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Dr. Sunny Shukla, Cooley Dickinson Assoc Chief Medical Officer & Meredith O’Leary, Northampton Commissioner of Health and Human Services Photo: WHMP 101.5 / 1400 AM

Community Issues

8/26/26, Co-Host Andy Bukowski

Eric Nakajima, Holyoke Dir of Planning and Development, pulls back the tofu curtain and shares a vision for regional planning and cooperation.

Dr. Sunny Shukla, Cooley Dickinson Assoc Chief Medical Officer & Emerg Dept physician, and Meredith O’Leary, Nhmptn Commissioner of Health and Human Services: the scourge of opioids here and how our community is responding.

Atty Michael Fenton, candidate for Governor’s Council, on considering and confirming the Governor’s nominees for the all the courts in the Commonwealth & the parole board, promoting diversity, and advocating for western Massachusetts.

Lisa Wong, South Hadley Town Administrator, on the Override –what’s at stake; what happens if it passes; what happens if it is defeated.

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