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Chance Encounters with Bob Flaherty: A heartful of sound: Band Day with the ‘power and class of New England’

Posted on by dadmin in Newspaper Articles

Published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette Nov. 3 2024 There will be tears shed on this day, by grown men and women alike, not of sadness nor of defeat, but of the kind very hard to put into words.Joyful noise Turning the corner onto University Drive in Amherst on a brisk and golden Saturday on … Continue reading Chance Encounters with Bob Flaherty: A heartful of sound: Band Day with the ‘power and class of New England’ →

A century ago, Mayor Cal showed his ‘cool’

Posted on by dadmin in Flashbacks, Newspaper Articles

Published: 8/2/2023 6:13:49 PM Editor’s note: This column written by Bob Flaherty, then a Gazette reporter, originally ran in November 2009. NORTHAMPTON — So he was cool after all. Calvin Coolidge, our 30th president, whose stern gaze is forever fixed on the comings and goings of the King Street theater that bears his name — … Continue reading A century ago, Mayor Cal showed his ‘cool’ →

The Parsons come home: 80 descendents of Cornet Joseph Parsons, one of Northampton’s original settlers, reunite for a 100th family reunion

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By Bob Flaherty For the Gazette Published: 7/31/2023 9:07:51 PM NORTHAMPTON — “There’s wickedness in this place!” “I am innocent and God knows it! “Goody Parsons, I am not the source of your despair — you have been entertaining Satan in Northampton!” The shrieks pierced the air inside the ballroom of Hotel Northampton Saturday as events … Continue reading The Parsons come home: 80 descendents of Cornet Joseph Parsons, one of Northampton’s original settlers, reunite for a 100th family reunion →

‘Celebrate But Continue To Fight’: UMass’ Cannabis Reform Coalition is alive and well with a new name and mission

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By Bob Flaherty | Published in the Valley Advocate May 2, 2023 “It was my duty,” said UMass junior Liz Mawrey, upon taking the reins of a legendary but nearly dormant outfit that fought to reform brutal and inane marijuana laws for over 30 years. In the fall of 2021 a post appeared in the … Continue reading ‘Celebrate But Continue To Fight’: UMass’ Cannabis Reform Coalition is alive and well with a new name and mission →