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...
by Kristin Palpini | Jan 21, 2015 | News
“I just think he’s taking advantage of the taxpayers, and while it is not technically illegal, I think it’s unethical.” — Linda Vacon, Holyoke Ward 5 City Councilor, on the city’s elected treasurer accepting a full-time job — and two paychecks, The Republican “The...
by Gary Carra | Jan 15, 2015 | Arts, Columns, Music, Nightcrawler
The Crawler knows. You just got through returning all those clunker presents from the office Secret Santas. Now here comes scene stalwart Henning Ohlenbusch, playing sonic Santa. “As physical copies of music are becoming more and more obsolete, we feel this is an...
by Gary Carra | Jan 7, 2015 | Arts, Columns, News, Nightcrawler
J ames Taylor’s brother Livingston need only pull out his self-titled, debut album from 1970 to cover the “something old” requirement. His just released CD Blue Sky fulfills both the “new” and “blue.” Not sure what Livingston Taylor is going to borrow between now and...
by Adair MacKay, Marie Neal, and Eldon Koch | Jan 7, 2015 | Letters from our Readers, News
Hunters: More Humane Than Commercial Farms Some thoughts about a recent letter (“Hunting perpetuates a violent society” Dec. 25, 2014) in response to the Dec. 4, 2014 Between the Lines “Why I Hunt” by Tom Vannah. The letter writer states that you, The Advocate, have a...
