by Our Readers | Apr 27, 2010 | News
Help for Injured Workers “Work at Your Own Risk” (April 14, 2011) exposed how inadequate the workers’ compensation system is. Patrice Woeppel’s book, Depraved Indifference, is excellent. We are very fortunate in Western Massachusetts to have an...
by Maureen Turner | Apr 27, 2010 | News
Earlier this month, as the Massachusetts House took up–and quickly passed–Speaker Robert DeLeo’s bill to build two casinos and add slots machines at four racetracks, Jill Stein, the Green-Rainbow party’s gubernatorial candidate, headed to the...
by Maureen Turner | Apr 29, 2010 | News
In response to a recent Advocate article about a less-than-flattering WNEC poll on the quality of life in Springfield (“Improvement Needed,” April 15), one proud city resident wrote to offer a very different view of the city. “Springfield has been...
by Our Readers | Apr 29, 2010 | News
Build a Casino, Already The question of a casino in this state is ridiculous, and I find writing about it just as silly. The main question is this: do we, as a state, wish to continue to help fund our neighboring states or keep Massachusetts dollars in Massachusetts?...
by Tom Vannah | Apr 29, 2010 | News
It’s important to read a daily newspaper, and it seems to become more important, at least for me, the older I get. When I picked up the daily habit as a kid, it was the sports page, particularly the box scores for my beloved Red Sox, which attracted me. Now...
