by Advocate Staff | Jan 8, 2020 | Articles, Bizarro Briefs, Featured, News
Man bites dog … while naked and high on meth A man in Florida is facing several charges after he allegedly punched a deputy and then bit the ear of a K-9. He did it while he was buck naked, too, and apparently high on meth. According to police in Columbia County,...
by Luis Fieldman | Jan 7, 2020 | Articles, Featured, News
In the early hours of Friday, January 3, a group of protesters — some from the Pioneer Valley — blocked a train carrying 10,000 tons of coal by erecting a three-tiered scaffold on tracks in the town of Harvard. They blocked the train for over nine hours after...
by Advocate Staff | Jan 6, 2020 | Articles, Featured, Podcast
Chris Goudreau recently wrote an Advocate cover story on the possibility that ranked-choice voting could be adopted in Massachusetts for the 2022 elections. He talks about both state and local efforts to pass the voting system. Listen here: You can hear more of the...
by Rob Brezsny | Jan 6, 2020 | Articles, Astrology, Featured
ARIES (March 21-April 19): When comedian John Cleese was 61, his mother died. She was 101. Cleese testifies, “Just towards the end, as she began to run out of energy, she did actually stop trying to tell me what to do most of the time.” I bet you’ll experience a...
by Luis Fieldman | Jan 3, 2020 | Articles, Featured, Wellness
Members of the Spanish-speaking group Cuidadores Unidos meet once a month to discuss the challenges of being caregivers to family members or friends with a dementia-related disease. At the Holyoke Senior Center, members of Cuidadores Unidos are able to share their...
