luftglas The Vayu vest is a new and medical device that uses deep pressure therapy—a sensory-based intervention which has been observed to relieve anxiety, reduce self-injurious behavior, and...

The State We’re In: Angelo Puppolo

State Representative Angelo Puppolo – Democrat of Springfield and the 12th Hampden District and member of the Ways and Means Committee – will discuss the Fiscal Year 2013 budget and state finances as well as the new casino law and continuing rebuilding...