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Vet2Vet

Holyoke Community College, in collaboration with the Springfield Vet Center, the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs, and the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, is launching a series of free classes this fall specifically for veterans. Called “Vet2Vet,” the 10 FREE...

PARCC: Part 1

The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education votes November 17 on whether to drop the current M.C.A.S. test and replace it with PARCC – the “Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers”. Proponents say PARCC better prepares...

PARCC: Part 2

Opponents say PARCC and “Common Core” – its companion set of national education standards – have actually hurt student achievement. They point out that many states have now backed away from those national achievement goals. Carolee McGrath gets that side of the...

The State We’re In: Mayor Domenic Sarno

Fresh from his re-election this week to a fourth term, our guest is Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. He discusses the controversy surrounding changes proposed by MGM for their South End casino project, over-all economic development, public safety, and...

On the Road in Northern Connecticut: Tobacco History

Early New England settlers found the Windsor, CT area’s sandy loam the perfect soil for growing tobacco and by the mid-19th century the “Tobacco Valley,” ran from Hadley, Massachusetts, to Hartford, Connecticut. In 1988, aware of the disappearing tobacco culture in...

Making it Here: Disc Golf

Disc Golf was born due to the handy work of “Steady Ed” Headrick, father of the Wham-O Frisbee. Through his involvement in frisbees and all disc activities in the late 1960s, Frisbee Golf was born using “object” courses. It is played very...