by Michael Millner | Apr 14, 2011 | The Public Humanist
“In my opinion Lowell, Massachusetts is now the most interesting city in the United States of America,” Jack Kerouac enthusiastically proclaimed on a local Lowell radio show in 1962. He told the interviewers that he was back in his boyhood city for a...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Apr 14, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
Okay, I’ll bite. While it’s almost (emphasis on not really) funny to see Fox News create a brouhaha simply by overreacting in the ways you’d expect to a simple—but creative, inspiring and yes, very cute—J. Crew ad about neon toenails...
by On Springfield | Apr 14, 2011 | On Springfield
It’s been almost 20 years since the city of Worcester adopted a so-called “pay as you throw” trash collection system, which charges residents based on the amount of garbage they toss, and allows them to recycle free of charge. And city officials...