By Garrett Amill The most important part of government can be smaller than you think. Local politics often have just as much of an impact on life in a town … Continue reading Citizen Mike: a service to the town and a lot of fun
Midlife Matters: Cozy, yet full of wit
By Garrett Amill I never thought I’d care about the art of Ukrainian egg dying. Hearing it discussed on Midlife Matters, however, my attention was nowhere else. Midlife Matters manages … Continue reading Midlife Matters: Cozy, yet full of wit
Ten-Year Journey Ends With the Signing of a Check: WPAA-TV Reaches Major Milestone
Contributed by Garrett Amil WPAA-TV reached the end of a ten-year journey that wouldn’t have been possible without community support. On Feb. 24, Nelson Ford, the oldest volunteer, and former … Continue reading Ten-Year Journey Ends With the Signing of a Check: WPAA-TV Reaches Major Milestone
Continuing Each Year
Our last video of the year, Rudolph’s Shiny New Year, by Emma Richardson, is a gift upon a gift to our community. If you have had a tour of WPAA-TV, … Continue reading Continuing Each Year
The Bloom A Reflection
In the sharing, and promoting the sharing, of A thorny Journey Blooms in Story in the #MyGivingStory contest funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in partnership with Unleash … Continue reading The Bloom A Reflection
A Thorny Journey Blooms in Story
Sharing #MyGivingStory now seems the right choice as I may be at the halfway mark in my service journey. What does over forty thousand hours of service in one’s adult … Continue reading A Thorny Journey Blooms in Story
On The Parade Ground (2009)
The following blog entry into On the Parade Ground was in 2009 when WPAA volunteers had lost a two-year effort to acquire a property on The Parade Ground. They also had … Continue reading On The Parade Ground (2009)
WPAA-TV As Discovered by Intern John A McMahon
In the quiet town of Wallingford, Connecticut, nestled on the edge of Center and South Orchard Street, sits a former barn turned “Community Media Center”. Where cultivated hay and livestock … Continue reading WPAA-TV As Discovered by Intern John A McMahon
#MoreThanTV
More people in town know about the two-story tiger mural painted by #ARCY on our South Orchard St. building across from Center St. Cemetery, than what actually belongs to them, … Continue reading #MoreThanTV
PEGPETIA Purpose, Equity and Reasonableness
Testimony to PURA from WPAA-TV: In support of equity in service to our diverse communities about the method of funding for capital expenses associated with CT Community TV Equity and … Continue reading PEGPETIA Purpose, Equity and Reasonableness