by Chuck Shepherd | Apr 8, 2015 | Articles, Featured, News, News of the Weird
An unarmed man, suspected of no crime, who three years ago was shot 16 times by police while lying in his bed, told a Seattle Times reporter in March that he bears no ill will for the cops who shot him. Said Dustin Theoharis, now 32, “Sometimes (police) make...
by Amanda Drane and Hunter Styles | Apr 8, 2015 | Articles, Featured, MGM Springfield Casino coverage, News
Try as they might, MGM won’t be able to replicate downtown Northampton. Northampton mayor David Narkewicz says representatives of the MGM Springfield casino are attempting to recruit Northampton businesses to open up shop within the walls of their future gambling...
by From Our Readers | Apr 8, 2015 | Letters from our Readers, News
More pressing dangers at home than guns Editor’s Note: Nurture is a bi-annual publication on parenting and children produced by the Advocate. Regarding “Where are the guns when your kids have a play date?” this article in Nurture Spring 2015 starts out as reasonable...
by Advocate Staff | Apr 8, 2015 | Articles, Featured, Leisure, News
You have a cousin who is an aspiring rapper You know how to get down Sumner Avenue — at 3 p.m. — without ever driving on Sumner You’ve been to the Alumni Club once or a hundred times — there is no in-between You definitely have an opinion about Melvin Jones III and...
by Gary Carra | Apr 8, 2015 | Arts, Columns, Leisure, Music, Nightcrawler
Perhaps it’s only appropriate — given the state of area roadways after this relentless winter — that the new Robin Lane documentary will be screened at Pothole Pictures this weekend. Certainly makes sense that it’s occurring in Shelburne Fall, as the subject of said...