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Madame Barfly: Hope and Olive in Greenfield serves drinks to your health

Madame Barfly: Hope and Olive in Greenfield serves drinks to your health

by Amanda Drane | Aug 19, 2015 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Food + Booze, Madame Barfly

Jim Zaccara says his bar is an appletini-free zone. Zaccara, 45, grew up working in restaurants, and bartending was always his forte. When he began making his own style of cocktail at his first full-bar restaurant — Hope and Olive in Greenfield — eight years ago, he...
Working Harder for Less: Employee sacrifice may be a necessary evil in tight times, but how far will it go?

Working Harder for Less: Employee sacrifice may be a necessary evil in tight times, but how far will it go?

by Amanda Drane | Aug 12, 2015 | Articles, Featured, News

Eleanor Cresson, a mental health and substance abuse clinician who recently went on strike from nonprofit Clinical Support Options, has worked in the field of mental health for more than 20 years and has two masters’ degrees. Despite her experience and qualifications,...
Careers and Education: Making Your Own Second Chances

Careers and Education: Making Your Own Second Chances

by Amanda Drane | Aug 4, 2015 | Articles, Careers & Education, Featured, News

Somewhere between climate change, the recession, and an ever-burgeoning Internet universe, the professional landscape changed a lot over the past decade. Naturally, we the worker bees can only scramble to keep up. Hit by the Great Recession, some baby boomers are...
The Uncanny Valley: Why are there ads on Springfield buses asking, ‘Do you know who murdered me’?

The Uncanny Valley: Why are there ads on Springfield buses asking, ‘Do you know who murdered me’?

by Amanda Drane | Jul 28, 2015 | Articles, Blogs, Featured, News, The Uncanny Valley

Buses are big and so are the advertisements they often host — that’s no surprise. What is jolting, however, is when the typical music or beverage ad is replaced with a giant placard offering a $50,000 reward for information regarding an unsolved murder from 2013....
Madame Barfly: Summertime and the Drinkin’s Easy

Madame Barfly: Summertime and the Drinkin’s Easy

by Amanda Drane | Jul 22, 2015 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Food + Booze, Madame Barfly

For every season there is a drink. Just as beer nuts ditch cold-weather porters and quads to settle their summertime cravings for IPAs and light brews, cocktail sippers also change their choice of beverage with the heat. Fruity, delicious cocktails enjoyed on the...
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