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Clueless Parent: Making your kid feel helpful, even when they throw eggs

Clueless Parent: Making your kid feel helpful, even when they throw eggs

by Dusty Christensen | Aug 20, 2019 | Articles, Clueless Parent, Columns, Featured

I hate every activity I have to do pre-coffee. I’m admittedly a bit of a grump before I’ve had my morning caffeine bump, so when an egg flew through the air and smashed on the kitchen floor on a recent morning, I wasn’t amused. My 21-month-old daughter — my beloved...
Podcast: Lauren Simonds on small business in the world of big cannabis

Podcast: Lauren Simonds on small business in the world of big cannabis

by Advocate Staff | Aug 19, 2019 | Articles, Featured, News, Podcast

Lauren Simonds returns to the Valley Advocate podcast to talk about the challenges small businesses face now that big companies have become operational in the Massachusetts cannabis market. Read her full article here. Listen: You can hear more of the Valley Advocate’s...
Cinemadope: Ready or Not a cunning twist on The Most Dangerous Game

Cinemadope: Ready or Not a cunning twist on The Most Dangerous Game

by Jack Brown | Aug 19, 2019 | Articles, Cinemadope, Columns, Featured

I could hardly have imagined, back when I was a gangly middle schooler, how far into my adulthood one of my favorite stories would reach. But here it is some three-plus decades later, and it seems that every year there is some new tale that bears the influence of...
Best of V-Spot: Prostate Power — The Not So Dirty Truth

Best of V-Spot: Prostate Power — The Not So Dirty Truth

by Yana Tallon-Hicks | Aug 16, 2019 | Articles, Columns, Featured, The V-Spot

Editor’s note: Sex and relationship advice columnist Yana Tallon-Hicks is currently on maternity leave. While she’s gone, we’re reprinting some of her best columns of the past several years, and are looking forward to her return in September. This column was...
Can Small Business Survive in the World of Big Cannabis?

Can Small Business Survive in the World of Big Cannabis?

by Lauren Simonds | Aug 14, 2019 | Articles, Featured, News

If you can say one thing about the Pioneer Valley, it’s that we love local. We champion and support small business, artists, makers, musicians, farmers, organic food, craft beer and pretty much artisanal anything. My recent expedition to INSA — the adult recreational...
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