by From Our Readers | Dec 18, 2008 | News
Speakout on PanhandlingI read and reread your "Northampton's Guide to Not Giving" (Nov. 27, 2008) and its companion piece, "Don't Be Fooled," and I must admit to some mixed emotions here, as I suspect many of your readers may. I am kind,...
by Mark Roessler | Dec 18, 2008 | News
On Saturday, Dec. 13, at Northampton High School, Notre Dame's Urban Design team will present the fruits of their efforts to re-imagine the Paradise City. Though city officials initially resisted Notre Dame's work in Northampton, then tried to put limits on...
by Tom Vannah | Dec 25, 2008 | News
For some of us, the current economic crisis remains a fairly abstract concept—something we see reported in our newspapers and on TV, but that we have yet to experience directly. Meanwhile, the media provide a view of a world that, despite the horrifying...
by Stephanie Kraft | Dec 25, 2008 | News
In Springfield, attorney Eugene Berman, who heads up a team of lawyers offering free or low-cost help to people facing foreclosure (to reach them, call 413-322-7404), recently told the Advocate that another wave of catastrophe is building for next year because many...
by From Our Readers | Dec 25, 2008 | News
"Blood From Turnip" PlanKudos to Tom Vannah for his incisive editorial "Do Not Resuscitate" [Dec. 11, 2008]. Tom hits many nails right on the head. But I'd postulate that, far from viewing the individual health insurance mandate as "fairly...
