Peter Schiffman News Today

The Attleboro area escaped the brunt of a nasty nor’easter that brought flooding and heavy snow to the western and northern parts of the state Wednesday night into Thursday.

NORTH ATTLEBORO -- A lineman for the town’s electric department suffered burns to his face while repairing power equipment Tuesday morning.

NORTH ATTLEBORO — A lineman for the town’s electric department suffered burns to his face while repairing power equipment Tuesday morning.

Heavy rain and high winds swept through the area and the state Monday, flooding some spots, knocking down numerous trees, limbs and utility poles, and causing widespread power failures and

Bill Wagman has renamed his KDRT program, but doesn’t want anyone to forget his former co-host. Bill co-hosted The Folk Brothers with Peter Schiffman each Wednesday at KDRT starting in September 2015 (the first show is still available in the archives!). And then this lovely run of programs ended, at least in that format, when Peter died in May 2023. Bill is carrying on. The

The Folk Brothers this week is the first new episode with Bill Wagman since the death of his co-host, Peter Schiffman, on May 26. Peter’s influence is in the studio. “I was out of the country when I got the news of Peter’s passing,” Bill says near the start of the hour, “but before I had left, Peter had an idea for some programming during the fundraiser week [this week], and

This hurts. Peter Schiffman, one-half of KDRT's The Folk Brothers, a man loved and respected in countless hearts, homes, communities and towns, died unexpectedly on Friday, May 26. We send our love and condolences to his family and friends, and to all the dogs he loved so very much. His daughter posted this announcement to his Facebook page: Mimi Schiffman here, posting on

Peter Kilkus has lived the recent, human history upheavals at Lake Berryessa. A group of experts from Davis knows about the area’s geological upheavals. The result is two very different, recently-published books. Berryessa buffs can read Kilkus’ “Policy and Politics Betray the People” and the Davis group’s “Exploring the Berryessa Region: A Geology, Nature and History Tour.” One focuses on perceived Berryessa resort war blunders, the other on the landscape acr...