by From Our Readers | Mar 28, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Letters from our Readers, News
Welcome Back, Valley Advocate In response to “An Advocate History” and “Still at it After 45 Years,” published March 21 – 27, 2019: Thank you so much for becoming the Valley Advocate again. I had about given up on you as there was little of interest left, just...
by Gena Mangiaratti | Mar 27, 2019 | Articles, Featured, News
Each year, high school students across the country see uniformed members of the armed forces within school walls offering information on how to join up. But a local organization asks the question whether these soldiers are overselling a dangerous career path to an...
by Dave Eisenstadter | Mar 27, 2019 | Articles, Clueless Parent, Columns, Featured
I got an email from a PR firm this week with the subject line: “The Epidemic of Extreme Parenting: How to Self-Assess.” I would say it was an interesting coincidence that it appeared just before the launch of this column, but it isn’t really. When I became a dad early...
by Dave Eisenstadter | Mar 27, 2019 | Articles, Between the Lines, Featured, News
Following the Parkland shooting last year, I was inspired by the activism of many of the student survivors, who marched to their state capital and lobbied Washington for gun control. The Advocate did a story about how those students were inspiring students in our own...
by Advocate Staff | Mar 21, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Get Out With Staff Picks, Staff Picks
Goblet and Jeopardy at The Perch // THURSDAY Mar. 21 Thrashy Thirsty Thursday! The top floor of the Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center in Greenfield is a nice open spot for some pits. Western Mass bastard thrasher’s Goblet and Brattleboro’s thrash metalist’s...
