by Hunter Styles | Jun 27, 2016 | Articles, Uncategorized
Sibling RevelryThe Springfield-based Center for Human Development has been matching kids with mentors through its program Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampshire County since 1975. Over the past four decades, more than 2,000 “littles” between the ages of 6 and 16 have...
by Kristin Palpini | Jun 27, 2016 | Articles, Between the Lines, News
People say you can’t put a price on life, but Republicans certainly have. Ted Cruz (R-TX) thinks 100 human lives are worth about $159,800.Marco Rubio (R) doesn’t put as high a value on people, selling out the public for just $44,480. But at least...
by Hunter Styles | Jun 27, 2016 | Articles, News
Strange creatures roam the wilds of the Valley’s Instagram feeds. That’s where we met George and Gracie, resident emus at the Starlight Llama solar-powered bed and breakfast in Northampton. “Modern dinos, these emus,” writes Boston resident Sonciary Honnoll...
by Hunter Styles | Jun 27, 2016 | Articles, Uncategorized
Visit from a Dark Horse As a teenager, Micah Scott was lost in a musical fugue, shuffling his tastes from Creedence Clearwater Revival to The Beatles to Pantera and Alice in Chains and back again. It wasn’t until his guitar teacher turned him on to Blind Lemon...
by Kristin Palpini | Jun 27, 2016 | Articles, Columns, News, O Cannabis!
It’s summer! The season in which most Americans seek to do some deep unwinding by hopping in the car, on a plane, or a ship and getting away from it all. There is one thing millions of people aren’t seeking to leave behind, though, and it’s also headily conducive to a...
