Guest Column | Goodwill Central Coast Celebrates the Power of Employment
Each year during the first full week of May, Goodwill organizations across the U.S. and Canada celebrate Goodwill Industries Week to highlight a crucial mission ā transforming lives and communities through the power of education and employment.
For more than 60 years, Goodwill Central Coast...
Worthy to Print Column | Kicking Up Your Heels ā Not
I believe that if you didnāt have a good time these past couple of weekends, you must have been hiding. Our weekend started off having a great time and seeing friends that have been out of our usual destination. Letās start out with a...
Worthy to Print Column | Just a Few Thoughts
I woke up this morning thinking about what I should be thinking about. I just sat in front of the flickering screen until my love walked through the room and asked if I had a subject picked out yet. So I picked up the...
Window on the World Column | Boy Town
It started off as a nice offer from the husband. āHe can come and stay with us for a while!ā We were talking about our friendās 21-year-old son. They live in the U.K. I never thought it would happen, really didnāt. āWhat a nice...
Window on the World Column | The Year That Was and the One to Come
Iāve never been much of a fan of the āYear in Reviewā news magazines that are a key post in the ground at the end of each year. I donāt mind recalling the good stuff; but I would not choose to go there with...
Letter to the Editor | Capitol Violence was Unacceptable
To the Editor:
I am writing because I feel so sad and anxious about the violence at the U.S. Capitol last Wednesday (Jan. 6). President Trump gave vocal encouragement and support to armed protesters who then stormed the Capitol; this was an act of sedition.
Watching...
Guest Column | Volunteers Strengthen Our Communities
April 18-24 is National Volunteer Week, an opportunity to recognize the impact of volunteer service and the power of kind, compassionate people to strengthen and transform communities.
Our volunteers within Mee Memorial Healthcare System never cease to amaze me. They lend their time, their talent...
Worthy to Print Column | The Things I Know
Have you ever been shot? Kind of a crazy question at the beginning, but I have a reason that Iāll tell you about. First, I want to tell you how I got into a situation that ended with a shot. I have told you...
Funny Papers Again Column | Roses Blooming, Students Blossoming and People Parading
We are just days after the Summer Solstice and South County is beginning to awaken from the long months of hibernation brought about by Covid-19. There are social events on the near horizon, which will once again see community members gathering under far less...
Worthy to Print Column | Life Lessons
Itās kind of strange to start a column like that, but I have been struck with a book I have been reading and I havenāt even finished the first chapter. Itās called āHillbilly Elegy,ā by J.D. Vance. This is the guy the Republicans have...
Local News
Man arrested after Sunday morning stabbing in Greenfield
GREENFIELD ā Greenfield police are investigating a stabbing that occurred early Sunday morning on the 400 block of 10th Street.
Officers responded to the scene...






















