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Assumption University s Department of Modern & Classical Languages & Cultures announced that
Maria Lemus-Melara, of Clinton, has become a member of Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society.
Lemus-Melara, Class of 2022, was inducted into the honor society during a virtual ceremony held on April 8. Students inducted into Assumption s chapter of Sigma Delta Pi have demonstrated high scholarship and excellence in their studies, and in particular, the study of Spanish, said Maryanne Leone, associate professor of Spanish and one of the honor society s advisors.
Assumption s Department of English announced that
Greenfield Notebook: May 10, 2021
The Moose Lodge at 20 School St. in Greenfield. Staff File Photo/Paul Franz
Published: 5/9/2021 4:00:11 PM
Nomination papers now available
GREENFIELD Nomination papers for the city election are now available at the City Clerk’s Office, which is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
According to a notice from City Clerk Kathy Scott, all candidates must obtain signatures from registered voters in Greenfield to be put on the Nov. 2 ballot. (A preliminary election will be held in the event that double plus one of the amounts of candidates returning nomination papers.) Nomination papers must be returned to Scott by Tuesday, July 27.
March 8, 2021
On Feb. 24, the University of Maine continued its winter gardening series with “Nibbling on Natives in Your Backyard and Beyond,” a free webinar for students and staff. The UMaine Department of Horticulture hosted the talk, and Kate Garland, a horticulture professional for UMaine Extension, moderated it. Russ Cohen, author of “Wild Plants I have Known…and Eaten,” who also is an expert forager, was the main speaker of the webinar. He gave a presentation on over two dozen common backyard and houseplants that are edible.
Cohen is a natural food enthusiast and naturalist that grew up in Weston, Massachusetts. He grew up spending a lot of his time in the woods. After taking a mini course in edible botany in his second year of high school, he grew fond of the subject, and turned it into his passion. He discovered that over two dozen varieties of edible plants surrounded Weston High School. Currently, Cohen resides in Arlington, Massachusetts, where he continues
Joan Douglas Clemons died on September 9 after a brief illness. She was 88.
Joan was driven to tell stories and was passionate about doing so through writing. Her work included published short stories, journals and completed manuscripts.
She was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1932 to Estelle Fisher and Sidney Douglas Longbottom. A graduate of Smith College, she moved to New York City and began her professional life at Time Magazine, followed by McCall’s. She met her husband, Maynard G. Clemons, in the city and they were married in 1962. They left Greenwich Village for Sausalito, California and later Portland, Oregon, before returning to the East Coast.