by Tom Vannah | Mar 18, 2010 | News
Late last week, in advance of the release of proposed 2011 fiscal budgets by the state House and Senate, Massachusetts legislative leaders sent a message to local governments across the Commonwealth: prepare for another round of cuts in local aid. The anticipated drop...
by Mark Roessler | Mar 18, 2010 | News
Houses first began to be built in the “Highlands” east of downtown Springfield in 1870, and by 1881 the area became the first planned residential neighborhood in the region. Today the area is known as the McKnight Neighborhood after the brothers who...
by Stephanie Kraft | Mar 23, 2010 | News
Prosecutors in Brooklyn have said there are no grounds to bring charges against ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) after conservative activist James O’Keefe used a hidden camera to make videos purporting to show its staff colluding...
by Mark Roessler | Mar 25, 2010 | News
Regular readers of the Advocate may be familiar with the work of the winners of this year’s ADDY Award competition Best in Show award. Rob and Damia Stewart of Rob & Damia Design won for their Transit Authority Figures Posters, earning both the gold in the...
by Matthew Dube | Mar 25, 2010 | News
It’s a few days before Christmas and I’m avoiding the elements and the holiday crush by hiding out in one of my favorite refuges, Easthampton’s Cherry Picked Books. “Is this one for you?” asks Michael Engel, the shop’s mild-mannered...
