Barren flagpole at Hampshire College this Sunday morning Hampshire College has symbolically seceded  from The Union, although I'm s...

It's getting that our flag is down in a position of mourning so often that people will start to tune it out.  If they haven't ...

Big Y BIG flag in a position of mourning In case you were wondering why the American flag is in that unmistakable position: Please ...

Big Y flag today The flags originally came down to half staff for a damn good reason, honoring Marine Captain Richard W. Vincent on the...

Belchertown Civil War monument, Town Common The two hour public hearing in the quaint little college town of Amherst regarding the fl...

You can tell BigY is family owned Oddly enough I've never been a h-u-g-e fan of Flag Day simply because I believe every day should...

Seems like Facebook, being such a visual medium, is good for a daily dose of outrage (or two). When you use an image as powerful as the...

Town Hall Turret Saturday morning You sagacious local types may have noticed the official town flag disappeared sometime on Friday afte...

Downtown Amherst Labor Day morn Considering how arduous was the struggle to bring about sane regulations to protect the rights, heal...

9/11/2012 New York City financial district My only concern with painting a crosswalk to resemble an American flag is that flag proto...

Amherst downtown 6/14, aka Flag Day On the night of September 10, 2001, less than 12 hours before the world changed, the Amherst Sele...

So I guess if you don't make the short list for recieving a community A+ award from the Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce, the next be...

  More like a postage stamp UPDATE:  Two hours after publication a new -- slightly larger flag -- replaced the postage stamp one. #...

Alan Snow gingerly places flag of Japan in holder on Town Hall turret Flag of Japan to honor delegation from Kanegasaki Sister City...

374 North Pleasant Street, Pike Frat We did it

Shanksville Pennsylvania 10:04 AM 9/11/01   As Flight 93 streaked toward Washington D.C. that fateful morning, passengers huddled in...

Commemorative flags fly over downtown Amherst So yes, the commemorative flags went up this morning -- not to greet returning students ...

  Amherst Select Board meeting 8/26/13 For the second time in less than a year the Amherst Select Board refused to allow the 29 commem...

Town flies flag daily (as does every municipality in Mass) On August 27, almost exactly a year ago, the Amherst Select Board refuse...

Last year at the 8/27 Amherst Select Board meeting Chair Stephanie O'Keeffe did not even allow the board, our executive branch, to vote ...