Public Affairs

Train a Dog, Save a Warrior

“Train a Dog, Save a Warrior”, matches veterans with PTSD or traumatic brain injuries with service dogs. Sherrie King, a dog trainer from Springfield, and military veteran Robert Davis join Jim Madigan in the studio to talk about the program, and what it...

Operation Castle

Operation Castle was a series of classified nuclear tests conducted by the United States in the Marshall Islands during the 1950s, and army veteran Ronald Benoit of Holland, MA was an MP assigned to it. The operation was declassified in the 1990s, and Benoit spoke...

Soldier On

1 in 5 homeless in this country is a veteran, which means that on any given night more than 275,000 veterans in this country are sleeping on the streets. But a new approach to housing theses veterans is being pioneered in our region at Soldier...

Monson Tornado Recovery

Gretchen Neggers, Monson Town Adminstrator, and Dan Laroche, Disaster Recovery Manager for Monson, discuss continuing efforts to rebuild and recover following the June 1, 2011 tornado that tore through that...

Summer Jobs

The availability of summer jobs for local teens is scarce, due in part to funding cuts.  Kathryn Kirby, Youth Employment Manager for the Regional Employment Board of Hampden County, discusses the YouthWorks Summer Jobs...

Teacher of the Year

Springfield Central High School 9th Grade English Language Arts teacher Anne Marie Bettencourt discusses her recent selection as Massachusetts Teacher of the...