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Ales Hrdlicka was the head curator of physical anthropology for the Smithsonian. Aided by a global network, he collected human brains to support racist beliefs.

Lights Out: Recovering Our Night Sky at the National Museum of Natural History is a call to action to mitigate the impact of light pollution.

Itll be milder today with less wind, but another storm system rolls into town tomorrow with a few rumbles of thunder possible in the morning. Rain and snow lingers through Friday. Check the blog for more details. -Todd Nelson

A new Smithsonian exhibition delves into the issue of light pollution, with easy solutions offering an immediate change

The exhibition examines how light pollution harms astronomy, ecosystems and human cultures. But it also offers hope.

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and Culture presents a new exhibition, “Lights Out: Recovering Our Night Sky,” that focuses on how the...

PETERSHAM – Voters going to the polls for the annual Town Election Monday had to do a bit of writing to complete their ballots.Because no one had taken out nomination papers by the deadline to be included on the ballot, voters wrote in the names of...

Petersham annual election nomination papers now available PETERSHAM — Nomination papers for the annual Town Election, to be held on March 6, 2023, are now available. They may be obtained at the Town Clerk’s Office until Monday, Jan. 13, 2023 at...