by James Heflin | Feb 19, 2009 | News
Walking the aisle of Springfield's frigid old Bing Theater is, in some respects, like visiting the set of a '70s slasher pic. Even in the daytime, it's a dark cavern. Flashlight beams slice through air heavy with vapors; glass cracks under your boots....
by Stephanie Kraft | Feb 19, 2009 | News
The state Department of Environmental Protection has thrown out testimony offered by a highly credentialed expert on rivers for a hearing on the Russell Biomass plant. The hearing focused on the water withdrawal permit the state has issued for the wood-fired...
by From Our Readers | Feb 19, 2009 | News
Vilsack Is From Big AgWith all due respect to the Western Mass Food Bank and their director Andrew Morehouse (Letters, Feb. 12, 2009), I beg to differ on January 20th being "an historic day for the future of food and anti-hunger programs" with Obama's...
by From Our Readers | Feb 19, 2009 | News
Keep SerrezeMary Serreze's article ["The BID-ding Opens," Jan. 29, 2009] was absolutely excellent, everything I want in a newspaper article. It had the facts, the background, the additional research, the opinions, the players. The writing was evenhanded,...
by James Heflin | Feb 19, 2009 | Music
Over on South Street in Northampton, the Northampton Community Music Center is busy helping people, many of them kids, learn how to make music. The NCMC scholarship fund helps that happen for as many people as possible. The school offers all kinds of classes on all...