Eat.Enjoy.Live.: Local authors take different paths
4/20/2017
| 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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Williams driven by desire to serve city
4/20/2017
| Payton North
Ward 5 City Councilor Marcus Williams, 28, has been in office for nearly two years. In the November 2015 election the first-time candidate celebrated his victory against incumbent Councilor Clodo Conception.
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Opinion: Better quality of life comes down to being considerate
4/20/2017
| G. Michael Dobbs
news@thereminder.com
I understand the controversial concepts and discussions about tragedy, forgiveness and working toward redemption that might result from a story about a murder conviction, but what I can’t get over is how some media outlets reacted to the suicide of Aaron Hernandez.
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Healthy Living: State bets GameSense will stem problem gambling
4/20/2017
| 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'
4/20/2017
| 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
4/20/2017
| 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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