by Alan Bisbort | Jun 18, 2009 | News
We knew it was coming. Even so, we were shocked when it actually happened to us. That is, we turned on our TV set this week only to learn that the shows had all disappeared, swallowed by the broadcasting black hole known as digitization. On June 12, as everyone in...
by Our Readers | Jun 18, 2009 | News
Hotbed of SustainabilityI was excited to see the cover "Shades of Green: Alternative Ideas About Homes and Gardens"[May 28, 2009] on the Advocate. Sadly, I found the focus on lawns, organic ornamental gardens and photovoltaics a disappointment; it barely...
by Stephanie Kraft | Jun 18, 2009 | News
Climate change refugees aren't characters in a novel about the future. They're here. They're on islands facing inundation within the next few years, like Tuvalu, the Maldives and the Carterets. And they're in the U.S. itself. The Government Accounting...
by Stephanie Kraft | Jun 18, 2009 | News
Did you know that many states force pregnant women prisoners to be shackled when they are in labor? And that some states only allow pregnant prisoners minimal, if any, additional nutrition? (The Massachusetts Department of Correction informed the Advocate through...
by Mary Serreze | Jun 23, 2009 | News
Greenfield has just wrapped up one of the strangest mayoral elections in Pioneer Valley history. Town councilor Bill Martin, initiating an aggressive write-in campaign only 16 days before an April 21 four-way primary, garnered enough votes to take second place,...
