by Advocate Staff | Mar 30, 2018 | Advocate Sessions, Articles, Music
Maurice “Soulfighter” Taylor’s performances are slam poetry meets socially conscious hip hop. Check out his complete Valley Advocate Sessions performance. Interview with Maurice “Soulfighter” Taylor:
by Meg Bantle | Mar 28, 2018 | Articles, News, Newsletter
Audio obtained by the Advocate from the Northampton Police Department indicates that a dispatcher from the Northampton Police Department told Jeffrey Tenczar, the owner of Greg’s Auto Repair in Northampton, that he could tow 14 vehicles from his private lot on...
by Meg Bantle | Mar 28, 2018 | Articles, News, Newsletter
For Alicia Fleming of Chicopee, getting paid family and medical leave isn’t about politics, it’s about survival. “As a single mom, paid family leave is of the utmost importance to the well being of my family,” Fleming said. Fleming told a room of about 150 people at...
by Jennifer Levesque | Mar 28, 2018 | Articles, Columns, Music, Newsletter, Valley Show Girl
Friday the 13th has become a horror franchise with 12 (and I’m sure there will be many more in the future) slasher films, television shows, comics, novels, video games and, of course, merchandise; take a look at the number of Jason’s masks roaming around on Halloween....
by Gina Beavers | Mar 28, 2018 | Articles, Between the Lines, News, Newsletter
When I was nine years old, I read A Wrinkle in Time, the 1962 young adult science fiction adventure that had become an academic staple in elementary school curriculum. I was a lover of books and I was quite taken with both the plot and the characters. So much so that...