8/2: J.D. Parker-O’Grady, candidate for another J.D. and also for the state senate –he’s the Democrat running against Republican Don Humason for the 2nd Hampden-Hampshire District seat (which includes Easthampton, Holyoke, & Southampton); Tim Van Egmond, folksinger, story teller, & dulcimer maestro, previews his upcoming performances at the River Valley Market and the Greenfield Library, and best selling author Carolyn Parkhurst, whose child is on the spectrum, discusses “Harmony” – her just-published novel about raising a child with autism and the lengths to which the family goes to help.
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