Plastic bags will be banned in Northampton starting January 1. “There was overwhelming public support for this,” city council member Paul Spector told the Valley Post in a telephone interview... Read more »
December 15, 2015
Land Close to Being Saved
Swanzey, New Hampshire is about five miles from Massachusetts and Vermont. Activists are close to saving 29 acres in Swanzey from being paved. The land is along the Ashuelot river. When the deal... Read more »
December 07, 2015
Greenfield Cop Publicly Displays Confederate Flag
A sergeant in the Greenfield police department hung a Confederate flag in his garage and left the garage door open so the flag was visible from the public road. In a photo, the flag appears to be... Read more »
December 01, 2015
Valley Activism Heats Up
Between December 2 and December 7, four rallies are planned in the Valley. Two are to protest billion dollar banks that are trying to evict poor people from their homes. One rally is to win... Read more »
November 25, 2015
450 at March, Rally Against Racism
In Northampton and Amherst some 450 people attended a march and a rally protesting Smith College's decision to admit just 5 percent African American students (13 percent of Americans are black)... Read more »