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Not Your Everyday Museum

Not Your Everyday Museum

I imagine just about every one of us remembers taking a trip to a Museum at some point in our lives, maybe it was school field trip or just a good family outing on a rainy weekend. Did you ever consider how many museums there are in this region? Well at Connecting...
Having the Tables Turned

Having the Tables Turned

Turnabout is fair play, as the saying goes, so when John Krol – host of the Good Morning Pittsfield radio and TV show – asked me to be a guest on his show, I could hardly say no, now could I? After all, I’d just asked him to let me interview him! Let’s be...

My View of the Parade

For this weeks blog I asked our programming intern TJ  to write about his work on the Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade. 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 rewarding for them but also...
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...

Coming Up Monday, November 17

Student Prince Re-Opening Business Partners Andy Yee and Peter Picknelly join Student Prince former owner Rudy Scherff for a lively discussion about the future of The Student Prince Restaurant, more commonly known as The Fort. The three plan to reopen the iconic...

Veterans Coming Home: Veteran Housing

As a continuation of our Veterans Coming Home Series, Connecting Point’s Jim Madigan discusses homeless veterans with Jim Seney, a Social Work Executive and Program Manager for Community Reintegration Services at the VA Central Western Massachusetts Health Care...

Coming Up Friday, October 10

1st Hampden-Hampshire Senate Debate Candidates Republican Debra Boronski, Independent Mike Franco and Democrat Eric Lesser take questions from Jim Madigan as they debate key issues in their contest for the 1st Hampden-Hampshire State Senate District seat. Once...

Coming Up Monday, March 17

Violence in Ukraine Russian Studies Professor Stephen Jones talks about the renewed violence in Ukraine. Follow Mt Holyoke College on Twitter: @mtholyoke Affordable Care Act in Berkshire County Bryan Ayars, CEO of Community Health Programs in Berkshire County...

Coming Up Monday, January 20

Professor Martin Dobrow on MLK Springfield College Professor Martin Dobrow is an author and National Award-Winning journalist and has written multiple pieces regarding MLK’s visit to Springfield College in 1964. Follow Springfield College on Twitter: @SpfldCollege...
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Don’t Let Someone Steal You!

People can steal you without you even realizing it. Your identity, that is. It may not be a physical danger to you but it can cause mental and psychological harm when thieves get a hold of your personal information and create havoc with it. Especially when it comes to...
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On The Road to Franklin County

On December 18th the Connecting Point crew packed up our cameras, lights and microphones and headed to Greenfield Community College and set up in their studio. For an entire day we hosted members of the Franklin County community and discussed some of the issues that...