Saturday, August 30 North Adams memories from Maynard, Mass. By Deborah Viapiana-Ricci What kind of summer are you having? I am living it up right in my own back yard. We have a lovely organic flower and vegetable garden as well as a beautiful patio garden filled with my prize basil plants and other various herbs.   Full Story

Saturday, August 30 To the editor: This is an open letter to the parishioners of St. Stanislaus Kostka: I've been very busy initially compiling and now working on the appeal to the Diocese of Springfield to keep St. Stan's open. It's been a lot of hard work, with a lot of blood, sweat and tears.   Full Story

Friday, August 29 With her speech to the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night, Hillary Clinton finally and emphatically answered those critics who thought she was more concerned with her own sensibilities than she was with electing Barack Obama president. Clinton did what she could have, and perhaps should have, done at the beginning of the summer; she told her supporters that it's   Full Story