Wired West

Guests: Monica Webb, Wired West Executive Committee Chair, and  Steve Nelson, Wired West Executive Board member. In Western Massachusetts, close to 50 towns have residences and businesses with partial or no access to high-speed internet, while access has become a...

About Prohibition

Guests: Prof. Dan Czitrom,  Mount Holyoke College,  Guy McClain, Museum of Springfield History, and Kathleen Banks Nutter, Archivist, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College. When we paint the picture of prohibition in Western Massachusetts in the 19th century, what do...

The State We’re In: Judith Dumont

This week’s guest is Judith Dumont, Director of the Massachusetts Broadband Institute which is spearheading efforts to bring high-speed internet service to every community in the Commonwealth. We’ll look at the work to create the infrastructure to bring broadband to...

Hands Across the Valley Quilters

Guests: Pamela Wermuth, Pres. Hands Across the Valley Quilters Guild (HAVQG), Gloria Carver, VP of Programs, HAVQG, Sara Fredette, Recording Sec’y/Hospitality Chair, HAVQG Members of the Quilters Guild will talk about and display some of their favorite quilts as well...

Tornado Aftermath

We visit a local neighborhood to find out how people were affected by the recent tornado and how the recovery and rebuilding process is going. Additional Info Related News from Masslive.com Red Cross of Central & Western MA United Way Pioneer Valley Mass.gov...

Chair City Steam Bath, Gardner MA

The Chair City Steam Bath of Gardner, MA was built in 1922 to serve what was once a large Finnish population in the area. The Finns have a strong belief in the benefits of steam for cleansing and relaxation, and the Chair City Steam Bath was once one of 12 steam baths...

Reaction from Monson

Reaction to the storm from Rev. Bob Marone, 1st Church of Monson. The church received major damage in yesterday’s tornado. Following the storms, people in one community devastated by one of the tornadoes are working to determine the way forward. Additional Info...

Remembering Bob Paquette

This past weekend, New England Public Radio lost long-time reporter Bob Paquette. Bob was the local host of NPR’s “Morning Edition” on WFCR and WNNZ for two decades. He will be greatly missed. We talk with Martin Miller, GM of WFCR about his memories...

Red Cross

Meet some of the faces behind our local chapter of the Red Cross, with our guests Rick Lee, Exec. Dir. American Red Cross of Pioneer Valley, Mary Nathan, Dir. of Disaster Services, American Red Cross Pioneer Valley Chapter, and Maureen Hayes, Board Chair, American Red...

State We’re In: Richard Neal

Congressman Richard Neal (D) – Springfield and Massachusetts’ Second Congressional District, will join Jim Madigan to talk about the secret US military mission that took the life of Osama bin Laden and how it impacts the war on terror. Neal will also discuss the...

Hilltown Families

Sienna Wildfield, founder of the Hilltown families – an online grassroots communications network, does not subscribe to the notion that if you’ve seen one hilltown, you’ve seen them all. Hilltown families: a traveling photography exhibit makes its way across...

Western Mass Saves

Director of Western Mass Saves Jonathan Edwards and participant Julie Marcus discuss the web platform that provides personalized energy saving recommendations and allows residents to compare and make energy efficient choices. Additional Info: Western Massachusetts...