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The Dutch devolve.   We here in Massachusetts smugly think we're so enlightened because we recently reduced the penalty for small amount...

  Hey guess what! I was one of the lucky people from our area to be invited to tell my life story to the national radio show Storycorps on ...

Now On to Xmas! Hey, hope you all had a nice holiday! The day before Thanksgiving the Amherst Survival Center put on a free holiday meal for...

Again. Today is my birthday. That's pretty cool. A year ago I was an addict and dying. Today I am more alive than ever. God is merciful...

  In honor of the announcement today that stoner comedy duo Cheech and Chong are going to reunite let's talk about dope. I don't ge...

Hope you had fun! I managed to get an exclusive photo of the new trucks the Sarno Administration has purchased for the Springfield waste dis...

A couple short reviews. My friend Chris recently lent me a couple of addiction memoirs to read. You would think I would have had my fill of ...

Of old Hamp.   Historian Robert Young recently sent me an email with a couple of his classic photos of the Northampton of yore. Hi Tom, I...

A serious blow to the poor.   An apartment block in Northampton at 11 Bridge Street, universally known as "Augies" because of the...