Chillin' at the Farm Share

Chillin' at the Farm Share

by | Apr 2, 2009 | News

Here comes spring, a manifest destiny of nature. If your manifest destiny is to eat local without growing an entire season of food in your yard, check out a farm share. In the Happy Valley are no less than 15 stewards of the land who offer access to their barns once a...

Between the Lines: In the Name of Economic Development

by | Apr 2, 2009 | News

If you want to know one of the reasons why some people in the Northampton area objected so strenuously to a proposal by a few local businesspeople to create a Business Improvement District in Northampton, you might start by reading Matt Taibbi's latest piece for...
Letters: Handcuffs in Paradise

Letters: Handcuffs in Paradise

by | Apr 2, 2009 | News

On Friday, March 13th, approximately 50 people gathered in front of City Hall on Main Street in Northampton to protest the Business Improvement District [which the City Council approved two weeks ago]. The BID is a consumerism-based rather than community-based piece...
Anti-Nuke Protesters Arrested in Vermont

Anti-Nuke Protesters Arrested in Vermont

by | Apr 2, 2009 | News

Four activists were arrested Monday in Brattleboro for holding signs during a speech by Vermont Governor Jim Douglas and U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy about the federal economic stimulus program. The signs said, "Veto Nuclear Jim in Nov. 2010." Douglas is up...

The World This Week: Cheever Country

by | Apr 2, 2009 | News

If Dave Eggers hadn't already used the title, the story of John Cheever's life could have been called A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. This occurred to me while reading Blake Bailey's magnificent Cheever: A Life (Knopf), one of the most (yes)...