Thursday, June 13, 2013
To the editor: I would like to clarify three points in your article regarding our plan to relocate our driveway at 666 South East St. in Amherst (Gazette, June 10). In May 2012 a DPW employee advised us that we would need to move the driveway at least …
Thursday, June 13, 2013
To the editor: In this day in age, the American public is constantly inundated with choices when it comes to food selection. Healthy versus unhealthy, store bought versus homemade, and in reference to soda, diet versus regular. Although remarkably higher in calorie and sugar content, regular soda lacks …
Thursday, June 13, 2013
To the editor: South Hadley’s “Good Neighbor Bylaw” is the ironic title of a proposal now being reviewed by town government. But who exactly is the “good neighbor” it describes? For those not aware, the bylaw calls for residents of South Hadley to put aside their busy schedules …
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
To the editor: Our civil liberties are safe only as long as we are vigilant in protecting them. And the fact that the U. S. government is now spying on all our communications indicates that we have not only failed to do that, we have actively encouraged their …
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
To the editor: The Main Street bench-or-not-to-bench question was, of course, a symptom of one or more larger problems. Unfortunately, there can be several great solutions to the wrong problem. But one thing the situation does provide is the chance to identify and solve a downtown problem while …
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013
To the editor: Fans pay billions of dollars to watch the greatest players on earth play. Major League Baseball has a steroid and HGH random, unannounced testing system in place which is virtually foolproof. If the 20 players mentioned in the recent alleged Biogenesis operation and all other …
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
To the editor: There was much talk of working across the aisle in the recent U.S. Senate candidate debate. According to the statements by the Republican candidate, however, Gabriel Gomez doesn’t have much to offer an aisle-crossing Democrat. There is little there that gives room for compromise. Gomez …
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
To the editor: Much misery has been expressed in these pages over the proposed “Retreat” development in Cushman. Not a single letter has defended it as a good idea and urged full speed ahead; a few have tepidly endorsed acceptance of change or the inevitability of “progress,” a …
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
To the editor: I have talked to truck drivers from all over the country for almost 40 years. What most people don’t know is that most of these people have never seen a bridge they can’t go under, as is the case in downtown Northampton. That is no …
