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An Advocate History: The Valley’s alternative voice for over 45 years

An Advocate History: The Valley’s alternative voice for over 45 years

by Chris Goudreau | Mar 20, 2019 | Articles, Featured, News

The first edition of the Valley Advocate was published on Sept. 19, 1973, with a cover story titled, “Prophet & Profit — ‘Spirit’ Dies,” about a large hippie commune in Leyden called “The Brotherhood of the Spirit,” which became defunct when more than half of them...
O Cannabis: Hey Pilgrim, How Was Your First Weed Harvest? 

O Cannabis: Hey Pilgrim, How Was Your First Weed Harvest? 

by Kristin Palpini | Oct 23, 2017 | Articles, Columns, Food + Booze, Food Booze and Beyond, News, Newsletter, O Cannabis!

The harvest is in and I can’t believe the results. My husband and I didn’t weigh our cannabis haul from our home garden, but we were able to fill a bunch of regular-size salsa jars with marijuana. This is more than good enough for me! Like many weed enthusiasts in the...
O Cannabis: Hey Pilgrim, How Was Your First Weed Harvest? 

Backtalk: All The Best to Kristin Palpini

by Letters From Our Readers | Oct 16, 2017 | Articles, News, Newsletter

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our letters to the editor page. Here you’ll find reader comments on Advocate articles and other news. We collect readers’ opinions from emails, letters, Facebook comments, and comments to valleyadvocate.com. Want to get in on this? Email...
O Cannabis: Hey Pilgrim, How Was Your First Weed Harvest? 

Editor Kristin Palpini’s Advocate Farewell: Riding Off Into The Sunset, Y’all

by Kristin Palpini | Oct 9, 2017 | Articles, Between the Lines, Featured, News, Newsletter

It’s been real, but it’s time for me to be moving on. I’ve stepped down as editor to pursue other writing opportunities and I’m looking forward to getting back into reporting on, rather than assigning, stories. Reporting is how I got my start in the business back in...
Bizarro Briefs: Flipping the Bird at Priests

Bizarro Briefs: Flipping the Bird at Priests

by Advocate Staff | Oct 9, 2017 | Articles, Bizarro Briefs, News

Flipping the Bird at Priests Sometimes church is boring. But every so often — as happened in Flowery Branch, Georgia — a man stands up to flip off and yell at the pastor for recognizing teachers during a service. The man, a homeschooling father, rose to give the...
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