On March 30 in Brattleboro, there will be a march and rally to close the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. Vermont Yankee is three miles from Massachusetts and a stone’s throw from New... Read more »
March 23, 2013
In Keene, Some Professors Make $18,000 a Year
Professors in Keene are fighting for a union contract. Even if they want to work full-time, their employer, River Valley Community College, only lets them work 20 hours a week, for which they are... Read more »
March 18, 2013
Keene Photos: New Bike/Ped Bridge, New Food Co-op
These photos were taken on March 18 in Keene. The first two photos show a bicycle- and pedestrian-only bridge that opened in autumn 2012 near the corner of West Street and Route 9. It was funded... Read more »
March 16, 2013
Environmental Victories
A garbage dump will close and 802 acres of farmland will be saved from development. The dump is in South Hadley, Massachusetts, which borders Amherst and Holyoke. The farmland is in Leyden,... Read more »
March 09, 2013
Victory for Bus Drivers
In Greenfield, public transit bus drivers recently voted to approve a new union contract that will result in higher wages. “The contract is the best we could have expected,” Gael Wakefield... Read more »