by Kristin Palpini | May 10, 2016 | Articles, Arts, Leisure, News
At the Best of the Valley 2016 winners’ party at the Log Cabin in Holyoke last week, there was a photo booth. Hundreds of the community’s top community leaders and business owners were there. Here is what...
by Peter Vancini | May 11, 2016 | Articles, News, Uncategorized
With winter gone and Earth Day a recent memory, it seems like a good time to check in on the local environment before we all head outside to play in the sun again. Area environmental specialists say the Valley is full of environmentally conscious folks, which is...
by Advocate Staff | May 9, 2016 | Articles, Astrology, Wellness
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Russian writer Anton Chekhov was renowned for the crisp, succinct style of his short stories and plays. As he evolved, his pithiness grew. “I now have a mania for shortness,” he wrote. “Whatever I read — my own work, or...
by Advocate Staff | May 9, 2016 | Articles, Letters from our Readers, News
Pot is not harmlessIn March, I was invited by community members to speak to students at Mount Holyoke College about the current science of marijuana, an issue I have devoted much of my career to understanding. I was surprised and saddened that a letter writer from...
by By Kristin Palpini | May 9, 2016 | Articles, Between the Lines, News
Hundreds of Springfield children spend seven hours a day, five days a week, nine months out of the year at German Gerena Community School, which may or may not have a severe mold problem, depending on who you ask.According to parents and community leaders, including...
