by Chris Rohmann | Dec 24, 2014 | News
Two years ago on this page I looked back at the first annual Valley Gives Day, a 24-hour fundraising event for area nonprofits, organized by the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts. The intention was to provide a common platform for local organizations...
by James Heflin | Dec 24, 2014 | News
Sexual harassment cover was offensive I found the cover image of your recent issue (“Sexual Harassment: Part of the Job?” Dec. 11, 2014) so offensive and indecent that I curbed my vehicle and immediately returned it to the distribution box. I assume the issue will...
by Tom Vannah | Dec 18, 2014 | News
When I came to the Valley Advocate in the late spring of 1995, I had the overwhelming sense that I was coming home. And it was a homecoming of sorts. I’d spent important years of my youth in the Pioneer Valley, had gone to nursery school and kindergarten in the old...
by Advocate Staff | Nov 29, 2014 | News
Amanda Drane, reporter Thank you, Mimmo’s in Northampton, for offering colossal, $3 pizza slices. For $6, my cravings for saucy pizza awesomeness are (a little too) satisfied. I’ve been eating your pizza for years and I have yet to get over the visual shock of your...