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Where You Can U-Pick In Western Mass Farms

Where You Can U-Pick In Western Mass Farms

by Dave Eisenstadter | Jul 24, 2017 | Articles, Food + Booze, Food Booze and Beyond, News, Wellness

Why should the farmers have all the fun harvesting the fresh fruits and vegetables from their own farms? U-pick farms abound in the Pioneer Valley. Strawberry season has mostly gone by, but blueberries are ripe for the pickin’, and it won’t be long before apple season...
O Cannabis: Getting Into The Weeds Of Massachusetts’ Pot Bill

O Cannabis: Getting Into The Weeds Of Massachusetts’ Pot Bill

by Kristin Palpini | Jul 21, 2017 | Articles, Columns, News, Newsletter, O Cannabis!

We’re no Nevada, but last week Massachusetts took two rippin’ steps toward weed legalization and protection in the state. First the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that a business cannot fire an employee for being a medical marijuana patient — a decision...
Pioneer Valley Roller Derby Open To More Than Just Fierce Females

Pioneer Valley Roller Derby Open To More Than Just Fierce Females

by Christin Howard | Jul 20, 2017 | Articles, News, Wellness

In its heyday in the 1970s and ‘80s, roller derby was known for fierce females, fishnets, spiked hair and names like “Iron Maven.” After a lull in the ‘90s, roller derby was resurrected in the early 2000s as an all-female, athletic sport. But in the Pioneer Valley,...
Bizarro Briefs: Robocop Becomes Self Terminator

Bizarro Briefs: Robocop Becomes Self Terminator

by Dave Eisenstadter | Jul 20, 2017 | Articles, News, News of the Weird

A Suicidal Robot Our D.C. office building got a security robot. It drowned itself. We were promised flying cars, instead we got suicidal robots. pic.twitter.com/rGLTAWZMjn — Bilal Farooqui (@bilalfarooqui) July 17, 2017 The Knightscope security robot, an R2D2-shaped...
Stream Queen: Video Soundtrack Of Your Summer

Stream Queen: Video Soundtrack Of Your Summer

by Lena Wilson | Jul 17, 2017 | Articles, Columns, Film, Stream Queen

When Queen released their music video for “Bohemian Rhapsody” back in the ‘70s, it’s doubtful they thought the medium would ever become as quintessential as it has today. In this millennium of viral content and streaming video, music videos have become an artist’s...
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