by Maureen Turner | Oct 21, 2010 | News
Back in March, more than 200 elected officials from around the upper Valley gathered in Northampton for the annual Hampshire/Franklin Municipal Conference. Uppermost on the minds of many of the city councilors and school committee members, selectmen and town meeting...
by Our Readers | Oct 21, 2010 | News
Student Lenders “Ruthless” I appreciated your article “Killer Loans: Student loan borrowers drown in debt as lenders make billions” in the October 14, 2010 edition of the Advocate. Being the first person in my immediate family to attend...
by Stephanie Kraft | Oct 21, 2010 | News
Imagine a Congress in which all the Tea Party candidates have won seats. Sharron Angle, now Senator from Nevada, is concerned that Sharia law prevails in Dearborn, Mich. and the now-nonexistent town of Frankford, Texas. “It seems to me,” Angle has said,...
by Stephanie Kraft | Oct 26, 2010 | News
Under attack in Ballot Question 2 this election year in Massachusetts is the state’s affordable housing law, known informally as 40B or the “anti-snob” law. Passed in 1969, 40B requires that 10 percent o year-around housing in all towns be...
by Maureen Turner | Oct 26, 2010 | News
At a campaign stop in Springfield last week, Republican gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker was joined by at least one unexpected supporter: City Councilor Tim Rooke, a long-time Democrat. “What I like about Baker is, he has a proven track record in private...
