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Help Blue Water Navy Vets To amplify points made by Pat Hynes in her letter last week (“Agent Orange Deja Vu,” July 17, 2014): Exposure to Agent Orange has been linked to numerous health problems, including non-Hodgkins lymphoma, prostate cancer, type 2...
The Pipeline Revolt

The Pipeline Revolt

While representatives of Kinder Morgan are pitching a 129-mile gas pipeline through northern Massachusetts, opponents of the pipeline are on the march. The so-called “Rolling March/Statewide Pipeline Resistance Relay Walk” started July 6 near...

Between the Lines: Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep

It was still too dark outside to see very well, but I heard the rain on the gutters. On the way through shed, I grabbed the first rain coat I could find and called the dog. As we stepped outside, I threw the coat over my head. That’s when I realized it was my...
Taking the Class out of Classics

Taking the Class out of Classics

The motto of Peter Schickele’s late, lamented music program on public radio, Schickele Mix, was “It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that certain je ne sais quoi.” Which just about sums up the protean musicologist, composer and...
Nightcrawler: Comin? From California

Nightcrawler: Comin? From California

The Crawler recently caught up with Zepparella guitarist Gretchen Menn and bassist Angeline Saris to talk shop, chops and “Misty Mountain Hop” before the band’s July 17 Iron Horse engagement. Here’s some of what went down:   Crawler: How...