With majorities in both Houses, ROE Act could expand abortion rights in Mass
Democratic leadership in both houses, however, have not yet signed on to the legislation, and Republican Gov. Charlie Baker has previously expressed skepticism he would sign it.
Letters to the Editor: Thoughts on the Stop & Shop Robots
“I fully support Stop & Shop workers in their strike but I don’t understand the hate for the robot.”
Stagestruck: The Dollar Princess – WAM Theatre premieres “Lady Randy”
nne Undeland, the playwright and star of Lady Randy, says she wanted to find a 19th-century woman to build a one-person show around. “It soon became clear that if I wanted name recognition, I had to find a woman who was associated with a famous man. Dammit!”
Trump claims to be doing more to fight opioid abuse than any other president — to a crowd smaller than Obama’s
But Sean Spicer wasn’t be there to settle the matter.
Valley Advocate Staff Picks: Opal Canyon album release, experimental music, and the Radical Interconnectedness Festival
Valley supergroup Opal Canyon are releasing their debut album, “Beauty and Loss,” this Friday at The Parlor Room.
Basemental: Breakfast Party, Rock n’ Roll During the Day
The video opens with a hypnotic swirl and a frame of the house as a pulsing piano riff beckons viewers inside to vocalist and keyboard player Kasey Greene tickling the ivories in his bedroom.
Best Of 2019 Winners Announced!
The Valley Advocate would like to thank everyone that took time to vote in the 2019 Valley Advocate Best of the Valley Readers’ Poll. Thank you again for voting and please let the businesses know that you saw them on our website as you congratulate them. [button...
Mini Bottles — MEGA MESS: Agawam man on a daily quest to get trash off the streets
A stream runs adjacent to a package store in Agawam. John Coughlin isn’t sure it’s legal for us to be there, but he wants to show me something. “Look at the nip bottles. Look at them. They’re everywhere,” Coughlin says. Small, smashed plastic bottles are mixed into...
Guest column: Richard Neal Auctioning Away Our Seat In Congress
You probably didn’t get an invitation to “Richiepalooza.”
Data-focused presenters explain how numbers can be used to fight drugs
“If you allow the story that the data tells to be your focus, it comes alive.”
Amherst Canvassing Director Says She Was Fired For Supporting Her Staff
“It really reflects poorly on Grassroots Campaigns Inc., the principles by which they operated,” an employee said.
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The Buddy McEarns Band on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
The Buddy McEarns Band is blue roots rock n’roll with a voice out of classic soul. The band performed on the Valley Advocate Sessions stage on August 15.
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StageStruck: High Concept Shakespeare
These days it’s almost impossible to do Shakespeare in Elizabethan costumes. Every new production on a professional stage seems obliged to locate the play in some historical or metaphorical setting which – it is hoped – casts a new and relevant light on the...












