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‘A more calming experience’: Holyoke Children’s Museum holds monthly ‘Sensory Sundays’ for sensory-sensitive kids

‘A more calming experience’: Holyoke Children’s Museum holds monthly ‘Sensory Sundays’ for sensory-sensitive kids

by Luis Fieldman | Nov 5, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Wellness

On a typical day at the Holyoke Children’s Museum, there is a hustle and bustle as small children run around role-playing as police officers and firefighters, flashing lights from a replica ambulance and occasional dings coming from a small room with percussive...
Cinemadope: When sequels outshine the original

Cinemadope: When sequels outshine the original

by Jack Brown | Nov 5, 2019 | Articles, Cinemadope, Columns, Featured

The sequel is a strange and fickle beast. For people on both sides of the box office, there is a great desire to see them do well; those studio bigwigs in their top hats and monocles love the allure of a built-in audience, and all the dollars they carry; we mere...
Podcast: Gena Mangiaratti talks about ghost investigation with Agawam Paranormal

Podcast: Gena Mangiaratti talks about ghost investigation with Agawam Paranormal

by Advocate Staff | Nov 4, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Podcast

Gena Mangiaratti accompanied a team of paranormal investigators to find ghosts in the Josiah Day House in West Springfield and wrote about it for our Halloween edition. Hear her thoughts on the paranormal and the individuals who seek out life beyond. Listen here: You...
Letters to the Editor: The state isn’t listening on the Route 9 bridge

Letters to the Editor: The state isn’t listening on the Route 9 bridge

by Our Readers | Nov 1, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Letters from our Readers, News

The state isn’t listening on the Route 9 bridge Are you aware the state is starting work on a two lane roundabout to replace the traffic lights at the bridge? While none of us like sitting at traffic lights, they do serve a purpose. Years ago there were public...
Bizarro Briefs: So You Want to be Scared?

Bizarro Briefs: So You Want to be Scared?

by Advocate Staff | Nov 1, 2019 | Articles, Bizarro Briefs, Featured, News

So You Want to be Scared? Visiting so-called “haunted houses” for Halloween is very popular, but if you want to get chills in two of them in particular, you’ll need to be medically cleared by a doctor and sign a 40-page waiver before you can go in. The McKamey Manor...
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