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Letter: Proud reminder

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Several weeks ago, I found myself shopping for a few odds and ends at the Big Y Supermarket in Greenfield. I had just paid for my groceries and was on my way out when this older gentleman who was bagging groceries stopped me. Apparently, he had noticed my veteran’s cap. He said, “Sir, thank you for your service to our country!” Now it isn’t everyday that someone refers to me … 0

Letter: Happy births

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

I loved reading that Baystate Franklin Medical Center has the lowest rates of C-section births in Massachusetts (May 13). My experience there in 2004 was a surprise and a blessing. I planned a home birth, with The Birthplace as my back-up. In my 30th hour of labor, the home birth midwives determined that one factor presented a possible concern. When we arrived at … 0

Letter: Going hungry

Monday, May 20, 2013

I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who supported me financially and with daily messages as I endured the program “Live below the Line.” For five days, I lived on $1.50 a day which had to include my breakfast, lunch and dinner. The point was to display what extreme poverty looked like worldwide. The money I raised will be donated to … 0

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Letter: A positive force

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Over the last few years there has been a steady uptick in the diversity and richness of the cultural offerings in and around Greenfield. I have two words for you about why: Becky George. It has been my pleasure as her friend and sometime coconspirator to sweat from … 0

Letter: Help with my dogs

Thursday, May 2, 2013

On Friday, April 26, my two dogs took off while we were walking at Poet Seat’s at 6:30 in the morning. My friend, Susan Worgaftik and I conducted a search by foot and then by two cars lasting several hours combing the area including Turners Falls. The many … 0

Letter: Culleny covered it

Thursday, May 2, 2013

In response to Steve Crowningshield’s critique of Jim Culleny’s letter, yes, capitalism allowed us to fund a war, an illegal war, killing over one million Iraqis including over 100,000 children by American ammo (called collateral damage), 5,000 Americans, and leaving a tribal revolution considerably worse off than before … 0

Letter: Right where they belong

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Of the prisoners freed from Guantanamo Bay, 60 percent of them went on to commit further acts of terror, injuring or killing innocent people, many of them women and children. Some of them were even involved in a foiled plot to bomb a line of kids and their … 0

Letter: Get rid of them

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Perhaps it’s time to remove a few Democrats and Republicans and replace them with Americans in Congress! JOHN C. WESOLOWSKI Greenfield … 0

Letter: Speak out

Thursday, May 2, 2013

After being reassured by a number of town councilors that a nonbinding referendum would be placed on the ballot this year asking voters how they feel about a split tax rate, I was dismayed it was voted down. Over the years, the citizens of Greenfield have come forward … 0

Letter: The rush to judge

Thursday, May 2, 2013

We tend to group and categorize peoples of certain cultures, race, creed, and the nation of which they may reside and form in our minds the opinion that they must all act and think alike. This rush to judgment can cause resentment and/or animosity among those being profiled. … 0

Letter: Hinsdale High

Thursday, May 2, 2013

The Hinsdale High School Alumni Association will be hosting an alumni reunion on Saturday, July 27, from 2 to 10 p.m. at the Heritage Park facilities next to the school. This event is for anyone who ever attended or graduated from Hinsdale High School. Registration is required in … 0

Letter: Ignoring evidence

Thursday, May 2, 2013

In his April 24 letter, Steve Crowningshield chides Jim Culleny’s observations about socialism and capitalism as the writing of “the average liberal.” Clearly dismissing socialism in the same way that creationists dismiss evolutionary evidence, Crowiningshield ignores the evidence of unregulated capitalism and calls for more of the kind … 0

Letter: Our sponsor now

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

In your fine article “Jeff Bridges helps Stone Soup Care fight hunger” (April 17), the Stone Soup Cafe is described as a “stand-alone operation.” While we are independent of the Zen Peacemakers, our original sponsors in Montague two years ago, we are pleased to have All Souls Unitarian … 0

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