Sunday, May 19, 2013
Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Grosnell was convicted of first degree murder in the deaths of three babies. Why? Abortion is legal! What does the Philly judicial system think abortion really is, anyway? Is it not the crushing of skulls, poisoning, or severing the spinal cord of very little …
Sunday, May 19, 2013
On Tuesday night, at the Rowe Fire Station, we voters of Rowe will be asked to make a decision that will have an enormous impact on the town for decades to come — to appropriate $6,307,200 to build a new school in Rowe. We are asked to approve …
Friday, May 17, 2013
Hussain Hamdan’s letter (May 9) saddens and surprises me. He is a young man with much promise who feels aggrieved for reasons which are not clear to me. He makes vague accusations against Hawley town government but refuses to name any of them. I do not think that …
Thursday, May 16, 2013
While I have left Franklin County, I still follow the news in my former town of Orange and was troubled to read the headlines regarding the suspension of Mahar faculty Mike Magee and the response by the Mahar administration to students seeking to support him via Facebook and …
Friday, May 17, 2013
In her time on the Gill Montague Regional School District Committee, Marge Levenson has been an independent voice for the students, for transparency and for fiscal responsibility. I haven’t always agreed with her, but I’ve always known that she was speaking her mind and not pursuing any hidden …
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Sunday night, reports of an alleged hate crime at Columbia University shocked the Columbia community and Americans everywhere. Indeed, in my time at Columbia, I have never witnessed such an explicit instance of racial violence, and it utterly disturbs me. However, I am equally disturbed by another type …
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
I would like to take a moment and say a HUGE “Thank You” to all the doctors, nurses and staff at the Baystate Franklin Medical Center Emergency Department for all their help this past week as my son was/is very sick and although it was a bit of …
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
To the Chairman of the Mahar Regional School Committee: As a member of the Mohawk Regional School Committee, I must speak out about the story in this morning’s Recorder. Without making any judgment about the merits of the issue of K-12 regionalization, I am appalled that Mr. Magee, …
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
As I think about Teacher Appreciation Week, I think about the moment when I was offered a job at the Gill-Montague School District in 1971. I was so elated! In my interview, the superintendent talked about my salary and I remembered thinking “they are going to pay me …
Monday, May 13, 2013
The story about the plan to use images of honey bees to mark a crosswalk to honor a former clergyman neglected to point out why he as important. The Rev. Lorenzo Langstroth (1810-1895) noticed that why his bees had less that 3/8 of an inch to move around …
