Between the Lines: The Forgotten Highway

by | Oct 21, 2010 | News

Route 2 is an abomination. Please let me qualify that statement: part of Route 2, the section from the rotary in Greenfield just off Interstate 91 heading west to the New York border, is a lovely old road, winding through beautiful country and wonderful towns such as...
A Green Auditor?

A Green Auditor?

by | Oct 21, 2010 | News

Back in March, more than 200 elected officials from around the upper Valley gathered in Northampton for the annual Hampshire/Franklin Municipal Conference. Uppermost on the minds of many of the city councilors and school committee members, selectmen and town meeting...

Letters: What Do You Think?

by | Oct 21, 2010 | News

Student Lenders “Ruthless” I appreciated your article “Killer Loans: Student loan borrowers drown in debt as lenders make billions” in the October 14, 2010 edition of the Advocate. Being the first person in my immediate family to attend...

Imperium Watch: Sarah Flies Over the Cuckoo's Nest

by | Oct 21, 2010 | News

Imagine a Congress in which all the Tea Party candidates have won seats. Sharron Angle, now Senator from Nevada, is concerned that Sharia law prevails in Dearborn, Mich. and the now-nonexistent town of Frankford, Texas. “It seems to me,” Angle has said,...
CD Shorts

CD Shorts

by | Oct 21, 2010 | Music

OasisTime Flies… 1994-2009(Columbia) Brit-pop titans Oasis are the ideal band for a greatest hits collection. Their uneven catalog is ripe for cherry-picking, but so far nobody has gotten it right. 2006’s Stop the Clocks focused too much on rarities and...