Arise For Social Justice, the famed anti-poverty organization in Springfield Massachusetts marks its 25th anniversary this year. WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Michaelann Bewsee, the current executive director and one of the original founders.
The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout from the deadly COVID outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Those are just a few of the thousands and thousands of stories WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill has covered for WAMC in his nearly 17 years with the station.