Thanks so much for publishing such an excellent piece on Dave Shapiro's sad and untimely passing [“How could this happen?”, The Commons, May 4].
I really appreciated that you took the time to look at this in depth.
Hannah Sorila is a writer and community organizer who aims to align intention and impact...
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Eight years ago, Dot MacDonald applied one of the things she loves, long-distance bicycling, to another love, her job as schoolteacher at the Neighborhood Schoolhouse. She organized the first annual Dot's Ride, a 100-mile-plus bicycling event to raise scholarship money for parents who wanted to send their children to Neighborhood Schoolhouse but couldn't afford it. Every year since then, the event has raised about $10,000, sometimes more. This year is MacDonald's last as a teacher - she is retiring after...
Impeachment by the House of Representatives is one thing; holding onto the articles until such time as Nancy Pelosi deems appropriate is quite another. To what purpose? To try to influence an election? That is rich. Having gone this far, we need the impeachment of the president to go quickly to trial. Doesn't the Constitution say accused are entitled to a speedy trial? Or maybe they are waiting until they can threaten enough Senators into submission? A handful of rabid...
Jan. 6 has officially been declared Circus Saturday at the Latchis Theatre at 50 Main St. To celebrate the movie musical The Greatest Showman, now playing at the Latchis, the New England Center for Circus Arts is joining forces with the Latchis to help audiences experience the film like nowhere else. Prior to the matinee and early evening showings of the film, there will be pre-show demonstrations by real-life circus artists from NECCA. Attendees may get their picture taken with...
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