by Mark Roessler | Feb 10, 2009 | News
Frustrated by a growing sense of disconnect between city government and the public, the Ad Hoc Committee on Best Practices in Northampton has spent the last year trying to determine how best to revive civic engagement in the city. To better understand the dynamic...
by Stephanie Kraft | Feb 12, 2009 | News
When American companies get bailouts, do Americans get the jobs?The Latin American Herald Tribune has just reported that General Motors plans to invest $1 billion in its operations in Brazil. The Tribune quotes Jaime Ardila, president of GM Brazil-Mercosur, as saying...
by Alan Bisbort | Feb 12, 2009 | News
Now that conservatism, neo-conservatism and Republicanism have proven to be miserable failures, a vacuum exists in the political and academic worlds. Right-wingers and left-wingers are shifting around for new ways to define themselves, and so-called moderates are...
by Maureen Turner | Feb 19, 2009 | News
Springfield's city libraries have been on a roller coaster ride in recent years, with dramatic lows (the shutting of three neighborhood branches by the Springfield Library and Museums Association in 2003) and thrilling highs (the citizens' movement that same...
by Mark Roessler | Feb 19, 2009 | News
During the last Northampton City Council meeting on Feb. 5, the chambers were packed with members of the public eager to weigh in on the proposed Northampton Business Improvement District (BID). As with the previous Council meeting, a majority of the councilors'...
