Bill Dwight Show

Bill was out today, but before he left, he chatted with our LA correspondent Tom Saunders about the Oscars and a potential long-distance relationship. (The other half of the show was a rerun of the Kelly Carlin McCall interview which originally ran on February 24th).

Northampton City Council President David Narkewicz talks trash - specifically, the resolution he and Ward 4 Councilor Pamela Scwartz introduced to terminate action on the landfill expansion, which passed at the most recent city council meeting. Also, Lisa DiPiano of Pedal People talks about Northampton’s Food Security Initiative, and how you can get involved.

Ward 7 City Councilor Gene Tacy discusses the recent controversy kicked up at a meeting of the Subcommittee on Social Services and Veterans Affairs. Also, Pelham Library Director and Western Mass Regional Library System Regional Administrator John Ramsey warn us that library services in some of the smaller towns may be cut.

Danny Boyle and Richard Wheeler are from Hamp, and they don’t like the name “Noho.” They’ve started a Facebook page about it. Where do you stand on the issue?

Jaime Michaels of Out! for Reel Films and Marie Waechter of WGBY talk about a particularly timely film about bullying and gender roles that they are co-presenting at the Academy of Music this weekend. Also, ACLU atttorney Bill Newman has some stuff to say about recent proposals being bandied about to raise fines for marijunana possession and to restrict what ads can run in newspapers…

We talk to Heidi Nortonsmith and John DiBartolo of the Northampton Survival Center about their campaign to move into a new, improved facility. Also, Bill’s mom, Maria Dwight stops by with her colleague Jude Rabig of Masonic Health System to talk about a new kind of housing for the elderly that seems strangely familiar.

We read a letter from City Councilor Angela Plassman, responding to a constituent’s concerns about the issues brought up in a recent meeting - which we talked about in yesterday’s show. Also - did you know Springfield is more gay friendly than Northampton? Yeah, that one took us by surprise, too. And Smith engineering professor Donna Riley has been named the GLBT Science Teacher of the Year by a national organization. She joins us to talk about science and social issues.

Rabbit rabbit. A video of a recent meeting of the City Council Committee on Social Services and Veterans Affairs features councilors Gene Tacy, Angela Plassman and Marianne LaBarge discussing increasing fines for marijuana use, having drug sniffing dogs in the schools, and gating the Meadows. Mary Serreze, who posted the clip on her site Northampton Media, stops by to discuss the implications.

Also, Sarah Buttenwieser talks about Women’s History Month.

Live from the produce section of Serio’s Market, it’s the Bill Dwight Show! Featuring Gary and his death-defying ice-parking, Mark “Chickenfingers” Lattanzi talking about the fine art of sugaring off, and “Buttercup” Bill Scher talking health care summit. Plus, Ed Sullivan is in the house! And a mere fraction of the cast of the Northampton High School production of “Bye Bye Birdie” skip school to perform a number from the show. Kids…what’s the matter with kids today?

The Topp Twins are a singing comedy sister act out of New Zealand, and a movie about them recently beat out Michael Moore’s Capitalism: A Love Story for people’s choice at the Toronto Film Festival. Jaime Michaels of Out For Reel Films is bringing the movie to town. We also talk to Phil Korman of CISA and Massachusetts Agricultural Commissioner Scott Soares about keeping it local.