Rosie Robotics builds for the future
4/6/2017
| Payton North
Founded in 2002 by Dana Henry and the late John Burns, Agawam's Rosie Robotics team has been building character and building their way through competitions across the U.S. for the past 15 years.
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Opinion: Candidate Convention is a terrific idea for Agawam
4/6/2017
| G. Michael Dobbs
news@thereminder.com
William Clark has a good idea. the Agawam resident is interested in building more interest in people participating in local government. On May 4 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the American Legion Post 185 at 478 Springfield St. in Feeding Hills, Clark and others will be staging the “Agawam Candidate Convention.”
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Malerba shoots for United World Games
4/6/2017
| Payton North
Agawam soccer player Nick Malerba received an invitation to play for the American International Sports Teams' soccer division in Austria at the United World Games this July. He and his family are working to raise the $8,000 needed to participate in the 10-day games.
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Healthy Living: State bets GameSense will stem problem gambling
4/6/2017
| Debbie Gardner
debbieg@thereminder.com
Who hasn’t done it? Plunked down a dollar or two for a scratch ticket when you hit the convenience store for gas or milk? Kicked in a few bucks when the office pool was betting on the latest big Powerball? Taken advantage of one of those “fundraising” bus trips to Foxwoods or Mohegan Sun? Congratulations, you just joined the ranks of the 72 percent of adult Bay Staters who gambled last year.
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Eat.Enjoy.Live.: Vanished Valley Brewing – the little brewery with big aspirations
4/6/2017
| Chris Maza
chrism@thereminder.com
In a tiny space behind Europa Black Rock Bar & Grill in Ludlow, big things are happening.
Into what looks like a small storage shed that once served as the chef’s quarters when the restaurant was an inn, Josh Britton and Mike Rodrigues have crammed an entire brewery.
“We tore it down an
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Shriners Hospital builds upon its original mission
4/6/2017
| Chris Maza
chrism@thereminder.com
Since the 1920s, Shriners Hospitals for Children have been providing essential care to the youngest and most vulnerable of our population. They have also been constantly evolving. When the doors opened at the Shiners Hospital in Springfield on Feb. 21, 1925, the mission was the treatment of children with polio. As polio was essentially eradicated, the hospital’s focus shifted to its current role as a specialty hospital treating pediatric orthopedic and spine issues, rheumatology, chest wall deformities, neuromuscular cerebral palsy and cleft lip and palate issues with no restrictions on care due to an inability to pay. And even now, Shriners keeps evolving.
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New Pope Francis head sees challenges, 'but the opportunities are incredible'
4/6/2017
| Chris Maza
chrism@thereminder.com
Dr. W. Paul Harrington Jr. was selected to lead Pope Francis High School after a nationwide search assisted by Partners in Mission School Leadership Search Solutions. He was most recently the head of school for the Bishop Garcia Diego High School in California.
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