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  • Obituary: Jim Pittala, 1949-2024

    Westford man had many interests, including music, science, astronomy and the N.Y. Giants After a long illness, Jim Pittala died at his home in Westford, Vt., on Saturday, March 30, 2024. Jim was born on March 19, 1949, in Brooklyn to Edward and Ann Pittala. He was christened Vincent Richard Pittala, after an uncle who died in World War II, but he was always known as “Jim” to his family and friends. After Brooklyn, his family moved to Wyckoff, N.J., where Jim...
  • Jim Culloty: Grand National is not scary at all!

    THE GRAND National was one of Jim Culloty’s favourite, and apparently easiest, races as a jockey, winning the 2002 renewal aboard Bindaree. Looking back on his previous rides in the race, Culloty revealed that he wasn’t at all scared by facing some of the biggest fences that National Hunt racing has to offer.   Culloty, []
  • Who Is Matty Healy’s Girlfriend, Gabbriette Bechtel?

    Matty Healy may be the frontman of English pop-rock band the 1975, but right now he’s on everyone’s mind because of his brief, but highly publicized relationship with Taylor Swift. In case you’ve forgotten, the two had a whirlwind tryst shortly after it was revealed that Swift and her boyfriend of six years, Joe Alwyn, had called it quits. And now that Swift’s 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department (and its secret second half, The Anthology), is finally out, fans are theorizing that...