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In the dead of winter, Easthampton’s nightlife sizzles

In the dead of winter, Easthampton’s nightlife sizzles

by Melissa Karen Sances | Mar 8, 2023 | Articles, Featured, Uncategorized

It’s the coldest night of the season, so cold that the wind stings, so cold that our photographer’s lenses need time to thaw, so cold that from the bar of the Marigold, you can’t see the street because the doors are coated in ice. But inside. Inside is a window into...
Growing Pains: ‘Home growers’ have always been here, but thanks to some expert advice their numbers are growing like, ahem, weeds

Growing Pains: ‘Home growers’ have always been here, but thanks to some expert advice their numbers are growing like, ahem, weeds

by Bob Flaherty | Mar 8, 2023 | Articles, Featured, Uncategorized

As we settle into this brave new world that has us purchasing pot as naturally as picking up doughnuts Sunday morning, there are a lot of people, then and now, who never cared much for the “purchasing” part. Whether it be at that nice clean dispensary down the street...
Monte Belmonte Wines: Shelf Talkers

Monte Belmonte Wines: Shelf Talkers

by Monte Belmonte | Mar 8, 2023 | Articles, Featured, Monte Belmonte Wines, Uncategorized

Don’t believe everything you read. As a matter of fact, stop reading this right now or you could be subject to the persuasion of the published word. However, if you find comfort or guidance from others’ opinions, especially when it comes to wine, read on. When you...
Fight the power: Northampton writer’s novel profiles a Black academic’s frightening battle with a white supremacist

Fight the power: Northampton writer’s novel profiles a Black academic’s frightening battle with a white supremacist

by Steve Pfarrer | Mar 8, 2023 | Articles, Featured, Uncategorized

When Barack Obama was elected president in Nov. 2008, Ousmane Power-Greene recalls having a terrible thought: that a racist might try to assassinate America’s first Black president, or maybe his whole family. Perhaps that was an overly morbid vision, Power-Greene...
Art to reflect the community: Forbes Library uses anonymous donation to purchase a range of BIPOC art

Art to reflect the community: Forbes Library uses anonymous donation to purchase a range of BIPOC art

by Advocate Staff | Mar 8, 2023 | Uncategorized

A couple years ago, Forbes Library received a $10,000 donation from a donor who wanted to remain anonymous but also wanted the money used for a very specific purpose: to broaden the Northampton library’s permanent art collection.More specifically, says Lisa Downing,...
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