Author: bobflaz

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By BOB FLAHERTY For the Gazette Published: 8/2/2023 6:09:10 PM One hundred years ago last night, Vice President Calvin Coolidge of Northampton went to bed. He and his wife Grace had taken leave of Washington and were visiting his father in rural Plymouth Notch, Vermont, sleeping in the very house he’d grown up in. Coolidge homestead … Continue reading The climb to the White House: 100 years ago today, Northampton’s Calvin Coolidge rose to the presidency →

Published in the Daily hampshire gazette june 19, 2023 AMHERST — “Left-Left-Left-Left-Right-Left!” Shaking off the rain that canceled Saturday’s Ancestral Bridges’ Juneteenth walking tour, the legendary all-Black Peter Grace 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment of Civil War fame began their march in the backyard of the Amherst Woman’s Club and made their steady way through the … Continue reading The joys of overcoming: Juneteenth event remembers, confronts, moves forward →

Published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette July 19, 2022 Roger Salloom plays "Even Tears" from his 2004 album, "Eventually", in his Easthampton studio on Friday, July15, 2022. Salloom will be playing his annual free community concert at the Look Park Pines Theater in Florence on Wednesday, July 20. The jangling distant chords called to Jamie … Continue reading Community in concert: Amid personal tragedy, songwriter Roger Salloom preps for his annual community concert →