Letters: What Do You Think?

Academy Story a StretchI write to correct three significant errors in the article "Politics in the People's Academy" [Jan. 29, 2009] by Mark Roessler about the live screening of the presidential inauguration at the Academy of Music. First, the article...
Don't Drive for Frances Crowe

Don't Drive for Frances Crowe

The Valley's most famous living peace activist is having a birthday. It should come as no surprise that Frances Crowe, known for her opposition to war through war tax resistance and eco-pacifism, isn't hoping for the standard cake-and-presents birthday...

Letters: What Do You Think?

Downtown JoeIt is surprising that only now James Heflin notices that Noho is not an "underground bohemia" anymore ["The Other Awards Show," Feb. 26, 2009]. Rather it has been for years an elite yuppie enclave of million-dollar homes, $1,200...
Fire in the Rectory, Music in the Church

Fire in the Rectory, Music in the Church

Nothing like your new home catching fire to determine who your friends are and clarify priorities.Dr. Jordan Quinn had moved into the one-time rectory next to the former Saint Anne's Church in Turners Falls with her husband, John Anctil, and her children. She is a...

Between the Lines: Deval's Promise

When he campaigned for governor, Deval Patrick approached the subject of taxation with apparent intelligence and courage. Since coming to office in 2007, however, the governor has wandered far from his campaign promise to provide property tax relief by restoring local...