Between the Lines: New Day in the NFL

by | Feb 19, 2014 | News

This weekend’s NFL Scouting Combine, in which 300 top draft prospects will be evaluated by coaches and scouts, will have its first high-profile openly gay attendee in University of Missouri defensive end Michael Sam, who turned the page on a new chapter in NFL...

From Our Readers

by | Mar 19, 2014 | News

What Has Noho Done for Springfield? It is unclear why the Valley Advocate chose to run a recent cover story describing economic threats to Northampton posed by casino development in Springfield (“Can Noho Survive a Springfield Casino?”, March 6,...

From Our Readers

by | Feb 19, 2014 | News

Showing the Abuses of Empire Bravo to Charlotte Burns for her excellent guest column on our free Friday night films in the Valley Advocate (“Friday Nights with Frances,” Letters, February 6, 2014). I would like to add to the column: it is not a...
News Briefs

News Briefs

by | Mar 19, 2014 | News

The First Churches of Northampton is exploring the sale of its Tiffany window, Rev. Todd Weir confirmed in an interview last week with the Valley Advocate. The church will propose the details of its plan in a letter to the Massachusetts Historical Commission....

Guest Column: VT–Greenhouse for Entrepreneurs

by | Feb 19, 2014 | News

“I’d love to move to Vermont and start a company here,” the snowboarder from Saratoga, N.Y. sighed as we shared a chairlift in Stowe. That was nine years ago. Chris Kaiser, who went on to found Vermont Peanut Butter, moved to Stowe in 2005, started...