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Staff Picks: X, veteran poetry, Chris Goudreau, and free burgers

Staff Picks: X, veteran poetry, Chris Goudreau, and free burgers

by Advocate Staff | May 23, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Staff Picks

X at Gateway City Arts //  SATURDAY Legendary punk band X is heading to Gateway City Arts in Holyoke this weekend. Never heard of X? Get ready to hear one of the most influential first wave punk bands of the late 1970s, which continues to play songs new and old to...
Fighting for a Springfield Bike Park: Safety concerns, frustrations with Mayor Sarno spurring advocates to act

Fighting for a Springfield Bike Park: Safety concerns, frustrations with Mayor Sarno spurring advocates to act

by Miasha S. Lee | May 22, 2019 | Articles, Featured, News

Dallas Anderson, 14, rides his bike about six hours a day, mostly through the streets of his hometown of Springfield. He has fun doing it, and has met friends while riding in groups downtown, but he does worry about his safety, and he said he doesn’t get support from...
O Cannabis: Bedtime weed to treat insomnia and sleep apnea

O Cannabis: Bedtime weed to treat insomnia and sleep apnea

by Lisa Spear | May 21, 2019 | Articles, Columns, Featured, O Cannabis!

Patrick Baker, 29, works as a desktop support contractor for a health insurance company in a skyscraper in Springfield. During his lunch break, he slips away, heads down the stairwell straight for an empty closet on an empty floor. Still wearing his buttoned down...
Free Will Astrology: Ally Yourself With Pirates, Leo

Free Will Astrology: Ally Yourself With Pirates, Leo

by Rob Brezsny | May 20, 2019 | Articles, Astrology, Featured

ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the coming weeks, I suspect you will have the wisdom to criticize yourself in constructive ways that will at least partially solve a long-standing problem. Hallelujah! I bet you will also understand what to do to eliminate a bad habit by...
Guest columnist David Daley: Everybody does it? Not by a long shot, Rep. Neal

Guest columnist David Daley: Everybody does it? Not by a long shot, Rep. Neal

by David Daley  | May 17, 2019 | Articles, Featured

Everybody does it. That’s essentially Rep. Richard Neal’s response to my criticism in The Boston Globe of his pay-for-play fundraising and lavish galas where he’s wooed Washington lobbyists and stuffed his pockets with hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign cash...
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