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Marie MacDonald
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A native Bostonian, Marie MacDonald, relocated in 2002 to the North
Quabbin in Massachusetts' foothills. Marie has been active in her community as
a volunteer at the local community media center at AOTV. During her tenure at
AOTV, Marie produced many programs to air on the cablecast television station.
In 2010, Marie began to coordinate with a wide range of volunteers to bring a
new Low Power FM (LPFM) radio station to her community. WVAO – The Voice Of
Athol and Orange was successfully launched on-air five years ago, in August of
2015. In addition to her volunteer work at AOTV and WVAO, Marie also produced
series of plays based on Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues. Each production
featured women from the surrounding community and was well received. In 2020,
Marie is starting a new venture with Route 2 Connections Art and History of
Northern Massachusetts. This will be a podcast that surveys art and history in
30 towns along Massachusetts State Route 2. Look for this podcast to launch in
the coming months on your favorite podcast platform.
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Genevieve Fraser
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Journalist, playwright, poet, historian, novelist, and former
professor, Genevieve Fraser aka G. Thomson Fraser was raised in a
small farming community in New Hampshire. She began her writing
career at a PBS affiliate in New Hampshire and later served as editor
of the Today Paper of Greater Lawrence (Massachusetts). Fraser's
World War II action-adventure, "In the Claw of the Tiger"
(2007) was followed by "EcoTheater for the Global Village"
(2008) which includes the John Muir drama, "Giants in the
Wilderness" written by Fraser. In 2010 she released, "Palestine:
Waiting by Lazarus' Tomb." Fraser is a human rights,
environmental and political activist and is currently working on a
book-length, early American colonial history, "Standing Near the
Candle: David Thomson - 1st Governor of Massachusetts (1622) and
Founder of New Hampshire - a Scottish Gentleman and Scholar and his
Legacy."
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Janet Lawson
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Janet Lawson is a writer in the medical education field. She has been involved in the communications craft for many years, including work in print and television. Janet has an affinity for the arts and a deep curiosity to learn and understand the humanity and culture surrounding us all.
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| Dan "Decibel" Sandberg |
Dan "Decibel" Sandberg is the Audio Engineer and Producer
for 'Route 2 Connections'. Dan graduated from the Pioneer Valley
Performing Arts Charter School (PVPA) in Hadley, Massachusetts. As a
student at PVPA, Dan realized he was a shy individual. So he
volunteered to work on student projects, demos, college auditions,
etc., in the school recording studio during lunch. After graduation,
Dan became a student at Holyoke Community College (HCC) in Holyoke,
Massachusetts. While at HCC, he took the Music Technology class under
the guidance of Professor John Mason. Prof. Mason took Dan on as a
mentee and teaching assistant, where he worked in the studio on a
wide array of projects. In 2018 Dan collaborated with John Mason on
John's project, "The Ghost of Leon Gray." In addition, Dan
has collaborated on other projects with many institutions, including
The Eric Carle Museum, The Northampton Community Music Center, The
Massachusetts Commission for the Blind, Valley Eye Radio, and Athol
Orange Community Media Center. When he is not working, Dan enjoys
trains (and model trains), audio equipment, radios, hiking, driving
on scenic byways with my dash-cam, field recording nature sounds, and
making YouTube videos of all his adventures.
