by James Heflin | Apr 16, 2009 | News
When November 5, 2008 dawned and Barack Obama had gained the title "president-elect," a fascinating new feeling arrived. Finally, the horrid excesses of the Bush years could be laid to rest in the trash heap along with so many other high points of American...
by Stephanie Kraft | Apr 16, 2009 | News
Once again we're tuning in to the voice of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, an Independent who is less cozy with the financial service industry than most people in a Congress that garners big donations from that industry. Sanders is pushing legislation that...
by Mary Serreze | Apr 16, 2009 | News
Northampton runs its regional landfill as a business—and that business is showing signs of trouble, trouble that may have implications for dozens of communities and businesses in the Valley. Since April 6, the landfill has eliminated its Saturday hours and cut...
by Tom Sturm | Apr 21, 2009 | News
Western Massachusetts may be facing the worst collapse of its health and human services sector in a generation. 2008 has been a year of economic turmoil for every facet of the economy, public or private, and slowly but tangibly, nonprofits in the Valley are seeing...
by Maureen Turner | Apr 22, 2009 | News
Tim Purington got some bad news last week: the needle exchange program he runs for Tapestry Health in Northampton saw its state funding cut by $12,500 for the remainder of the fiscal year. And given the sorry state of the commonwealth's finances, he wouldn't...
