by Tom Vannah | Apr 2, 2009 | News
Four activists were arrested Monday in Brattleboro for holding signs during a speech by Vermont Governor Jim Douglas and U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy about the federal economic stimulus program. The signs said, "Veto Nuclear Jim in Nov. 2010." Douglas is up...
by Alan Bisbort | Apr 2, 2009 | News
If Dave Eggers hadn't already used the title, the story of John Cheever's life could have been called A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. This occurred to me while reading Blake Bailey's magnificent Cheever: A Life (Knopf), one of the most (yes)...
by Kanshe Mahkit | Apr 2, 2009 | News
April 1: The Advocate has learned that, in an unprecedented federal, state and local partnership, the town of Amherst has been given the go-ahead to send its solid waste into orbit. On April 2, Amherst's coffee grounds, battered sneakers and greasy pizza boxes...
by Mark Roessler | Apr 9, 2009 | News
Northampton City Councilor Michael Bardsley hopes that, come Election Day, local voters will see him as the candidate of positive change and will elect him mayor. Even if the climb to the top seat in city hall proves to be too steep for Bardsley, the city will...
by Eesha Williams | Apr 9, 2009 | News
Food co-ops keep consumers' money in the local community, unlike chain supermarkets like Stop and Shop or Price Chopper. The Greenfield food co-op, now Greenfields Market, opened in 1980; the Brattleboro Food Co-op has also been in business for decades, and is the...
