by Kristin Palpini | Jun 30, 2015 | Between the Lines, News
A modern Olympics has never made a profit for a host city, though you’ve probably heard otherwise. There have been two Olympics, however, that have claimed such a feat: the 2012 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah....
by Kristin Palpini | Jun 30, 2015 | Arts, News, Scene Here
Not everyone would choose to spend a Sunday morning deep in the woods of southern New Hampshire. The scattered hikers on top of Mount Monadnock at 10 a.m. arrive from all directions — the mountain has dozens of trails — in various states of outdoor preparedness. There...
by James Heflin | Jun 30, 2015 | Arts, Music
Rebirth This World Of Ours (independent) Valley band Rebirth has one of the most unusual origin stories you’ll hear: the band formed a few years ago when its members lost a friend, activist Julius Ford. Bassist/guitarist/vocalist Cinamon Blair told the Advocate in...
by Hunter Styles | Jun 30, 2015 | MGM Springfield Casino coverage, News
On the MGM Springfield casino playlist this week: Highway 91 Revisited: MGM has come up against a hard truth: opening the downtown casino in 2017 would be a majorly-bad move if the extensive construction work planned for the Interstate 91 viaduct has not yet been...
by Amanda
Drane | Jun 30, 2015 | Articles, Featured, News
My boyfriend, who is not white, returned home from a shift bartending down the street from our Northampton apartment. Still shaking, he explained he’d just been interrogated by two police officers during his walk home. They questioned where he had been and what he was...