Public Affairs

Jose Tosado

Springfield City Council President Jose Tosado will be leaving office after his unsuccessful race for Mayor. He will discuss his years on the Council and what he sees for Springfield’s future....

Higher Ground

Higher Ground was established as a nonprofit group on Oct. 21 and is dedicated to providing immediate relief for those affected by Tropical Storm Irene, preparing for future disasters, and creating more affordable housing in the...

Western Mass Enterprise Fund

Christopher Sikes, Executive Director of the Western Massachusetts Enterprise Fund will discuss that organizations work helping new business start-ups in the region — as well as WMEF’s decision to change it’s name to “Common Capital.”...

The State We’re In-Jim Welch

Our guest is State Senator Jim Welch (D) –West Springfield and the Hampden Senate District. We’ll look at reports this week that the state faces a billion dollar deficit in FY 2013, as well as the latest developments on the Casino issue and legislative...

Crime

With the murder rate in Springfield hovering around 20 for the year, Connecting Point Correspondent Carolee McGrath talks with police and two local pastors who say that preventing crime starts at...

West Springfield Mayor-Elect

Jim Madigan will interview West Springfield Mayor-elect Gregory Neffinger to discuss his preparation to take over as Mayor in January and his plans for that city over the next two years....

Vietnam Visit

Westfield State Univ. Communications Prof. Tom Gardner and Michael Dziura, teacher at Wilbraham Monson Academy will discuss “Vietnam: Culture, History and Media,” a trip they and students will be taking to Vietnam this summer. Students from WSU and...

The State We’re In: Michael Knapik

Our guest is State Senator Michael Knapik ( R) –Westfield and the Second Hampden/Hampshire District. We’ll look at the state’s financial situation as the FY 2013 budget is being prepared as well as legislative re-districting and the 2012 race for the U.S. Senate seat...

Red Cross

Rick Lee, Executive Director of the American Red Cross Pioneer Valley Chapter, Brenda Brouillette, Regional Emergency Services Director for American Red Cross in central and western Massachusetts and Matt Hollander, general manager of the MassMutual Center and 1st...

Robin Wright

Springfield Public Forum speaker and international affairs analyst Robin Wright will discuss the situation in the Middle East and her most recent book, “Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World.”...

El Pueblo Latino

Harold Blanco, General Manager and staff members Account Executive Phillip Borras, Editor/Reporter Lucila Santana and reporter Elizabeth Roman will discuss the Republican’s new local Spanish-language publication, “El Pueblo Latino.”...

The State We’re In: Rep. Richard Neal

Our guest is U.S. Representative Richard Neal (D) – Mass. 2nd District. We’ll discuss the failure of the “Super Committee” to come up with a deficit reduction plan as well as Congressional redistricting and the 2012 presidential...