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Letting Go to Feel Fully Retired!
One of my favorite sayings is “eat the elephant one bite at a time.” I like this because it reminds me that I don’t have to approach everything from an all or nothing perspective. It affords me the opportunity to break things down into smaller manageable pieces, which gives me a more immediate sense of…
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HCC Delivers
HOLYOKE — Once again, Holyoke Community College delivered. For the 23rd year, the HCC community collected hundreds of holiday gifts for consumers at four nonprofit agencies through its annual Giving Tree campaign. On Thursday, Dec. 12, representatives from the four agencies – Homework House, the Holyoke Veterans Home, WestMass ElderCare, and the Massachusetts Society for…
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Gateway to College at STCC Alumni Find Success at UMass Amherst
SPRINGFIELD – Two graduates of the Gateway to College program at Springfield Technical Community College are thriving at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, proving that alternative educational pathways can lead to academic and personal success.
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Stay Young@Heart in the New Year
In November of 2024, I had the great pleasure of attending the production titled, “Old School,” performed by the Young@Heart Chorus (Y@H) at the Academy of Music in Northampton. Founded by its current director, Bob Cilman in 1982, Y@H has become a global sensation as ambassadors of love and the positive human connections that music…
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2025: What’s Possible?
God gifted us with a new calendar year; for some, it is a period to reset and move forward. Jesus knows our limitations. He is cognizant of our limited resources. He is current with the system and its design to limit the upward mobility of the marginalized.











