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- Mayors for Peace initiative gaining tractionby Traprock Web ManagerMore local towns joining movement to call for nuclear abolition. October 12, 2026 By AALIANNA MARIETTA
- Ensuring student representation: Greenfield’s Nate Woodard joins state Board of Higher Educationby Traprock Web ManagerMadison Schofield October 13, 2026 “Greenfield Community College student Nate Woodard has been appointed as a student advisor to the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education to represent community college students statewide. He plans to advocate for issues like mental health resources and affordability.” Traprock congratulates and is proud of Nate’s many accomplishments thus far. He… Read more: Ensuring student representation: Greenfield’s Nate Woodard joins state Board of Higher Education
- Coral reefs: ‘rainforests of the sea’by Traprock Web ManagerOctober 5, 2026 in Greenfield Recorder, by Pat Hynes “No longer can we conceive of the climate crisis as an issue solely of higher temperatures and extreme storms, without also centering on the cascade of its fatal effects on vital ecosystems. First, among these may be the death of ancient, magnificent coral reefs and the… Read more: Coral reefs: ‘rainforests of the sea’
- 81 Years After Hiroshima, and Our Commitment to Nuclear Disarmamentby Traprock Web ManagerSeptember 2, 2026By Doug AllenRead here for Mass Peace Action. Eighty-one years ago on August 6, 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, thus launching the nuclear age that increasingly threatens human and planetary survival. This was followed on August 9 with the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. The atomic bomb was developed at… Read more: 81 Years After Hiroshima, and Our Commitment to Nuclear Disarmament
- Ben Grosscup: I’m going to Cuba to get a new Alzheimer’s drug for my momby Traprock Web ManagerBy Ben Grosscup August 31st 2026.Read or listen hereMy dad took this image of my mom and me in June 2026, days before my mother received an early-stage dementia diagnosis, likely Alzheimer’s disease. I’ve always expected grief and devastation for families after this diagnosis. The drugs available in the U.S. don’t halt, let alone reverse,… Read more: Ben Grosscup: I’m going to Cuba to get a new Alzheimer’s drug for my mom
- From Global to Local: We owe children moreby Traprock Web ManagerBy H Patricia HynesAugust 31, 2026Read or Listen HereChildren attending Amani Children’s Family Primary School in Nairobi, Kenya, are first given warm water, bathing soap and a seaweed-based body gel for washing before entering their classrooms, because they lack clean water at home. If they need to wash their uniforms, they are given a change… Read more: From Global to Local: We owe children more
- Pat Hynes: Lessons from the forest floor while Gaza stands aloneby Traprock Web ManagerAugust 4, 2026, Greenfield Recorder “The methodical destruction of Gaza and its people — a genocide in little over 1,000 days — has taken the crime of genocide to an extreme unprecedented in history. This was preventable if the will to prevent were there. That is, if the genocide enraged the world enough to stop… Read more: Pat Hynes: Lessons from the forest floor while Gaza stands alone
- From Global to Local: We stand at a critical moment in Earth’s historyby Traprock Web ManagerPat Hynes for the Greenfield Recorder, July 7, 2026 ‘Ecosystems, wildlife and the Earth itself are living beings with inherent rights to exist, evolve and regenerate.” This, the Rights of Nature philosophy and movement, is led by Indigenous people worldwide who hold that humans are partners and guardians not owners of land, water and wildlife.… Read more: From Global to Local: We stand at a critical moment in Earth’s history
- Deb Katz: Scott buying the nuclear Kool-Aid a mistakeby Traprock Web ManagerJune 24, 2026 Gov. Phil Scott trying to sell the nuclear Kool-Aid to the citizens of Vermont is unacceptable. Like Gov. Maura Healey, Scott insists that nuclear power is “clean.” He supports bringing small modular nuclear reactors (SMNRs) to the Vermont Yankee site. In an attempt to meet the state’s carbon commitments, the state wants… Read more: Deb Katz: Scott buying the nuclear Kool-Aid a mistake
- My Turn: Weighing my compassionby Traprock Web ManagerJune 29, 2026. https://recorder.com/2026/06/26/my-turn-weighing-my-compassion/ At the recent Wendell annual Town Meeting, I prepared a statement in support of Article 27: Resolution Declaring the Town of Wendell to be an Apartheid-Free Community. Because it was overlong, I was encouraged to curtail my comments. Below is what I would have liked to have said: I hope to speak… Read more: My Turn: Weighing my compassion