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On the Road in South County

On the Road in South County

Because my job has me out on the road a lot, I think I take for granted what a wonderful region we live in. I am reminded of this when I take friends to different parts of western mass that seem so “every day” for me yet when they see it they are amazed at the...
Boston Olympics 2024?

Boston Olympics 2024?

The word came last night that the U.S. Olympic Committee has picked Boston to be our nations’ nominee to the International Olympic Committee as the potential host for the 2024 Sumer Games. The IOC will make the final decision on the 2024 Games’ location in...
Time to Make the Donuts

Time to Make the Donuts

MAKING IT HERE is a series within Connecting Point that celebrates an aspect of life that almost all people share: most of us go to work each day. And many people are passionate about that work and what they do. Below is a blog written by WGBY’s programming intern TJ...
Family, Tradition and Community

Family, Tradition and Community

I’d like to tell you about one of my favorite stories that I’ve profiled for our Making It Here series on Connecting Point this season. A.L. Avery & Son looks like any other small town shop as you pass through Charlemont on Route 2 in Franklin County. But as we...
The Best of Connecting Point

The Best of Connecting Point

As we near the end of the year and we start to think about being with family during the Holidays, I enjoy sharing with our Connecting Point audience some of the stories that we as producers find particularly memorable. Typically we create two special programs near the...
A Conversation with the Governor-Elect

A Conversation with the Governor-Elect

When he came to town this week to participate in the Grand Re-Opening of the Student Prince Restaurant (where he and Mayor Dom Sarno cut a “Ribbon of Sausage” to formally mark the re-birth of the downtown landmark)– Governor-Elect Charlie Baker and...
Return to October Mountain

Return to October Mountain

Stories are wonderful things; they can teach, they can inspire, and they can simply entertain. And sometimes, just sometimes… a story can connect the past to the present and reunite families as well! In 2013, my show New England Legends aired a story about the legends...
Stroll for Strength

Stroll for Strength

For this weeks blog I asked our programming intern TJ  to write about a story he and I worked on called “Stroll for Strength”. I think giving our interns the ability to work on projects and see their hard work end up on the air and online is not only...
Veterans Coming Home

Veterans Coming Home

If you are a regular viewer of Connecting Point you are probably familiar with our Veterans Coming Series. Through a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting WGBY worked with local partners to tell the stories of Veterans as they transition back to civilian...
The Two Winners in the Race for Governor

The Two Winners in the Race for Governor

It was sooo close. 48% to 47%. It was almost 1:30 Wednesday morning before Charlie Baker felt confident to claim victory in the race for Governor of Massachusetts. It was 8:15 that morning before Martha Coakley conceded the race. Out of more than 2 million votes cast...
It’s All About the Journey

It’s All About the Journey

New England is full of winding back roads: passageways to adventure, nature, and history. But few, perhaps, are as historic and full of wonder as the famed Mohawk Trail. Its official title is Route 2, and it runs from Cambridge to the New York border, but for a...
Making It Here

Making It Here

Have you ever met someone in your travels who you found to be an interesting person? or been to a local business and thought what an amazing place this is? and wished more people could know about this. If you are a viewer of Connecting Point you may have noticed our...