by our readers | Nov 22, 2007 | News
Don’t Like Government? Run YourselfI enjoyed Mark Roessler’s take on the Northampton mayoral contest [“Clique-y Hall Wins,” Nov. 15, 2007], and agreed with many of his perceptions regarding certain failings of Mayor Higgins’ last term....
by Tom Vannah | Nov 28, 2007 | News
Last week, on the heels of Election Day, municipal leaders around the state, including Northampton Mayor Clare Higgins and Holyoke Mayor Mike Sullivan, headed to Boston to meet with Gov. Deval Patrick.Press reports about the meeting contained little real news: local...
by Stephanie Kraft | Nov 29, 2007 | News
American corporations get taxpayer-funded services from the U.S. government that have a value almost beyond calculation. From research and development at home that aid the drug and nuclear industries to military and diplomatic assistance for our firms in all parts of...
by Maureen Turner | Nov 29, 2007 | News
This year's batch of letters to Santa are so fraught with danger, they might as well be stuffed with anthrax and smeared with antibiotic-resistant germs. Beware the lead paint-covered Dora backpack, the building set with little magnets that can choke a kid, the...
by Eesha Williams | Nov 29, 2007 | News
Fulflex Field in Brattleboro is an eight-acre field that was used by hundreds of people every year for more than 60 years for softball, soccer, barbecues and frisbee games. All that ended this spring when the owner of the field, the Moore Company of Westerly, R.I.,...
