The Northampton Design Party

by | Jul 17, 2008 | News

Joel Russell and the newly formed Northampton Design Forum are having a party downtown in September, and everyone's invited!Ever have a notion of how to redraw the map and improve Northampton? Put in a playground, remove a road, fix King Street, save Hospital...

The World This Week: A Tale of Two Jesses

by | Jul 17, 2008 | News

We're told to never speak ill of the dead, but I'll make an exception for Jesse Helms. My exposure to Helms began in college, at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, when he was a Raleigh TV station executive. In his regular on-air...

Police Politics

by | Jul 17, 2008 | News

Melinda Pellerin-Duck was getting ready for a Christmas party when she got some unwelcome news via a message left on her cell phone by a reporter: She was out of a job.If Pellerin-Duck was a bit unnerved by the way she got the news, she wasn't surprised by it....
Miracle Manor

Miracle Manor

by | Jul 17, 2008 | News

Before the city and developers demolished it early last year, there's no doubt that after decades of neglect and decay the Northampton State Hospital had become a creepy place. Downright scary, even.Vast stretches of the rambling brick walls were covered in vines....

What do you think?

by | Jul 17, 2008 | News

More War in Our Name?Our thanks to Stephanie Kraft for alerting Advocate readers to the Bush administration's renewed efforts to initiate military action against Iran. Her article "Another War?" [July 3, 2008] is the most sober and succinct assessment of...