Pioneer Valley Blogwire

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• Apple Sour

  —in the valley

  
  
  It was getting pretty late in the afternoon when we finally managed to set out for a visit to one of the farms participating in the annual, Franklin County-wide, Cider Days event. We tried the Clarkdale Fruit Farm last year during the [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 8:42pm EST
  by Tony

• TV ALERT: Robert Altman's THE DELINQUENTS on TCM

  —The Moviezzz Blog

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  I forgot to mention this earlier, but tonight / tomorrow morning at 3:15 AM EST on Turner Classic Movies, they are showing Robert Altman's little seen first film THE DELINQUENTS.
  
  This isn't a typical Altman film, more of a B-movie he directed. But it should be of interest' [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 1:54pm EST
  by Moviezzz

• Neal's Challengers

  —Tommy Devine's Online Journal

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  A Year Before the Vote.
  
  The election results on Tuesday strongly indicated that the political tide is turning against the Democrats just one year after they swept into office on a wave of "hope" with Barack Obama. Of course it's best to take these off year election trends with [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 12:03pm EST
  by Tom

• Greenfield residents sold down the river-- or should I say sewage line?

  —Michaelann Land

  "If you wouldn't want to drink it, why would you want to breathe it?"  That very reasonable question by a Greenfield resident to the Greenfield Appointment and Ordinance Committee at a public hearing last Monday summed up the concerns of the 100 people in the Greenfield Middle' [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 11:31am EST
  

• Video: Zoning Revisions Committee, 11/4/09

  —North Street Neighborhood Association

  Here is a complete blip.tv video of the 11/4/09 meeting of Northampton's Zoning Revisions Committee. This video is 2 hours long and was recorded by Lachlan Ziegler. Concerned citizens are encouraged to attend the next meeting on November 12, 8pm in City Council Chambers (212 Main Street), where [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 10:30am EST
  by NorthAssocAdmin

• Letter to Gazette: "Urges Valley Advocate to stop running escort ads"

  —NoPornNorthampton

  Today's Daily Hampshire Gazette publishes a letter to the editor from NoPornNorthampton's Adam Cohen. Links have been added to the text below for the convenience of the reader. The Gazette (a daily) and the Valley Advocate (an alternative weekly) are owned by the same company, Newspapers of New England, and serve [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 9:21am EST
  by NPNAdmin

• HEAT (1995) BLU-RAY REVIEW

  —The Moviezzz Blog

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  Michael Mann's HEAT is widely considered to be one of the greatest films of the 1990's. This police thriller is a favorite of many film fans.
  
  Looking at it again, it still holds up. Possibly even better because of the cast, many of' [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 7:00am EST
  by Moviezzz

• Listening to the Jazz, I Could Feel Gfld Eclipsing Noho

  —Readuponit: Travel and voracious reading

  
  Everyone showed up; the whole gang of Friday regulars were on the scene in 'Hamp last night, gathered at the very hip Mama Iguana's to share end of the workday tales and catch up on news. But Joe told us he had to leave at' [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 6:49am EST
  by Max Hartshorne

• Nurses to picket Cooley Dickinson Hosp. Monday

  —Northampton Redoubt

  From the Western Mass. Jobs With Justice listserv:
  

  NO LAYOFFS! NO TAKEAWAYS! INFORMATIONAL PICKET AT COOLEY DICKINSON HOSPITAL

  4-6pm, 30 Locust Street (Rte 9), Northampton. Nurses at Cooley Dickinson hospital--proud members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association, a state-wide union of direct-care nurses--are refusing [...]

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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 12:00am EST