The Oregon Cultural Trust announced Friday that a record number of grants totaling $1.65 million will be awarded for fiscal year 2009, a 21 percent increase for the innovative program that benefits the arts, heritage and humanities.

Sir Michael Bichard, who has had a long and illustrious career in the public sector as permanent secretary of first the Employment Department and then the Department for Education and Employment as was, has retired from the top job at the University of th

DIAMOND — It will be another fun-filled day at George Washington Carver National Monument, as the annual Prairie Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13.

AGAWAM - The Agawam Cultural Council is continuing its "2008 Classic Film Festival" with a series of critically acclaimed Hollywood films. The ticket price for the Sunday afternoon showings is $6, which includes complimentary desserts before the show.

SPRINGFIELD - Ironically, say historians, Shays' Rebellion is referenced more today than it was in national politics back in the late 1700s, when the Pelham resident and his band of ragtag rebels forced the young republic to rethink its approach to gover