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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) Wednesday denied rumors of an extramarital affair with longtime Trump aid Corey Lewandowski.

Will COVID-19 finally be the end of the church collection plate? COVID-19 and the rise of a cashless society may make passing the collection plate, which once was crucial to church finances, less important. The collection plate is passed during an Easter Sunday service. Photo courtesy of the National Archives April 22, 2021 (RNS) — In the 1984 film “Mass Appeal,” Father Tim Farley, played by Jack Lemmon, gives a young, aspiring priest a lesson in church finances. Give a good sermon, and church coffers will fill up. But a bad sermon comes with a cost. ”It is no accident t...

By WHAV Staff | April 5, 2021 As a public service, 97.9 WHAV presents Community Spotlight at no charge for the benefit of Greater Haverhill nonprofit organizations. To submit news of events, fundraising appeals and other community calendar announcements, Click image. Pentucket Players returns to in-person productions with its presentation of “Mass Appeal” April 30 and May 1 and 2 at Haverhill City Hall auditorium. “Mass Appeal,” a comedy-drama written by Bill C. Davis, is the first live, fully staged production since the pandemic hit. It is directed by John R. Buzzell of Haverhill, a...

Mr. Davis, who died of complications from covid-19, wrote a two-hander that became a staple of community theater after premiering on Broadway in 1981.

He adapted his Broadway drama into a 1984 movie that starred Jack Lemmon. Bill C. Davis, who wrote the Broadway two-hander Mass Appeal, then adapted the drama for the film version that starred Jack Lemmon, died Friday in Torrington, Connecticut, after a brief illness, a publicist announced. He was 69. Mass Appeal, directed by Geraldine Fitzgerald, played at the Manhattan Theatre Club before moving to the Booth Theater on Broadway in 1981. Starring Milo O'Shea as Father Tim Farley and Caddyshack's Michael O'Keefe as young seminarian Mark Dolson, it ran for more than 200 performances through ...