by Advocate Staff | Nov 30, 2015 | Articles, News
For some reason, Chicopee is often overlooked by people looking to cut lose on the weekend or after work, or in the afternoon, or — you get the idea, we all have our own party schedules. Here’s some reasons to head over to Chicopee, a city we love: Polish Food: A...
by Kristin Palpini | Nov 30, 2015 | Articles, Between the Lines, News
The “Be a Local Hero” or “Shero” slogan is a too hyperbolic for me, but below the schmaltz there’s some truth to it. The small action of buying local goods and services strengthens hometowns in ways that big box stores and corporate businesses can’t: more local jobs...
by Kristin Palpini | Nov 30, 2015 | Articles, Letters from our Readers, News
Facebook: Is Agawam HS’ team name offensive? Editor’s note: The below comments were left on the Advocate’s Facebook page in response to a guest column, “These Brownies Have Got to Go” Nov. 19-25, 2015. George Green: Where did these two writers get their information,...
by Chuck Shepherd | Nov 30, 2015 | Articles, News, News of the Weird
The manager of the agency in Louisville, Kentucky that is responsible for, among other things, development planning, zoning changes and historic landmarks revealed in November that his headquarters has a “boogers” problem and ordered users of the third-floor men’s...
by Kristin Palpini | Nov 30, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Music
It’s fitting that the album art for Kindling’s new Galaxies EP shows a color-tinted lunar landscape, because this four-track collection lifts off with a boom and a shockwave, like a shuttle launch at Cape Canaveral. From the first moment of play, singer and band...