A homosexuality-affirming political action committee is continuing its support for Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse after allegations that he used his contacts with College Democrats at two western Massachusetts colleges to pursue sexual hookups with undergraduates.
University of Massachusetts Amherst officials say they are investigating the allegations, brought to light late last week when College Democrats disinvited Morse from events at the school, saying he acted inappropriately. Morse was a lecturer in political science at the school until this past weekend, when university officials announced they don't plan to bring him back.
A Manchester-By-the-Sea resident recalled the first dropping of an atomic bomb as a time of joy for his occupied homeland.
As a boy the man lived in a Japanese internment camp in Indonesia, which was then a colony of the Netherlands known as the Dutch East Indies. Japan invaded the islands early in World War II.
