Public Affairs

Dairy Farms

In the past 25 years alone, the number of dairy farms in Massachusetts has declined by more than 77%! Low farm milk prices and rising costs of production, including skyrocketing energy costs, taxes and health care costs have forced local farm families out of business....

Blandford Ski Area

Blandford Ski Area is the oldest continually operated Ski Club in North America. We visited the club recently to talk with the clubs former president Jay Pagliuca to learn the history of the club and the secret to their success....

Paki Wieland

Patricia “Paki” Wieland of Northampton will join Carre Saldo to discuss her recent detention while in Bahrain to observe anti-government protests...

Support for “Molly’s Bill”

Agawam Police Chief Robert Campbell, President of the New England Association of Police Chiefs will discuss his support for a plan to redesign Massachusetts license plates that proponents say would make them easier to read and remember....

The State We’re In: Joe Wagner

State Representative Joe Wagner, Democrat of Chicopee and the Eighth Hampden District and House Chair of the Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies will discuss the Governor’s proposed Fiscal Year 2013 budget and progress being made toward...

Job Study

Martin Romitti, PhD, Director, Economic and Policy Research — UMass-Donahue Institute in hadley discusses their recent study that found more than 200,000 jobs available in Massachusetts last...

Cyber Terrorism

University of Massachusetts Prof. Emery Berger discusses the danger of cyber terror attacks against the United States. Prof. Beger is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at UMass. His research focuses on systems that transparently improve...

Community College Presidents

Jim Madigan will interview STCC Pres. Ira Rubenzahl, GCC Pres. Robert Pura, HCC Pres. William Messner and Acting Pres. Ellen Kennedy from BCC will discuss Governor’s proposal to centralize some operations while increasing funding and making Community Colleges...

Women Entrepreneurs

There are a number of different product options out there for people who want to be their own bosses — Tupperware probably being one of the first and most recognizable. At a time when unemployment is still high and second jobs are common to help make ends meet...

Sojourner Truth Memorial

Steve Strimer, committee member of the Sojourner Truth Memorial, will take us through Sojourner Truth’s experience as a free slave, abolitionist and women’s right advocate in Florence, MA at David Ruggles Center for Early Florence History and Underground...

WMECO President

Peter Clarke, Pres./CEO of Western Massachusetts Electric will respond to questions about the utilities response to the Oct. storm related power outages and their plans to seek rate hikes to cover those costs as well as questions about utility staff and preparation...