by Advocate Staff | Jul 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
Nostalgia-rama! Yes, it’s been 27 years, but we’re still wicked bummed that someone discontinued Nintendo Cereal. Who decided to deny us the joy of munching berry-flavored Mario Goombas and Zelda shields? Each box came with a trading card, and you could even enter to...
by Peter Vancini, Kristin Palpini, Dave Eisenstadter | Jul 19, 2016 | Articles, News
Western Mass has a reputation for being politically active, but at least in terms of voting, some communities are more engaged than others.An analysis of city and town voter turnout rates in Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin counties for the 2012 presidential election...
by Kristin Palpini | Jul 19, 2016 | Articles, Between the Lines, News
More than 100 yards of industrial concrete waste along the Connecticut River along Route 47 in Hadley is going to be removed, thanks to an anonymous phone call.Earlier this month, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued an enforcement order against...
by Kristin Palpini | Jul 20, 2016 | Articles, Music, News, Newsletter, Uncategorized
1881 — Chester W. Chapin, a railroad tycoon and congressman from Springfield, commissions renowned sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens to create a bronze statue of his ancestor and early city settler, Deacon Samuel Chapin. Springfield builds a small park, Stearns Square,...
by Will Meyer | Jul 11, 2016 | Articles, Newsletter, Uncategorized
Book It Yourself The Western Mass DIY music calendar does what Facebook can’t Amherst punk musician Will Killingsworth and Belchertown visual artist, musician, and show-booker Miranda Wiley have noticed a disconnect between subsets of the DIY music scene in...
