I appreciate Pat Hynes’ guest column in the Gazette on Aug. 3, “Where we stand on Aug. 6, 2022” reflecting on the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 77 years ago, which killed over 170,000 people. I was a U.S. combat soldier, 20 years old.
As a transplant to Northampton, I feel proud to be a part of this caring and inclusive community as evidenced by the recent public recitation of Frederick Douglass’ speech here (“I hear the mournful wail of millions: Communal reading breathes new life.
I am deeply opposed to the potential closing of our local Veterans Administration hospital in Leeds. I am very grateful that our congressional representative Jim McGovern is opposing this recommendation (“McGovern to VA chief: Hospital closure plan.
As we are faced daily with Russian President Putin’s single-handed efforts to obliterate a nation and the idea of freedom, it shows how urgently we need to work together to save the world from this man who is out to destroy it. One positive thing that.
I was encouraged to read in the Feb. 9 Gazette that the U.S. House has passed a bill to aid the U.S. Postal Service through a bipartisan vote. This legislation will help the post office to again be profitable and to reduce its debt after 14 years of.