by Kristin Palpini | Aug 15, 2016 | Articles
I’m nervous going into the doctor’s office on King Street in Northampton — it feels like I’m doing something illegal.“That’s normal,” says the nurse practitioner when I sit down in the consultation room. “Everyone feels that way at first.”I’m at Canna Care, a national...
by Advocate Staff | Aug 9, 2016 | Articles, Astrology, Wellness
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Using scissors, snip off a strand of your hair. As you do, sing a beloved song with uplifting lyrics. Seal the hair in an envelope on which you have written the following: “I am attracting divine prods and unpredictable nudges that will...
by Advocate Staff | Aug 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
Hey, I Resemble That Remark!On Thursday at The Still in Agawam, Roddy Thomas, a comedian who bills himself as the “prototype” for Family Guy’s Peter Griffin, will be performing alongside chuckle vets Steve Nagle, aka Rock 102’s News Douche, and Rob Steen who’s been on...
by Kristin Palpini | Aug 15, 2016 | Articles, Between the Lines, Columns, News, Newsletter
Another summer, another superintendent for Amherst public schools. Since 2000, the school district has been under the guidance of five superintendents — six if you double count the husband-wife team that ran the schools for under a year. This isn’t normal, and it...
by Advocate Staff | Aug 15, 2016 | Articles, Letters from our Readers, News, Newsletter
Cooperative Behavioral Health Care Deserves a Shot The Valley Advocate’s excellent piece on cooperative businesses (“Surprise! It’s a co-op. Any business can be a worker-owned business,” Aug. 4-10, 2016) was just the sort of education and inspiration we need to stem...
