by Maureen Turner | Feb 23, 2010 | News
As Amherst residents brace for a Proposition 2 1/2 override vote next month, many eyes, naturally, turn to how the town is spending the money it already has. Among those budget matters to get closer inspection are the very generous benefits included in Superintendent...
by Maureen Turner | Feb 25, 2010 | News
While Springfield residents and officials continue to grapple with the seemingly irresolvable issue of how to police the city’s police, there has been a resolution in one recent high-profile case of alleged police misconduct. Last week, a settlement was...
by Our Readers | Feb 25, 2010 | News
The Health Care Americans Need I am flabbergasted by the letters appearing in the Advocate and other newspapers celebrating Scott Brown’s victory as a repudiation of “a government takeover of healthcare.” Do the writers of these letters really think...
by Maureen Turner | Feb 25, 2010 | News
The federal indictment last week of reputed local mob leader Anthony Arillotta in connection with the murder of his predecessor, Adolfo “Big Al” Bruno, has added another layer of intrigue to that still unresolved case. Arillotta was described in the...
by James Heflin | Feb 25, 2010 | News
Hadley, long known as a community that welcomes big box retailers, hasn’t been so hospitable to Lowe’s, the home improvement retailer. Starting in 2003, the town voted down—three times—requests to rezone agricultural land (the Long Hollow Bison...
