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Easthampton, Northampton, Cambridge and Somerville have passed resolutions deprioritizing plant-based drugs, while State Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa of the 1st Hampshire District has co-sponsored bills that ...

Kayla Manzi, a bartender at the Majestic Saloon who grew up in western Massachusetts, used to frequent Divas, a staple in Northampton’s queer community that opened in 2001. The closure of the bar in ...

By Melissa Karen Sances For the Valley Advocate “And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.” — Friedrich Nietzsche I have never liked ghost stories. But when I heard about ...

In Hadge’s case, she wasn’t in a communicative space, so she spent hours with a staff member quietly putting together a ping pong table. Others I spoke to marveled at being able to do their laundry ...

Out among the hayfields and pumpkin patches of Whately, a nondescript white building with blue trim on Route 5 houses Castaway, and it has been quiet for the past two months. In a few weeks, it will ...

PHOTO BY EMILY NAGOSKI Recently, Nagoski has begun to employ a puppet version of herself, named Nagoggles, to help make sex more accessible to tweens and teens on social media. “There is something ...

Going out with friends can be challenging when clashing tastes in food make it impossible to choose a restaurant. But for Abandoned Building Brewery in Easthampton, the solution to this predicament is ...

If you’ve ever wanted to see exactly where your beer’s hops come from, look no further than The Brewery at Four Star Farms. The outdoor seating area serves as a launch pad for a stunning view of hop ...