by Northampton Redoubt | Feb 14, 2007 | Northampton Redoubt
Greetings from the Paradise of America, Northampton Massachusetts. I’m honored to be joining the Valley Advocate team of bloggers. With many suggestions for naming this blog, I fell for "Northampton Redoubt" including with that title an image of the...
by Northampton Redoubt | Feb 14, 2007 | Northampton Redoubt
During a recent Northampton City Council discussion regarding the Academy of Music crisis few queries were posed by Councilors to Mayor Higgins, the only Academy Trustee among them. I find this lack of discourse disappointing when considering the acute media coverage,...
by Northampton Redoubt | Feb 14, 2007 | Northampton Redoubt
An article run in the Daily Hampshire Gazette on Thursday, January 25, 2007, “Smart Growth Recognized” by Andrew Horton informed their readers that the city “won a Smart Growth Award for its planned Roundhouse downtown revitalization project?”...
by Northampton Redoubt | Feb 16, 2007 | Northampton Redoubt
Here are excerpts from an op/ed that appeared recently in the Boston Globe supporting new legislation. Unfortunately the article is long on opinion and short on details regarding costs or the long-term ramifications of this short-term proposal that "may"...
by Northampton Redoubt | Feb 18, 2007 | Northampton Redoubt
Excerpts from Ed Shanahan’s recent article. For complete text click on the link below: http://www.downstreet.net/ Academy, Look Park, Lilly Library Time to Introduce DemocracyIn the Selection of TrusteesWho Govern Some City Institutions By Edward Shanahan...