Marguerite Willis: Lessons aplenty in sports article

UMass men’s basketball players listen to Kevin Rodak, left, and Vice President Colin Szawlowski, right, explain the Colorado Potato Beatle during a tour of the Barnwood Valley Farms warehouse, Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in Hadley.

UMass men’s basketball players listen to Kevin Rodak, left, and Vice President Colin Szawlowski, right, explain the Colorado Potato Beatle during a tour of the Barnwood Valley Farms warehouse, Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in Hadley. STAFF PHOTO/DANIEL JACOBI II

Published: 06-23-2025 11:22 AM

What a great piece of reporting on the UMass Minutemen visiting a local potato farm as a group [“Minutemen grow together,” Recorder, June 20]. There were multiple lessons in that article. Thanks for some good news.

Marguerite Willis

Charlemont

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