News Briefs

News Briefs

The First Churches of Northampton is exploring the sale of its Tiffany window, Rev. Todd Weir confirmed in an interview last week with the Valley Advocate. The church will propose the details of its plan in a letter to the Massachusetts Historical Commission....

Guest Column: VT–Greenhouse for Entrepreneurs

“I’d love to move to Vermont and start a company here,” the snowboarder from Saratoga, N.Y. sighed as we shared a chairlift in Stowe. That was nine years ago. Chris Kaiser, who went on to found Vermont Peanut Butter, moved to Stowe in 2005, started...

Between the Lines: Not So Clear Cut

Northampton? Progressive? Chris Matera mocks the idea, at least when it comes to the environment and the city’s stewardship of public lands, including its water supply and the watershed that feeds it. “How can a ‘progressive,’ relatively...
Birder's Paradise

Birder's Paradise

Greg Saulmon walks past his pickup truck, and I follow. Down from the Route 116 bridge, back behind Levreault’s Garage and its big, barking, Rottweiler-looking dog, past the sound of an engine that gets louder and louder and louder until we can no longer talk...

Guest Column

Poverty is again on the political agenda in America. And one of the most persistent myths surrounding this issue is that the best way to reduce poverty is to increase equal opportunity. Many liberals and conservatives believe, for instance, that if the poor had much...