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Take a look at what goes on behind the scenes at Connecting Point straight from the people who bring you the show!

We’re Back!

We’re Back!

As per usual, summertime flew by here at Connecting Point, and it seems like just yesterday we were signing off on our 6th season. We had a wonderful summer, and we hope that all of you enjoyed yours as well. But with the return of autumn comes crisp fall air,...
What An Election! And Why You Need To Be A Part Of It.

Checking the Rear View Mirror

Watching the taping session for this season’s final episode of Connecting Point today, I couldn’t help but reflect upon how many stories we’ve chronicled of the people, places, and ideas that matter most to Western New England this year....
We All Need to Remember…

We All Need to Remember…

I know to some people it may sound corny and a little bit like bumper-sticker shorthand – but as we mark this Memorial Day – please take a moment to remember “Freedom Isn’t Free”. As a journalist, I try every day to remember — if only for a few seconds – that I...
We All Need to Remember…

On The Road

I have often said that one of the great things about my job is that it allows me to visit places and meet people that I might not normally ever have the chance to do. It also allows me the opportunity to share those stories with people like you. A great example of...
What An Election! And Why You Need To Be A Part Of It.

Connectivity and Shared Experience

I love telling the stories of my community, and a friend once remarked to me that she noticed a common thread in much of my work: that many of the stories I tell are about “connectivity and shared experience.” If that’s so, perhaps that’s one...
We All Need to Remember…

Moonlighting in Holyoke

The production crew at Connecting Point works hard to bring you stories of the people, places and ideas that matter most to western New England all season long, but we do moonlight from time to time and work on other endeavors. This weekend was just such an occasion:...
We All Need to Remember…

Can Anyone “Trump” Trump?

As we head toward the Massachusetts Presidential Primary and Super Tuesday –the question everyone with even a cursory interest in American politics is asking is “Can anything –or anyone-stop Donald Trump?” Increasingly the answer seems to be...
We All Need to Remember…

Not Your Everyday Museum

I imagine just about every one of us remembers taking a trip to a Museum at some point in our lives, maybe it was school field trip or just a good family outing on a rainy weekend. Did you ever consider how many museums there are in this region? Well at Connecting...
We All Need to Remember…

Not a Fluke at All

On a recent shoot for a Making It Here segment for Connecting Point, I found myself in Sheffield, Massachusetts, at the headquarters of the Magic Fluke Company. While the name implies that there might be some kind of luck, chance or happenstance involved with the...
We All Need to Remember…

More gun violence…and no real answers.

If it seems like there is a multiple victim shooting somewhere in this country everyday — you’re right. As I write this — we’re all shocked by the brutality of the San Bernardino killings. Sadly, statistics and history tell us that within a few...