by Our Readers | Sep 30, 2009 | News
Car Party Is OverI was horrified to hear of the hit-and-run incident on Montague Road (Rte. 63) in North Amherst. Two bicyclers were hit on a Saturday night; one was killed, the other was severely injured. I happened to be riding my own bicycle near that scene right...
by Stephanie Kraft | Oct 1, 2009 | News
There's a flaw in our election system that's frustrated thoughtful voters for a long time. It's the winner-take-all structure of our balloting: the fact that you find yourself having to worry about the "horse race" level of the election to feel...
by Stephanie Kraft | Oct 1, 2009 | News
Speech-Less: Tales of a White House Survivor, a new book by Bush 43 speechwriter Matt Latimer, offers vignettes that are riveting for at least two reasons. First, they shed some light on what the president who rigidly stuck to his script and expressed so little of...
by Advocate Staff | Oct 1, 2009 | News
Bourgeois Town Rule Book3-12 Players, Ages 10 – 110Published by the Valley Advocate Games DivisionEdited and designed by Mark RoesslerIllustrated by Standard DesignContributing Editors: Stephanie Kraft, Maureen Turner, Tom VannahComponents1 Rule Book, 2 dice, 8...
by Our Readers | Oct 1, 2009 | News
Biomass Plants Are ClunkersWe are taking gas guzzlers off the road, but poised to subsidize biomass electricity generating plants. The efficiency of biomass incinerators is 15 to 25 percent, meaning 15 to 25 percent of the energy in wood is captured and converted to...
