Saturday, November 21, 2009
Flyover ramps? Though a year and a half have passed since the last meeting of a group tracking a major reconstruction of Interstate Route 91 in Northampton, don't count this project out.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Fall ends Dec. 20. That's the new date by which the Northampton Rehabilitation and Nursing Center promises to solve a long-standing problem with sewer backups in its Bridge Road neighborhood.
Friday, November 20, 2009
The Lord Jeffery Inn's lost year - and then some - is coming at last to an end. Amherst College this week announced it will move ahead with a $14 million renovation project that will enable the inn to reopen roughly 50 rooms, expand its restaurant and introduce a ballroom by the spring of 2011.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Creating a University of Massachusetts law school is again on the table, after trustees of the Southern New England School of Law voted to donate their campus and program - yes, at no cost - to neighboring UMass-Dartmouth. On Wednesday, a committee of the UMass Board of Trustees voted 11-5 to back the proposal.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
The federal budget deals with numbers and subjects so vast and complex it's generally outside the ken of the average person. Moreover, it's hard to put the numbers you read or hear of into any kind of context.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
While the national debate over health insurance rages on, one point of consensus is that quality health care is at the top of the list of basic human needs. And quietly there are many local doctors who, for free, and in some cases at their own expense, provide treatment to those who desperately need it but can't afford it.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Nobody knows the troubles nonprofits have seen more than Friends of Children, the Northampton human services program. Having just added seven volunteers to one of its core projects, Friends of Children continues to hang on in the face of cyclical budget cuts that make it one of the most battle-hardened programs of its kind.
