Guest Column: Liberals Are Lost on Education

In May, 60 years after the Supreme Court ruled racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional with its 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education decision, a group called Journey for Justice Alliance sent civil rights complaints to the Justice and Education departments....
Catch 40B

Catch 40B

Not many places in the Valley are more beautiful than the rolling stretch of Rte. 47 that runs from Bay Road under the shadow of the Holyoke Range and down the Connecticut River to South Hadley. Heading south and passing Mitch’s Marina, you see the open...
Between the Lines: Driving the Future

Between the Lines: Driving the Future

Rolling by the State Police barracks in Northampton, I ride north on Rtes. 5 & 10. For a moment, I consider my options: stay on 5 & 10, or take the next right into Hatfield, down Elm Street to the left-hand bend where it becomes Main Street, through the...
From Our Readers

From Our Readers

Musicians Out in the Cold James Heflin missed one part of the local music economy in his cover story last week (“Can Music Pay?”, June 12, 2014): the many open stage nights where musicians sign up to play a few tunes for no pay. The venue gets a night of...
Whately?s Silent Majority Turns Out

Whately?s Silent Majority Turns Out

Jonathan Edwards puts his beer down and heads across the street to the Whately Town Hall. Edwards has been sitting here at the Whately Inn since the polls closed, waiting for election officials to tally the vote. One bar stool over, Paul Fleuriel—decked out in...