by Maureen Turner | Sep 18, 2008 | News
In more than a dozen years working at the Advocate, I've heard plenty of criticisms of my work and my paper. I try to be a good sport about most of it. After all, I get paid to publicly pass judgments, and particularly to inflict on readers my opinions about which...
by Sarah Gibbons | Sep 18, 2008 | News
Richard Asinof, an Advocate editor in the very early days, predicted that the paper would become "one of those publications that's famous for being the place where talented people used to work." Here's a case in point. In the early '80s, the...
by Stephanie Kraft | Sep 25, 2008 | News
Sarah Palin was irresistible as a speaker at the Republican National Convention. Her lustrous eyes, glamorous smile and beautiful cadences had unmistakable star quality. Her delivery projected spontaneity and sincerity. But that event, contrary to appearances, was a...
by Tom Vannah | Sep 25, 2008 | News
As a news organization, the Valley Advocate is rarely nostalgic, rarely sentimental.Sure, we look back at the history of things all the time; one of the advantages of publishing just once a week is that we have the time to research topics deeply, seeking as much...
by Eesha Williams | Oct 2, 2008 | News
In Greenfield, a group of citizens is fighting plans by a Connecticut developer to build a massive store and parking lot on a piece of land that's home to several wetlands. The developer has not said which company would rent the store, which would be bigger than...
