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Guest columnist Veronica Darmon: Pitting Jews against Jews makes us unsafe
When I moved to the San Francisco Bay Area after college, I stepped right into the fire of activism. I came out as a lesbian when it wasn’t safe, marched for gay rights, worked tirelessly for AIDS…
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6mGuest columnist Ben Grosscup: I'm going to Cuba to get a new Alzheimer's drug for my mom
My dad took this image of my mom and me in June 2026, days before my mother received an early-stage dementia diagnosis, likely Alzheimer’s disease. I’ve always expected grief and devastation for families after this diagnosis. The drugs available in the U.S. don’t halt, let alone reverse, progression of this degenerative neurological illness. But my research […]
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5mBronislaw Anthony Poplawski Jr.
<html><head></head><body>Bronislaw "Bronie" Anthony Poplawski, Jr.<br /><br />Easthampton, MA - Bronislaw "Bronie" Anthony Poplawski, Jr., 89, passed away on August 23, 2026, at Baystate Medical Hospital following a brief illness.< ...
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3mConstance Mieczkowski
<html><head></head><body>CONSTANCE MIECZKOWSKI<br /><br />Hadley, MA - Constance I. Mieczkowski 81 passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 25, 2026.<br /><br />Connie was born on December 22, 1944 in Northampton, MA to Irene (Bemben) and Stanley Pau ...
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Guest columnist Tara Jacobs: Setting the record straight on the Governor's Council
In response to the recent guest column by my predecessor Mary Hurley on the Governor’s Council, allow me, the incumbent, to offer some corrective context. The principal role of the Governor’s Council is to advise and consent to the governor’s appointments of judges, clerk magistrates, and other posts. There is an intense vetting process before […]