Local Author Visits North Church

By Cynthia Machamer Should we sympathize with the victims of Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme? That question seemed to be the one that generated the most discussion during the morning book group meeting on Wednesday, September 17, as 12 men and one woman—North Star editor Cynthia Machamer—sat around the library tables and listened to Con Game:…

School Bags! Oh, Yes, We Have School Bags!

Thanks to the sewing, buying, counting, stuffing, financial support and prayers of many people, we have 108 school kits ready to be sent to Church World Service (CWS). The Mission Committee set a goal of 100 bags but was not sure that we would accomplish it. Well, once again, NPC and its friends have risen…