by Tom Sturm | Jun 9, 2009 | News
Amherst's National Yiddish Book Center is gearing up to celebrate the opening of its new secure, fireproof and climate-controlled "deposit library" in its nearly-completed Kaplen Family Building. Immediately thereafter begins what President Aaron Lansky...
by Mark Roessler | Jun 11, 2009 | News
Consider this for a long-term, sustainable business model: build an all-in-one entertainment complex in a single, centrally located building. Hotel, restaurant, bar, movies, music, theater and shopping all under one roof, each business feeding the other. Don't...
by Stephanie Kraft | Jun 11, 2009 | News
The current cheerleading contest about whether Amherst should hang onto the Amtrak train from Washington to Vermont or whether the train should revert to an older route through Northampton gives everyone a chance to shout for their side, which is always a lot of fun....
by Stephanie Kraft | Jun 11, 2009 | News
Single-payer health care advocates in the Valley are not amused by U.S. Rep. Richard Neal's way of parrying questions about why he has not supported HR 676, the Improved Medicare for All Act—a bill to reform health insurance by instituting a single-payer...
by Maureen Turner | Jun 11, 2009 | News
When members of the Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield show up for their annual meeting in Springfield this week, they’ll find some surprise visitors waiting for them: local labor activists and their supporters.The activists will be there to...
