Two of these photos show Latino farmworkers harvesting blueberries near Brattleboro on August 1. The third, taken the same day, is of a peach tree laden with fruit, also near Brattleboro. To learn... Read more »
July 24, 2009
Proposed Local Biomass Plants Debated
Biomass - burning wood and other organic products for energy and heat - has elicited intense passions throughout the Pioneer Valley as proposals to build plants in Greenfield, Springfield and... Read more »
July 22, 2009
Police Harass Citizens of Shelburne Falls
Several residents of Shelburne Falls, Mass., near Greenfield, told the Post on July 18 they had been harassed by police while swimming at a popular swimming area on the river near downtown... Read more »
July 22, 2009
Audio: Police Crackdown in Downtown Brattleboro
The first edition of Valley Post Radio aired on WVEW Brattleboro Community Radio on July 21. Eesha Williams interviewed Ellen Schwartz, a public school teacher, activist, and long-time resident of... Read more »
July 20, 2009
A Tribe Like No Other
"A tribe like no other: An African-American woman sets out to learn organic farming and gets more than she bargains for" Bellows Falls -- From a balcony overlooking the pristine flow of water at... Read more »