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Pay It Forward With Produce: Where to donate your extra garden greens

Pay It Forward With Produce: Where to donate your extra garden greens

by Hunter Styles | Jul 28, 2015 | Food + Booze, News, Wellness

Summer is a great time to celebrate the bounty of Pioneer Valley farms, but many households face difficulties — financial and otherwise — in planning meals, feeding mouths, and accessing good nutrition. According to The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, about one in...
Nightcrawler: A Leprechaun Looks Back, Lazer’s Rob “The Leprechaun” reflects on a decade at the mic

Nightcrawler: A Leprechaun Looks Back, Lazer’s Rob “The Leprechaun” reflects on a decade at the mic

by Gary Carra | Jul 22, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Columns, Featured, Music, Nightcrawler

In an industry in more upheaval than the Athens Stock Exchange, Rob “The Leprechaun” Allen’s aluminum anniversary at Lazer 99.3 FM would probably be more accurately accounted for utilizing dog-year calculations. The Crawler recently checked in with the veteran jock....
From Our Readers: Vagina dialogues continued; More to love about Springfield; The laws are different for police

From Our Readers: Vagina dialogues continued; More to love about Springfield; The laws are different for police

by From Our Readers | Feb 11, 2015 | Letters from our Readers, News

Vagina dialogue continues One of the goals of art is to experience other points of view. We go to plays about ‘others’ to learn and empathize. How sad it would be to lose that by denying the depiction of different lives. Really, Mount Holyoke, what are you thinking?...
Letters From Our Readers Feb. 5-11, 2015

Letters From Our Readers Feb. 5-11, 2015

by From Our Readers | Feb 4, 2015 | Letters from our Readers, News

A Moving Response I loved the focus on improvisation in this week’s Advocate! I have enjoyed many a visit to Earthdance, and often meet people there who have traveled from around the globe to visit the hills of Plainfield — a testament to the important role that...
Comments From Our Readers: The hunting debate rages on

Comments From Our Readers: The hunting debate rages on

by Advocate Staff | Jan 28, 2015 | Letters from our Readers, News

Instead of complaining, do something to improve Springfield I have lived in many places, and have lived in Springfield for over 30 years. I grew up in Longmeadow, lived other places for 20 years, moved back to Longmeadow, and then to Springfield. I like it here. Every...
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