Massachusetts loses some 40 acres of open space to development every day. Every year, about 8,000 single-family houses are built in the four counties of western Massachusetts. In Hampshire and... Read more »
May 22, 2010
Photos: Volunteers Install a Solar Water Heater
On May 22, volunteers from the Greenfield-based group Co-op Power installed a solar water heater near Brattleboro. Farmer Elizabeth Wood showed one of the volunteers her dairy goats. To enlarge a... Read more »
May 15, 2010
Native New Zealander Might Sing in Northampton
Jess Harlen, a new singer from Australia with a stunning voice, has performed in Europe and Japan. Her next stop could be Northampton.
“I’d love to play there,” Harlen told the... Read more »
May 15, 2010
Uprising by Vermont Prisoners
Some three dozen Vermonters were on “lock down” at a private prison in Tennessee on May 14 for non-violent civil disobedience on May 12. A prison official refused to tell the Associated Press... Read more »
May 11, 2010
Photo: Newborn Dairy Goats
These goats were born on May 10 at the New Leaf CSA farm near Brattleboro. They are Nigerian Dwarf goats. They produce milk that makes excellent goat cheese. More information is at