by Kristin Palpini | Jul 8, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Featured, News, Scene Here
A thin man in a red basketball jersey and nylon shorts strides down Dwight Street in Holyoke, arms swinging, a smile on his face. His thick black hair is slicked back, and his ankles look like saplings sprouting from his foam slippers. He reaches the intersection with...
by Advocate Staff | Jun 23, 2015 | News
Last week gold-plated angels blew diamond-encrusted trumpets to herald the coming of “the greatest jobs president God ever created,” billionaire luxuriating enthusiast Donald Trump. Reaction was swift: Liberals crowed, conservatives kvetched, and a pool appeared...
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Hunter Styles | Jun 16, 2015 | Articles, Featured, News, Wellness
“I always knew that I wanted to be a dad,” Joey Mella tells me. “Then I got married and we had three children very quickly. Now I’m kind of maxed out.” The middle child, two-year-old Ati Mella-Reiss, pushes a miniature shopping cart across the wood floor of the...
by Kristin Palpini | Jun 10, 2015 | Articles, Blogs, Featured, News, The Uncanny Valley
For more than a decade, the island at the corner of Hampton Street and Route 5 in Holyoke has borne the word “Quota” — spelled out in flowers in the warm weather and black plastic edging in the cold. On my ride home from work down Route 5 south, I often wondered...
