Imperium Watch: How It Played in New England

by | Aug 18, 2011 | News

The Valley’s two representatives in Congress, both Democrats—John Olver (Amherst) and Richard Neal (Springfield)—refused to vote for the debt ceiling and deficit reduction bill that passed Congress last week. So did all the other Massachusetts...

Between the Lines: Duck on a Phone Wire

by | Aug 18, 2011 | News

The Verizon workers that took to the streets last week in Valley towns and elsewhere in the Northeast have more to deal with than just their employer. “The Verizon Strike: Tone-Deaf,” an editorial that appeared August 10 in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,...
Millington Smoreship

Millington Smoreship

by | Aug 18, 2011 | Music

It’s a beautiful day in Goshen as teenaged girls start filing into a big old barn along with some parents, siblings and other relations, carrying musical instruments and bags of clothes. It’s not quite like a typical summer camp drop-off, and it’s...
CD Shorts

CD Shorts

by | Aug 18, 2011 | Music

Damon and NaomiFalse Beats and True Hearts(20/20/20) Currently celebrating 25 years of performing together, former Galaxie 500 rhythm section members Damon Krukowski and Naomi Young offer their seventh studio album. Though one foot remains rooted in the past, the two...
Nightcrawler: Community Service Announcement

Nightcrawler: Community Service Announcement

by | Aug 18, 2011 | Music

Just like the man who spearheaded the It Takes A Community concerts at the Pines Theater in Look Park Aug 19-20, the weekend is shaping up to be a lil’ bit country, a lil’ bit rock ‘n’ roll. Launched last year by Staind frontman Aaron Lewis in...