by Alan Bisbort | Jul 23, 2009 | News
This Sunday, July 26, the fearsome hitter Jim Rice, who played his entire 16-year career with the Boston Red Sox, will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. Joining Rice will be Rickey Henderson, the all-time stolen base leader who seemed to...
by Mark Roessler | Jul 23, 2009 | News
Massachusetts is blessed with many magnificent bridges crossing the Connecticut River.In Springfield, there's the Memorial Bridge with its towering sconces perched upon mighty white pillars. In Northampton, the Calvin Coolidge Bridge's Art Deco eagles welcome...
by Tom Vannah | Jul 30, 2009 | News
Oh, look, the sales tax in Massachusetts is about to jump 25 percent. On August 1, the sales tax will rise from 5 percent, where it's been for the last 34 years, to 6.25 percent.Funny thing: although I'm a journalist who pays a fair amount of attention to...
by Maureen Turner | Jul 30, 2009 | News
From his window in the offices of Northampton's Look Park, Ray Ellerbrook has a bird's eye view of Route 9, directly in front of the park—and he doesn't like what he sees.Cars speed by on the road, the main route for drivers traveling between...
by Our Readers | Aug 4, 2009 | News
Take 'Em Down, Brown I have much respect for Jack Brown's discerning film reviews, and applaud the fearlessness with which he countered the hyperbolic regard for Sacha Baron Cohen's ambush-style brand of satire in his recent Advocate takedown of Bruno...
