Eat.Enjoy.Live: Morrison’s art on display
4/13/2017
| G. Michael Dobbs
news@thereminder.com
Artist Frank Morrison's aintings are on exhibit at the Art for the Soul Gallery at Tower Square through June 15. “We feel very fortunate to have another highly acclaimed artist show his works at the gallery,” Rosemary Tracy Woods, executive director of Art for the Soul Gallery said. “We are especially impressed with Mr. Morrison’s care, concern and focus on children and literacy.”
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Eat.Enjoy.Live.: Local authors take different paths
4/13/2017
| G. Michael Dobbs
news@thereminder.com
Two local authors – Debra Rollend of Wilbraham and William Dusty of Springfield – have taken their avocations into their own hands and used different means of self-publishing to make their literary dreams come true.
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Manyak settles in as COA director
4/13/2017
| Payton North
Chicopee Council on Aging at the RiverMills Center has a new director, Sherry Manyak, 46, of Chicopee. She replaces Sandra Lapollo, who acted as executive director for 24 years.
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Opinion: Chicopee's new trash and recycling initiative can work
4/13/2017
| G. Michael Dobbs
news@thereminder.com
I’ve been monitoring some Facebook posts about the shift in Chicopee to a smaller trashcan and a larger recycling barrel. Some people appear to be very concerned – afraid and angry to be precise. I’m here to tell you not to be afraid of the future. You can make recycling work. It only requires some thought and effort.
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Healthy Living: State bets GameSense will stem problem gambling
4/13/2017
| 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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New Pope Francis head sees challenges, 'but the opportunities are incredible'
4/13/2017
| 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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Shriners Hospital builds upon its original mission
4/13/2017
| 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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