Super special thanks to Stella Silbert, our new podcast editor! Sarah and Mike discuss his October 22 editorial encouraging comments on draft solar policy guidelines. They also discuss an October 14 article Mike wrote about accusations against the most recent Chief of Police in the town of Buckland, Mass. Plus, non sequiturs from the paper. You can read the October 21 edition of the Montague Reporter here: https://montaguereporter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/October-21-2021.pdf You can read the October 14 edition here: https://montaguereporter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/October-14-2021.pdf Volunteer: editor@montaguereporter.org Subscribe: https://montaguereporter.org/subscribe/

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Solar editorial, Buckland police chief story

To read the articles that we discussed, see the September 16, 2021 edition of the Montague Reporter: https://montaguereporter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/September-16-2021.pdf Follow the Montague Reporter on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/montaguereporter/ Reach out to the podcast: podcast@montaguereporter.org Thanks for listening! Tell a friend!

Leverett Pond; housing and evictions update with Sarah Robertson

Mike and Sarah discuss volunteer opportunities at the Montague Reporter, and Mike’s recent reporting on the special selectboard election, as well as current town business taken up at a recent selectboard meeting. The Montague Reporter Instagram account has 649 followers - join the ranks: https://www.instagram.com/montaguereporter/ Contact us: podcast@montaguereporter.org Subscribe and read this week's edition: montaguereporter.org/subscribe

Volunteer ask, Candidates for Selectboard, and Montague “cop stuff”

Josh’s website: http://www.newenglandfloods.org/ You can learn more about “Connecticut River Valley Flood of 1936” and purchase it here: https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Products/9781467145770 Read a longer form of this conversation in this week's Montague Reporter newspaper: https://montaguereporter.org/  Reach out to us at podcast@montaguereporter.org Subscribe to the paper: https://montaguereporter.org/subscribe/

Joshua Shanley on the Connecticut River Flood of 1936

Sarah and Mike discuss changes to the St Katz building on Avenue A, as well as what local towns plan to do with the federal funds becoming available through the American Rescue Plan Act. Contact us at podcast@montaguereporter.org or 413-586-8666. Thanks for listening! Tell a friend!

Prominent Avenue A building sold, federal money funds local projects

Don’t miss Trish Crapo’s last Art Beat column in the Montague Reporter June 17, 2021 edition out this week! Jack Nelson: It's in the Brush: https://montaguereporter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/May-2-2019.pdf Remembering Hallmark: https://montaguereporter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/January-7-2021.pdf Trish’s website: http://www.trishcrapo.com/Telling_Stories_with_Light/Welcome.html

Bonus Episode: Trish Crapo on Art Beat column and creativity

Sarah and Mike discuss the news from late May. Mike also talks about an unexpected story that he published online. Reach out to the podcast: podcast@montaguereporter.org Thanks for listening! Tell a friend!

Big picture A1 news: redistricting and police advisory group feedback

In this episode we take a deep dive into Massachusetts state politics. I discuss with two local residents, Alex Davidson Carroll and Matt Barron, proposals to increase public access and transparency of the goings-on in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Link to the Letter to the Editor in the January 28, 2021 edition: https://montaguereporter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/January-28-2021.pdf Act On Mass, an organization working on the statehouse transparency issue:  https://actonmass.org/

Bonus episode: transparency in the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Mike and Sarah discuss a proposed project in Northfield to allow dual-use solar on a farm. The discussion also turns to Mike’s experiences reporting long-form interviews, and the current (good!) state of the newspaper. Plus - speculations on the role of artificial intelligence at the paper. Mike is taking applications for apprentices! You heard it here first. Contact him at editor@montaguereporter.org  Reach out to the podcast: podcast@montaguereporter.org Thanks for listening! Tell a friend!

Is dual-use solar coming to Western Mass? Is artificial intelligence the future of the Montague Reporter?

The Montague Reporter Podcast brings you inside the making of this weekly newspaper and the stories we report. The Montague Reporter covers the five villages of Montague, Massachusetts and the surrounding towns of Gill, Erving, Wendell, and Leverett.

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