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AMHERST — He was, as one admirer put it, an “artful biographer” who wedded careful research with a novelist’s storytelling skill to write movingly about a number of famous American figures: Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., Clara Barton and...

AMHERST — He was, as one admirer put it, an “artful biographer” who wedded careful research with a novelist’s storytelling skill to write movingly about a number of famous American figures: Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., Clara Barton and...

AMHERST — Popular teacher, eminent biographer, respected Civil War historian: Stephen Oates wore a number of hats, all of them with style.The former University of Massachusetts Amherst professor died a little over a year ago at age 85. Now friends,...

AMHERST — Popular teacher, eminent biographer, respected Civil War historian: Stephen Oates wore a number of hats, all of them with style.The former University of Massachusetts Amherst professor died a little over a year ago at age 85. Now friends,...

Greg Oates  The pandemic has accelerated forces already in motion that will transform the way DMOs collaborate with and impact the communities they serve. 

Readers discuss the federal government’s climate change plan.

In a quartet of biographies, he explored how slavery and racial oppression could exist in a land based on the ideals of the Declaration of Independence.

By STEVE PFARRER For years, Greg Oates had thought the slave uprising led by Nat Turner in Virginia in 1831 would make for a moving and riveting film.In fact, he’d thought that ever since, as a teenager, he read “The Fires of Jubilee,” the book his...

Readers discuss the pandemic and the lockdown.

Home /Destination plan recommends more workplace development News16 December 2020 By Chad Ingram Stronger workforce development and a better alignment between the efforts of local governments and private businesses are among the suggestions in a destination development plan for the Haliburton Highlands, the final version of which Haliburton County councillors received during a Dec. 9 meeting. The county hired Vancouver-based firm MMGY NextFactor in 2019 to compile the plan, which looks at way...