by Maureen Turner | May 28, 2010 | News
In 2002, Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson instituted what was, from his perspective at least, a successful new policy: he began charging inmates under his authority a daily fee of $5 to help cover the cost of their incarceration. The policy—called the...
by Stephanie Kraft | Jun 1, 2010 | News
US Uncut represents a new protest movement against the cutting of social programs that help the poor and the middle class while large, profitable corporations pay no taxes in the U.S. You might call it a liberal counterpart to the Tea Party—that’s a rough...
by Maureen Turner | Jun 1, 2010 | News
Western Mass. was well represented among the 35 towns and cities named last week by the Patrick administration as “Green Communities”—a designation that will now allow them to compete for a pot of $8.1 million in funds earmarked for environmental...
by Our Readers | Jun 3, 2010 | News
Audubon on Biomass, Take 2 To clarify [see letter with editor’s response, May 27, 2010], since 2005, Mass Audubon has commented publicly and repeatedly on the biomass issue. Beginning with comments to the state on the Russell Biomass Project when it was first...
by Tom Vannah | Jun 3, 2010 | News
The day after the storm, it didn’t seem all that odd to be without cable TV, without phone or Internet service. We felt lucky to have electric power, which many of our neighbors in Franklin County remain without as I write this. We awoke that first morning to...
