by Chris Goudreau | Oct 23, 2017 | Articles, News, Newsletter
Jim Emerson, 53, wakes up at 5 a.m. three or four days out of the work week to make the commute from his home in Wilbraham to Boston. He’s typically out the door around 5:45 a.m. and is on the road driving east on the Massachusetts Turnpike for 50 minutes in his 2016...
by Yana Tallon-Hicks | Oct 23, 2017 | Articles, Columns, Newsletter, The V-Spot
Editor’s note: This week instead of answering a reader question, Yana writes about an event she co-sponsored involving, well … read on! It’s not what you’d expect — this whole watching porn in a room full of strangers with your friends thing. On Saturday night,...
by Blaise Majkowski | Oct 23, 2017 | Articles, Blaise's Bad Movie Guide, Columns, Film, Newsletter, Review
I recently had the opportunity to visit the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem and view an exhibit by Kirk Hammett. “Kirk who?” you ask. Why, none other than the lead guitarist for the thrash metal band Metallica. Can’t say I was ever a fan, but Hammett’s collection on...
by Andy Castillo | Oct 23, 2017 | Articles, Between the Lines, News, Newsletter
As a newspaper journalist who cares deeply about good, necessary and morally grounded journalism, I must decry a recent trend of sleazy, tabloid-like reporting I now frequently see from trusted local television news stations: the act of sharing irrelevant articles,...
by Dave Eisenstadter | Oct 19, 2017 | Articles, News, Newsletter
In an extraordinary step, the First Congregational Church in Amherst is providing physical sanctuary to undocumented immigrant Lucio Perez. Perez, a Springfield resident who has been in the country for 20 years, told a group of about 100 clergy members, activists,...
