Holyoke's Famous Rail Station
A recent Valley Advocate story on Palmer's Union Station ("The Town of Seven Railroads," June 4, 2009), prematurely declared the demise of the Connecticut River Railroad Station in Holyoke. A number of readers pointed out that the 1883 passenger depot...The World This Week: TV or Not TV
We knew it was coming. Even so, we were shocked when it actually happened to us. That is, we turned on our TV set this week only to learn that the shows had all disappeared, swallowed by the broadcasting black hole known as digitization. On June 12, as everyone in...Letters: What Do You Think?
Hotbed of SustainabilityI was excited to see the cover "Shades of Green: Alternative Ideas About Homes and Gardens"[May 28, 2009] on the Advocate. Sadly, I found the focus on lawns, organic ornamental gardens and photovoltaics a disappointment; it barely...ImperiumWatch: Moving Day at Newtok
Climate change refugees aren't characters in a novel about the future. They're here. They're on islands facing inundation within the next few years, like Tuvalu, the Maldives and the Carterets. And they're in the U.S. itself. The Government Accounting...E-Edition
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