by Kate Navarra Thibodeau | Jun 8, 2009 | The Public Humanist
The City of Holyoke is famous for fine paper manufacturing, but its planners hoped it would be a textile boomtown. As Charlie Lotspeich has pointed out in the previous post, Holyoke’s diversified industrial base flourished due to the technological innovation of...
by James Heflin | Jun 8, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal
A lake monster in New England? Burlington's Eric Olsen captured some interesting footage of something in Lake Champlain. Here's a stabilized version of the footage–Olsen got tired of all the attention and seems to have disallowed embedding of his video....
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jun 8, 2009 | Standing In The Shadows
In my early twenties, I worked as an abortion counselor. This was in the mid-1980’s before abortion providers’ lives were on the line and groups like Operation Rescue targeted clinics ruthlessly. Even then, late abortions were rare. During the two years I...
by Northampton Redoubt | Jun 8, 2009 | Northampton Redoubt
Since the local media continues to booster Mayor Higgins' position on the override I'll go with the flow on the topic. I attended last Monday night's override forum held at Bridge Street School and in my view there was no clear winner, if you'll pardon...