In-Depth: Education (part 1)

Connecting Point Correspondent Carloee McGrath visits a few towns through out the region and talks with school administrators, finance people and parents to find out how different cities and towns are handling the cuts that had to be made to their budgets and how this...

David Pakman

David Pakman is the host of a nationally syndicated radio, television and internet show called the “David Pakman Show.” We caught up with him recently in his downtown Greenfield, MA studio....

The State We’re In: Brian Lees

This week our scheduled guest is ABC40 & Fox 6 political analyst and former State Senator Minority Leader Brian Lees. With the first caucuses and primaries less than two months away we’ll look at the 2012 presidential race, next year’s Mass. U.S. Senate...

Casino Gambling

Attorney and former State Representative Michael Walsh will discuss the potential impact of casino gambling coming to Massachusetts. In the legislature, Walsh chaired the Committee on Government Regulation which had authority over legalized gambling in the...

“The Ripple Effect”

In the second of her two-part report from Haiti, Carrie Saldo chronicles the experience of high school and college volunteers working with the Haiti Plunge. Saldo follows the students on their journey as they speak candidly about their expectations for the trip to...

Apples

Join Chef Simon Stevenson as he talks apples with Shawn McIntire of UMass Amherst’s Cold Spring Orchard in Belchertown. Cold Spring has a variety of hard-to-find and rare varieties for sale, and Shawn & Simon offer up some ideas as to what you can do with those...

Election Recap

We’ll look at the results of Mayoral elections across the region with political commentators including political science Prof. Jerold Duquette of Central Connecticut State...

Empty Nesters

Psychiatrist Barry Sarvet, MD from Baystate Medical Center will discuss how parents can deal with “Empty Nest Syndrome” as their children leave for...

“Not Band-aid Work”

Residents in the village of Desab, Haiti began working co-operatively with Haiti Plunge, a North Adams based volunteer organization, nearly 30 years ago. Now, its first generation of educated students is transitioning into leadership roles. Witness what life is like...

Climatologist

Climatologist Prof. Michael Rawlins, Manager of the Climate System Research Center at U-Mass/Amherst says our massive October snow storm will go down in the record books. It follows the wettest weather period on record in the Northeast. Does he think global warming is...