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Sleazy Pols Push Casinos Thanks for the article on Steve Abdow and casinos (“Casino Thrills and Chills,” June 26, 2014). I hope voters in Massachusetts will see through the millions of dollars of glossy ads bought by the casino industry and send it...
State to Flores: No Pot Clinic
The Valley is accustomed to seeing Springfield social services kingpin Heriberto Flores carry out his plans—including plans to buy Springfield’s Paramount Theater and the building that houses the legendary Student Prince/Fort Restaurant, extraordinary...
Between the Lines: Repeal or Legalize?
Most evenings in the summer, I spend the last half hour or so before dark in my vegetable garden. I wouldn’t call what I do work, exactly, but by my getting out there for a little while every night, stuff gets done. Weeds get pulled, plants get watered and fed....Between the Lines: A Real Destination
On my first day at the Valley Advocate— June 12, 1995—the erstwhile managing editor Tom Mudd gave me a parting tip. “Dunno if you’re into such things,” he said, suspiciously eying my slender frame, gaunt cheeks and 1993 World Track and...E-Edition
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