Gazetteer

Bruce Watson takes Campaign-English Dictionary project online

Larry Parnass — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:25:41 -0500

Gazette columnist Bruce Watson had us laughing the other day when he skewered American politics in a piece that we headlined "Campaign-English dictionary."

Conte postscript: Lawmaker fused tactics, common touch

Larry Parnass — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:39:32 -0500

I only had to say why I was calling.

New Winklepicker festival brings Mardi Gras north

Larry Parnass — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:53:33 -0500

ASHFIELD -- By late February each year, Nan Parati of Elmer's Store in Ashfield is accustomed to fending off customers' winter blues. Cabin fever is an age-old New England malady.

Parati and a team assembled in this Hilltown believe they have a cure: a new concert that will bring sounds, sights and tastes of New Orleans into Ashfield center for a long weekend.

Your wisdom in our pages: Reader letters

Larry Parnass — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 11:00:50 -0400

On Thursdays, I stop by WHMP-AM in Northampton and spend a few minutes in the studio with morning show host Bob Flaherty.

Look out Plato, David Lenson's got your number

Larry Parnass — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:12:32 -0400

“I don’t know.”

David Lenson, director of the comparative literature program at the University of Massachusetts, is willing to bet most undergraduates at his school will go four years without hearing a professor say those three words.

PVPC trail guide depicts byways for cyclists, hikers

Larry Parnass — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:08:22 -0400

Before summer clocks out, hikers and bicyclists should know about a valuable resource newly available from the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission.

Church adjusts stance on funeral rites for those who die by suicide

Larry Parnass — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 09:07:20 -0400

Next Tuesday, a funeral will be held for the Rev. Paul Archambault, a Northampton native who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound last weekend at his home at the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart rectory in Springfield.

65 years on, Amherst College class helps keep memory of wartime service alive

Larry Parnass — Sat, 28 May 2011 17:00:22 -0400

AMHERST -- With World War II under way, just 13 seniors attended graduation at Amherst College one spring, the smallest number to walk for their degrees since 1823.

Look out, there's a cockroach right there ... on Joe Kunkel's UMass web page

Larry Parnass — Mon, 23 May 2011 13:24:39 -0400

If something's bugging you about cockroaches -- and what wouldn't? -- a UMass professor's website is the place with answers.

Ariz. denies parole to Jacob Edgar Wideman in 1986 killing

Larry Parnass — Wed, 18 May 2011 17:10:47 -0400

The Arizona Republic newspaper reports today that Jacob Edgar Wideman, son of former UMass professor and author John Edgar Wideman, lost his bid to win parole after serving 25 years for killing a fellow camper while in Flagstaff, Ariz., in 1986.

DA Sullivan catches flak on Prince case from Georgia children's group

Larry Parnass — Tue, 17 May 2011 15:26:34 -0400

Days after his office resolved felony cases against teens accused of bullying Phoebe Prince, the local DA became a marked man.

UMass grad Audie Cornish, NPR veteran, lands Sunday anchor slot

Larry Parnass — Sun, 15 May 2011 12:16:09 -0400

University of Massachusetts grad Audie Cornish, a National Public Radio reporter since 2006, will take over the anchor chair of the Sunday morning news and feature program, the network announced this past week.

UMass grad Audie Cornish, NPR veteran, lands Sunday anchor slot

Larry Parnass — Sun, 15 May 2011 12:16:09 -0400

Florence VFW, facing leadership gap, said to be at risk of losing charter

Larry Parnass — Mon, 09 May 2011 12:04:15 -0400

NORTHAMPTON --Gazette columnist John Paradis brings a veteran's perspective to his monthly essays, and this week a bit of news as well:

Paradis describes how the identity crisis faced by national veterans service organizations like the VFW and American Legion is touching down in Florence.

NRC, Vt. Yankee take licks in Rolling Stone article on nuclear power

Larry Parnass — Thu, 05 May 2011 11:20:32 -0400

The current May 12 issue of Rolling Stone uses the timing of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's relicensing of the Vermont Yank