by Kristin Palpini | Jul 28, 2015 | Arts, News
Soon a flood of cash will be available to artists around Massachusetts in the form of grants from local cultural councils. This year, the Massachusetts Cultural Council has $8.8 million to dole out in the form of grants and subsidies. Last year, $2.7 million of the...
by Kristin Palpini | Jul 28, 2015 | Articles, Between the Lines, Featured, News, Wellness
I am pro-abortion in the same way I am pro-triple bypass surgery and chemotherapy. In general, I am “pro” any helpful, legal medical procedure. Being pro-abortion is different than being pro-angioplasty, though, and that’s because, ostensibly, there is a second human...
by Advocate Staff | Jul 28, 2015 | Articles, Featured, News
by Kristin Palpini | Jul 22, 2015 | Articles, Featured, Food + Booze, News, Taste-Off!
It’s round three in our all-Valley pizza slice smackdown. This month we tasted pies from the northern half of the Valley, grabbing slices of cheese from Amherst House of Pizza, Sibie’s, and Sub and Pizza, all of Amherst; Antonio’s and Papa George’s, both of...
by Kristin Palpini | Jul 14, 2015 | Between the Lines, News
Last winter, Eversource increased electricity rates by 29 percent and National Grid jacked their rates by 37 percent. What happened? No one’s really sure. Prices have gone down some, but they’re still higher than this time last year. Maybe it was a supply and demand...
