Summer Reads 2026
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The former Longmeadow resident shares how the 2018 Hawaii alert inspired his western Mass.-set debut novel, tracing the local fallout, satire, and trauma of a tech error.
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We speak to Peaceful Ensemble and Abby Kingsman of Mountain River Taiko, tour Jericho in Holyoke, have a summer white thunderdome with Mary and Ben Daire, and hear about a BIPOC maker's market in Florence.
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We review alleged inequities regarding the Quabbin Reservoir, the ongoing controversy with the planned Hampden County courthouse and much more.
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