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James PaleologopoulosAll politics is local, and the Pioneer Valley is no exception. WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief James Paleologopoulos spoke with Western Mass Politics and Insight editor-in-chief Matt Szafranski about some of this year’s top political stories. They include what could be a generational divide taking shape in Springfield and beyond, and political upheaval in Northampton, where a group devoted to securing public school funding took on the city government at the ballot box... -
Pat Bradley/WAMCU.S. Ski & Snowboard has announced that the aerials and moguls World Cup competitions in January, originally scheduled for Deer Valley in Utah, have been moved to two sites in the Northeast.
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After more than three decades promoting live music in the Capital Region, Greg Bell is preparing to retire. But not after one last blow-out at Albany’s Palace Theater. -
Upstate New York jam band veterans moe. are capping off their 35th anniversary tour with a concert at the Palace Theatre in Albany tomorrow. -
Last week, the United States Congress left Washington for the year - after both the House and Senate came short of passing key subsidies for Affordable Care Act insurance plans. Without tax credits, households relying on the ACA marketplace plans are likely to see their premiums skyrocket - affecting at least 22 million people. WAMC's Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief James Paleologopoulos spoke with Massachusetts Congressman Richard Neal of the 1st district about the situation -
Berkshire County’s largest health care provider and employer has opened an urgent care center in Williamstown, Massachusetts. The new facility helps fill in the rural region's health care coverage gaps. -
In this installment of Shakedown Beat, WAMC's Josh Landes interviews bassist, vocalist, and songwriter Rob Derhak of beloved New York State jam band moe. -
The ribbon has been cut and the doors are opening at a long-awaited new housing resource center in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. -
All year, Northampton, Massachusetts, saw plenty of intense school funding and city budget debates. But as the City Council held its last regular meeting Thursday, it became clear another hurdle was on the horizon — a lawsuit filed by an outgoing councilor. -
Considered one of the first planned industrial cities in the country, Holyoke, Mass. has its fair share of historic buildings and structures.Several make up the North High Street Historic District: a spot found on the National Register and also where a developer’s revitalizing 150-year-old structures, adding housing as the state confronts its housing shortage. -
In this installation of Shakedown Beat, WAMC's Josh Landes offers a review of the jam band Goose's annual holiday extravaganza known as Goosemas. -
A stretch of Springfield, Mass., that was once home to a dead mall and acres of empty parking lots is back to hosting customers.
