Every week, I compile a column that runs in the Business Monday section of The Springfield Republican. The feature is called Voices of the Valley because it gives businesspeople from Greenfield, [...]
Every year, I write a handful of stories for the Springfield Republican newspaper’s Outlook section, which focuses on business and commerce in the Pioneer Valley. This year was no different.
There was a time when I thought if I acknowledged a learning, it would be a red flag that there might be other things I didn’t know. It felt like a failure to admit when I’d experienced a moment [...]
By Jamie Haines I have loved to write since I was in fourth grade, and my teacher put a picture on the board and asked us to write about it. He said he would display the best pieces, and mine was [...]
It’s the middle of January, a brand new year. For many business owners, this is often a slow season after the holiday rush, and that makes it a great time to step back and take a look at your [...]
I have spent the past few weeks on a vacation adventure on Kailua-Kona, Hawaii’s Big Island. In typical go-go-go fashion, my daughter Molly and I have explored many nooks and crannies here, doing [...]
Adventure, and not the holidays, are high on my mind these days, as I will be taking off on a United flight one week from today to meet my daughter Molly in Hawaii.
Having dreamed of being a journalist since she was 15, Shelby Ashline is finally living that life. In May, after graduating from the University of Massachusetts, she started work as a reporter [...]
There are many things for which my Westfield State College degree in English and journalism well prepared me, but no academic institution can prepare you for the wide range of topics that a beat [...]
