by Amanda Drane | Jan 7, 2015 | Articles, Featured, News
Northampton — Mary Finn, co-owner of the Optical Studio on Pleasant Street and the building that houses it, is not happy about plans to develop a large affordable housing complex that, if carried through, could dwarf her two-story building. The complex — a $20 million...
by Amanda Drane and Hunter Styles | Jan 7, 2015 | Articles, Featured, News
At the Amherst train station, one of the last waves of home-bound college students stood scattered across the small platform, many for the last time. Amtrak’s Vermonter line has pulled out of Amherst for good, rerouted now through Greenfield, Northampton, and Holyoke....
by Advocate Staff | Jan 7, 2015 | Articles, Featured, News
S c ulptor Marilyn Andrews began making and selling stoneware in 1976, but something changed when she started to work seriously with clay. “I like clay because working with a material that undergoes such radical changes, and working in three dimensions, helps me...
by Amanda Drane
and Hunter Styles | Jan 1, 2015 | Articles, Featured, News
You’re not just going to wake up one day with your dream job — at least that’s what moms have been saying since the very first teenager refused to get off the rock sofa and apply for jobs at the local tar pit. So, at the top of 2015, we take a moment to explore how...
by Amanda Drane and Hunter Styles Intro by James Heflin | Jan 1, 2015 | Articles, Featured, News
Every year, the same thing. Otherwise normal people get all bothered about what they hope to accomplish in the coming year. To them I say: give up. Or, if you must go on with this fancy charade, do it right. Don’t resolve to lose some weight. Don’t resolve to write in...
