by Stephanie Kraft | Jan 14, 2010 | News
For police, 2010 was a difficult year. After 2009, when the number of officers who died in the line of duty hit a 50-year low at 117, deaths in uniform jumped 37 percent last year, to 160. Fifty-nine of those killed were shot, up from 49 in 2009; 73 were traffic...
by Maureen Turner | Jan 14, 2010 | News
Last year, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield filed a lawsuit against the City of Springfield that touched on a crucial—and often politically touchy—legal question: where, exactly, is the line between the constitutionally guaranteed freedom of...
by Mark Roessler | Jan 21, 2010 | News
For decades now, the Internet has thrived with minimal regulation. As it increasingly moves from a fringe medium to the primary one through which business, entertainment and ideas are carried on and exchanged, the threat of regulation looms large. To preserve what is...
by Tom Sturm | Jan 21, 2010 | News
Starting next fall, approximately 200 children will have to travel a bit farther to go to school, thanks to a 13-3 vote by the Gateway Regional School Committee whose primary effect will be the closing of three rural elementary schools. Russell Elementary, Blandford...
by Our Readers | Jan 21, 2010 | News
Keeping Them in CollegeIf our government, both federal and state, had any interest in making college more affordable for low-income independent students, they could take two very simple steps (see "A Matter of Degree," Jan. 7, 2010). On the federal level,...
