On February 5, a group of Vermont state legislators, including the president of the state senate, called for the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant to be closed immediately. Vermont Yankee is... Read more »
February 04, 2010
UMass to Northampton Buses Will Soon Beat Cars
Traffic congestion on the main route between UMass Amherst and downtown Northampton is often so bad that it’s faster to ride a bicycle than to drive the nine-mile trip. Soon, public... Read more »
January 29, 2010
Springfield Grocery Workers' Protest Is Feb. 1
Thousands of grocery workers throughout Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut -- members of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local Unions 1445, 328, 371, 1459, and 919 -- are... Read more »
January 27, 2010
Photo: Brattleboro Farm
Following the current thaw, the weather is expected to get cold again on Friday. This photo was taken on January 27 on Old Ferry Road in Brattleboro. To enlarge it, please click on the photo, then... Read more »
January 26, 2010
Patients and Doctors Discuss Free Health Clinics in Amherst
Benny Johnson has nagging injuries to his spinal cord and shoulder, products of a lifetime spent in the construction industry. Without daily medicine the pain is unbearable, something Johnson was... Read more »