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 | Feb 29, 2016 | Articles, Letters from our Readers, News
By Tess Halpern, Daily Collegian I have only once cried in school that I can remember, and it wasn’t because I was hurt, heartbroken, or had just failed a test; it was because I was scared. Sept. 24, 2014, in the beginning of my senior year in high school, my...
by Eric Goldscheider | Feb 29, 2016 | Articles, Wellness
A nne Marie Martineau of Florence enjoys making aromatherapy remedies for her friends. She keeps a small refrigerator in her bedroom with dozens of vials of essential oils that she mixes in different combinations. She especially likes making inhalers. She buys the...
by Advocate Staff | Feb 24, 2016 | Articles
Free recording studio opens in Northampton Valley creatives have differing reasons to utilize the new, free-to-use David S. Dow Community Recording Studio, which laid down its inaugural tracks Saturday. For his part, 9-year-old Darren Chraplak plans to use it to edit...
