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The Fabulous 413

To untangle the mayor of love

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Illumination was the name of the game for us, in that it's spring so more things should be brought to light after a full season of dark times.

And to that end, we begin our new series "Meet the Mayors" with Holyoke's own, Joshua Garcia. He tells us not just of the fun fusion foods the St. Patrick's Day parade brings, but of many of the uphill battles the city faces as they move toward the future.

It's hard to understand what's really happening with several grand juries and our former president (even though he hasn't actually been indicted or arrested), so we asked a professor at Western New England University School of Law, Jennifer Taub, to explain the intricacies to us.

And love. Where is it? What is it? We go to our resident wordster, Emily Brewster of Merriam-Webster, to find out what the dictionary, and some enterprising patrons, have to say about the origins of the word "love."

And we're taking questions and informal cases for John Hodgman, who'll be on the show Thursday. Send in your question to thefab413@nepm.org or text to 1-800-639-9120 and maybe we'll ask the judge to give a verdict on your behalf!

Christopher “Monte'' Belmonte is host and executive producer of NEPM's The Fabulous 413. He was born and raised in Massachusetts and has been a radio host in western Massachusetts for the last 20 years — the last 17 of them as host of Mornings with Monte on The River 93.9/WRSI.
Kaliis Smith is a radio host and producer for NEPM's The Fabulous 413. She was most recently host and producer at The River 93.9/WRSI where she appeared on Mornings with Monte for the Nerdwatch segment and hosted weekday evenings.
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