by Tom Vannah | Sep 17, 2009 | News
For Northampton Mayor Clare Higgins, recent controversy surrounding the shredding of a clerk's notes from a closed-session meeting may ultimately come down to a simple misunderstanding between former City Solicitor Janet Sheppard and the City Council's clerk,...
by Maureen Turner | Sep 17, 2009 | News
It is, at the very least, premature to say that Springfield City Councilor Tim Rooke's campaign to stop the School Department from moving into the old federal building on Main Street is making headway; despite the councilor's efforts, City Hall shows no signs...
by Stephanie Kraft | Sep 17, 2009 | News
A recovery that may soon show the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on the upswing without a commensurate increase in new jobs: how is that possible?Tight credit is partly responsible, but so is the fact that the top layers of the economy are soaking up the money, not...
by Advocate Staff | Sep 17, 2009 | News
I'm writing regarding this year's Valley Advocate Grand Band Slam. In his "A Slammin' Time" article (Aug. 27, 2009), James Heflin writes about what a wealth of music and musicians there are in this Valley, and about how hard it was for the...
by Alan Bisbort | Sep 17, 2009 | News
Dahr Jamail is the embodiment of the citizen journalist. Though raised in the Republican enclave of Houston, the self-made reporter "unplugged from that matrix" at a young age to think for himself. When the Iraq War began in March, 2003, he was working as a...
