by On Springfield | Oct 1, 2009 | On Springfield
On the eve of Springfield’s “Project Homeless Connect,” Mayor Domenic Sarno announced today that two local agencies that serve the homeless population have been awarded $1.7 million in federal grants: the housing-assistance agency HAP, Inc., and...
by Northampton Redoubt | Oct 1, 2009 | Northampton Redoubt
Maureen Carney is not new to the Ward One voters of Northampton. She has served as the Ward One City Councilor since WHMP radio talk show host Bill Dwight hand-picked her as his successor several years ago. According to her website she feels she has the experience to...
by Judy Foreman | Oct 1, 2009 | Wellness
In the Lodz ghetto in Poland, home to as many as 204,000 Jews during World War II, there were 170 doctors, as well as a few nurses and midwives, according to diaries and memoirs. Like all the others, the Jewish healers lived with the daily terror of being shipped off...
by Chris Rohmann | Oct 1, 2009 | Stage
The opening scene of The Porch is one of the out-and-out funniest and most perfectly formed comic set pieces I've ever seen: three elderly ladies sitting on wicker chairs, two of them trying to explain to the other, without getting too graphic, exactly what it was...
by Stephanie Kraft | Oct 1, 2009 | News
There's a flaw in our election system that's frustrated thoughtful voters for a long time. It's the winner-take-all structure of our balloting: the fact that you find yourself having to worry about the "horse race" level of the election to feel...