by Advocate staff | Apr 16, 2014 | News
By the Numbers 35 percent: The amount by which spending per student-athlete rose at community colleges between academic years 2003-2004 and 2010-2011, while per capita spending on other students declined 25 percent: The amount by which spending per student-athlete...
by by Advocate readers | Apr 30, 2014 | News
Sidewalks? No! I was furious to hear about new sidewalks along Route 9. I’m tired of the “Commonwealth” wasting my hard earned tax money on things that I don’t use. Why should I have to pay for sidewalks that are only going to be used nine...
by Stephanie Kraft | Apr 16, 2014 | News
To some, it’s a piece of decaying infrastructure that’s probably not worth the cost of repair and maintenance. Or they may not be aware of it at all. To others, it’s the linchpin of a small environmental paradise: a winding 70-acre lake under a...
by Ethan Gilsdorf | Apr 30, 2014 | News
2014 has already given us three momentous milestones in technology. There was the 30th anniversary of the Macintosh personal computer back in January. Then came the 10th birthday of Facebook in February. March celebrated 25 years since the beginning of the World Wide...
by Mark Roessler | Apr 16, 2014 | News
To the casual customer it might not seem likely, but a copy shop can be one of the most intense places to work. Early in my career, I spent several years as a budding graphic designer working in a series of New England copy shops. While I did my desktop publishing...