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Herman G. Herzig
<html><head></head><body>Herman G. "Sonny" Herzig<br /><br />South Deerfield, MA - Herman G. "Sonny" Herzig, Jr., 95, of South Deerfield, passed away peacefully on July 25, 2026, surrounded by the…
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3mBernard J. Monkiewicz Sr.
<html><head></head><body>Bernard J. Monkiewicz, Sr.<br /><br />Eastham, MA - Bernard J. Monkiewicz Sr., Born March 16th, 1947, in the Turners Falls section of Montague, MA to Jennie "Karas" & Michael W. Monkiewicz, passed away February 1 ...
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3mMyron Charles Furtado
<html><head></head><body>Myron Charles Furtado<br /><br />West Halifax, VT - Myron Charles Furtado, 78, of West Halifax VT, passed away peacefully on 5/28/26 at home with his loving wife Lisa by his side.<br /><br />Mike - as he was known to most, was ...
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My Turn: The vanishing security of old age
My wife’s uncles and aunts all lived very comfortable lives. They had nice homes on quiet streets and did the usual modest things, visiting locally and not traveling much, during their retirement years. The uncles had all been World War II vets. They came home from the war and went back to work in the […]
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My Turn: How to hike, how to live
Placerville, also known as Hangtown for its public executions during the Gold Rush of the 1800s, was the nearest town to my great-grandfather’s family farm in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. Charles Henry Rieber (1866-1948) was the last of five children and grew up balancing hard work, schooling that required miles […]
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My Turn: My mother’s lesson in consciousness raising
I was a well-sought-after babysitter. I specifically remember an altercation between two of my mothers when one of them tried to “poach” me away from the other. She wanted first “dibs” on my availability. Besides the Friday and Saturday night gigs, when my married clients went out on date nights, I had longer engagements, like […]