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Drive-In Makes Pitch on Kickstarter The Northfield Drive-In, a beloved attraction in Franklin County since 1948 and one of only 364 drive-ins in the U.S., is fighting for survival. Its operators need to switch to digital projectors for the opening of next...
Good Golly, This Molly!

Good Golly, This Molly!

On October 30, something won’t happen at UMass-Amherst’s Mullins Center. That something is the Pretty Lights concert, the last in a series of three electronic dance music (EDM) concerts the university has cancelled since September 11. The reason for the...

Guest Commentary: ?Non-Apologies? in Holyoke

When Holyoke City Councilors Daniel Bresnahan and Todd McGee found themselves the subject of an intense media storm breaking on Facebook and Twitter, prompting coverage in the Springfield Newspapers and finally becoming a national news story, predictable apologies...

Between the Lines

With Election Day 2013 almost here, the communications channels overflow with pious messages from various political groups reminding citizens of their right to vote. The strongest campaigns to push voters to the polls usually come in the service of political...
News Briefs

News Briefs

Newly Restored Documentary Spurs Conversation About Valley Farming By Maureen Turner e_SDLqMaybe it’s a hard way of life, but in some ways it’s quite satisfying,” Bernardston farmer Louise Taylor says in a voiceover, over footage of herself feeding...