Word Nerd: And Her Prodigy Progeny

Young Theo, Emily Brewster, Resident Wordster from Merriam-Webster’s offspring, comes up with his own words. Will they get in the dictionary?

Oud Morning, East Jerusalem!

Communications director for Connecticut’s Secretary of State, radio producer, and Valley resident, Av Harris, took his daughters to a restaurant in…

Heavy Petting: RIP Uggie

Dr. Steve, from the Sunderland Animal Hospital, says farewell to the famous doggie actor from The Artist.

Mr. Universe: Stunning Pictures From Saturn

Hampshire College Astronomer, Dr. Salman Hammeed, on what NASA has been looking it at the same time we’ve all been…

Western Mass Weed

It’s just a couple of weeks away and the people behind the medical marijuana facility, New England Treatment Access, are…

Wine Snob: Beers For Wine Snobs

Beer Mike brought a bevy of beers to try and create a reasonable facsimile of wine to woo Monte and…

The Kornguth Soapbox Derby

Brattleboro’s most dangerous event (unless The Heifers get out of control!). It’s part art, part gravity, part ingenuity and all…

Word Nerd: So Don’t I

Want to know what a Merriam-Webster  editor thinks about one of New England’s most confusing colloquialisms? So don’t I.

The Advocate’s Gone To Pot!

Valley Advocate writer, Amanda Drane, talks about her story about the latest on medical marijuana in Massachusetts in this all pot…

Heavy Petting: Pet Vacation

Can you take your pet to your hotel? If not, maybe book them in their own hotel. Dr. Steve knows…