Feeling Dumped On

Feeling Dumped On

by | Oct 9, 2008 | News

Since the Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported on September 23 that there was no increased cancer risk to people living near the Northampton Municipal Landfill on Glendale Road, Mayor Higgins has stated in the press that people's fears should be...

The Second Time as Farce

by | Oct 9, 2008 | News

This is not the Crash of 1929 revisited, and we are not heading into a second Great Depression. No developed country this time around is going to face the 25 percent unemployment rate that the United States experienced in the 1930s."Capitalists can buy themselves...
Nightcrawler: Opium for the Masses

Nightcrawler: Opium for the Masses

by | Oct 9, 2008 | Music

Far be it from the Nightcrawler to over-scrutinize& but with the upcoming election, heightened security and all, is this really the best time for Ireland's Mark Geary to be shipping his Opium stateside?Considering the fact that the poppy-inspired title has...
Transatlantic Pop Exchange

Transatlantic Pop Exchange

by | Oct 9, 2008 | Music

It's not often that a resident of Pittsfield's Irish sister city, Ballina, wins Ireland's version of American Idol—so when Liam Geddes, the 17-year-old sensation who makes Donny Osmond look like Jack Palance, came out on top in Irish Idol, he chose...
GBS 2008 Concert Photos

GBS 2008 Concert Photos

by | Oct 9, 2008 | Music

The Valley Advocate thanks the many bands, businesses and Valley music fans for making this year's Grand Band Slam one of the biggest and most successful ever. The all-day, all-night event included over thirty bands on three stages, many of whom had just won this...