Create SMILES Through Mentoring [VIDEOS]

Area residents are working hard to build a rapport with local children in an effort to keep them in school through a program called SMILES (SouthCoast Mentoring Initiative for Learning, Education and Service). Read more of this post

New Adventures In Store For Two Of Massachusetts’ Radio Legends [VIDEOS]

Scott and Neal

Left: David Duran with friend Scott Reiniche in the studio. Right: Neal White on location. (Photo by Jathan Fink/Jadeworks Entertainment)

Sometimes, if you’re very lucky, you get the chance to work with people who are not only very talented, but who are also extremely kind, generous people. Since moving to Massachusetts, I’ve worked with two such talents: Scott Reiniche and Neal White. They both are awesome on-air personalities and production gurus, but they are also two very real, down-to-earth guys, and they made coming to work each day a pleasure. Now, however, they’re moving on to try new dreams on for size.  Read more of this post

Embrace The Things That Make You Happy

A magnet that reads 'I like big mutts and I cannot lie.'

Jathan Fink/Jadeworks Entertainment

What speaks to you? For me, sometimes it is quirky little things like the bumper magnet above. My wife and I recently traveled to Portland, Maine on vacation and I encountered this slogan in Cool As A Moose, a fun little store on Fore Street. Being a big dog lover, it was one of those impulse buys that I just had to snag because it made me laugh. My wife just looked at me as though I had lost my mind because I normally don’t go in for bumper stickers and the like, but this one just made me happy. Read more of this post

What Made Middle School Principal Roger Boddie Cry? [VIDEO]

Roger Boddie

What makes a longtime educator like Principal Roger Boddie cry? (Photo courtesy YouTube)

Teaching is tough. Not only is there a lot of bureaucratic red tape to navigate through so schools get funding, but educators have to deal with apathetic students, parents who don’t want to support their children’s education, and a shortage of teaching materials for overpopulated classrooms. And that is just the tip of the iceberg! So with all of those stressors affecting educators every day, what made middle school principal Roger Boddie cry?  Read more of this post