Four New Hampshire towns near Keene are opposing plans to build a fracked gas pipeline through their towns. The towns border Massachusetts. At annual town meeting day votes on March 10 and March... Read more »
March 07, 2015
Robin Hood Returns?
Keene resident Andrew Graham went to a recent public hearing about what to do with several large vacant buildings in the city of 23,000 people. “The former middle school should be converted to... Read more »
March 07, 2015
Activists Take to the Streets
In Vernon, Vermont, a nuclear waste dump sits three miles from Massachusetts and a stone's throw from New Hampshire. An accident at the facility could kill thousands of people and leave an area... Read more »
February 28, 2015
Peace March Is March 14 in Amherst
On Saturday, March 14 at 10 a.m., there will be a peace march from Amherst to Northampton. The public is invited to attend all or part of the walk. In rough numbers, with 5 percent of the world's... Read more »
February 21, 2015
Workers' Victories
Hundreds of workers in the Valley will be getting raises and a new union contract. On February 19, leaders of two unions that represent around 1,700 land-line telephone and internet workers in... Read more »