by Tom Relihan | Nov 14, 2016 | Articles, Featured, News, Newsletter
The deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl has largely outstripped heroin as the leading cause of opioid-related deaths in Massachusetts, according to state data. Experts say the powerful drug, considered to be up to 50 times as potent as regular heroin, has been has been...
by Chuck Shepherd | Nov 14, 2016 | Articles, News, News of the Weird, Newsletter
New York City officially began licensing professional fire eaters earlier this year, and classes have sprung up to teach the art so that the city’s Fire Department Explosives Unit can test for competence and issue the E29 certificates. In the “bad old [license-less]...
by Lisa Rathke, Associated Press | Nov 14, 2016 | Articles, Food + Booze, News, Newsletter
Grape harvests are underway at vineyards in the Northeast where unusually dry warm weather this summer was ideal for growing grapes. But in parts of New York and southern New England, where drought struck, some growers are seeing decreasing yields. New York, the...
by Advocate Staff | Nov 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
Thank a SoldierMany communities will hold parades and ceremonies on Veterans Day, Friday, Nov. 11, to honor members of the military. In Springfield, the city will have a downtown parade and ceremony at City Hall. The festivities will include music, floats, veterans,...
by Advocate Staff | Nov 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
High Flyer Birdman, the 2015 Academy Award winner for Best Picture, is morbidly strange, technically stunning (the whole film is designed to look like it was shot in a single take), and features a slapfight at a vending machine with Edward Norton in his underwear. But...
