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Michael Carolan

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Michael Charles Carolan was born in Kansas City, Missouri. His writing was awarded an Atlantic Monthly prize and named “Notable” in the Best American Essays series and has appeared in publications like the Philadelphia Inquirer, Washington Post, Santa Fe New Mexican, Springfield Republican, Nashville Review, Daily Hampshire Gazette, Kansas City Star and the Massachusetts Review. He edited a collection of memoirs translated from the Polish published in 2009. His audio essays appear on New Englan…

Michael Carolan’s Journalist Portfolio

An immigrant family's first appearance on the US census

An immigrant family's first appearance on the US census

IrishCentral contributor Michael Carolan marks the anniversary of a singular moment in the American time-hono…

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An actor who cut to audience's core

An actor who cut to audience's core

Like many who saw him perform, I won't soon forget Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. Not because I …

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What kinds of music are kids from Senegal, Gambia listening to? A group of Amherst-area scholars ...

What kinds of music are kids from Senegal, Gambia listening to? A group of Amherst-area scholars ...

Lucia Dingo-Early, a 10th grader, said she admired the African "way of being." "It's just very different ther…

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Pansy Park put Dwight on the map in the late 1800s

Pansy Park put Dwight on the map in the late 1800s

Deemed a popular destination in the 1890 guide, "Carriage Driving in Western Massachusetts," there were aster…

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Railroad Connected Pioneer Valley to World, Established Forgotten Town and Inspired Emily Dickins...

Railroad Connected Pioneer Valley to World, Established Forgotten Town and Inspired Emily Dickins...

Dwight resident Walter Jenks, 82, remembers the railroad station that once stood down the street from his hom…

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Worcester parents to demand money for books rather than iPads in schools Original

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By Michael Carolan
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Worcester parents will tonight urge the Worcester School Committee to remove electronic, internet-connected devices from young children and put thousands of city budget dollars toward purchasing books rather than contracts for more iPads and Chromebooks.
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Worcester parents to demand money for books rather than iPads in schools

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By Michael Carolan
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Marcelo Mayer Now The Fenway Rundown: Sending Marcelo Mayer to AAA is ‘Dumb. D-U-M-B’ masslive.com - Advance Local Express Desk • 44m He’s been error-prone. His bat hasn’t shown up consistently.
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250 years later, a Black Revolutionary War soldier may finally get recognition in Western Mass.

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By Michael Carolan
| Yahoo Verified
BELCHERTOWN — A few years ago, Bonnie Papoulias discovered that she had a Black ancestor who was present in Texas on Juneteenth, or June 19, 1865, when enslaved people across that state were pronounced free, two months after the end of the Civil War. When the Newbury resident also found out she that she had a Revolutionary War soldier of color in the family tree, she felt, well ...
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Atlantic Monthly

2007 - Writing

The Atlantic Monthly Writing Award for Creative Nonfiction

New England Newspaper & Press Association (NENPA)

2015 - History reporting

Evocative, well-researched feature article on important familial narrative with contemporary currents

Virginia Press Association

1990 - Business writing

Perfectly reported article on Mobil corporation's affect in Northern Virginia suburban communities

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