Thankful For…

Apples Giving things away Thank-you notes, writing them as much as receiving them The honor of friendship My children’s friendships with their pals My children’s friendships with one another My children’s friendships with me My dear husband...
StageStruck: Double Take-aways

StageStruck: Double Take-aways

A couple of weeks ago in these pages, I wrote about the then-upcoming Double Take Fringe Festival in Greenfield. Held over the weekend of Nov. 9-10, it was a two-day potpourri of short performances staged in a variety of venues all over downtown, showcasing the...

Amherst NAACP Back in Action

After years of dormancy, the Amherst branch of the NAACP is being revived. The chapter will be reactivated at a public meeting scheduled for Monday, Dec. 3, at 6:30 p.m. at the Bangs Community Center in Amherst. Patrice Woeppel, an activist helping to reestablish the...

Between the Lines: Fifty Shades of Sexism

After months and months of beating the lemon off Elizabeth Warren, Howie Carr must have felt crushed when she beat Scott Brown in the U.S. Senate race earlier this month. Still, the prickly-penned Boston Herald columnist leaves the election with a consolation...
Faith Fights Global Warming

Faith Fights Global Warming

In what’s being called the era of “extreme energy,” meaning that sources once considered too difficult or dangerous to tap are now being mined for oil and gas, it’s urgent that we be informed about what that mining is doing to the environment....