Shawn Palmer is publisher of the Valley Advocate. Prior to joining Newspapers of New England in 2021, Shawn held leadership positions at The (New London) Day, The (Danbury) News-Times, the (Meriden) ...

On the off chance that you happened to see my last wine column, you would’ve read that, for the first time ever, I ...

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It was a sunny Friday morning when the group rounded the corner onto Main Street on their bikes. There were about a dozen of them, and they were ready for coffee and pastries after a ride along the ...

“The Norwegians,” which ran for a month at Shakespeare and Company’s Elayne P. Bernstein Theater in Lenox, is written by C. Denby Swanson and directed by James Warwick. The play is about two Norwegian ...

Hi Yana, I’ve been with the same partner for many years, since before I transitioned. We’ve navigated all of my dysphoria ...

While growing up in New England, Jackie Gallo was mesmerized by the trees. As a teenager, she would stand in the middle of ...

Hi Yana, I’ve been with the same partner for many years, since before I transitioned. We’ve navigated all of my dysphoria around my sexual preferences up to this point. Recently I had bottom surgery ...

My father was a big fan of Milton Berle. He often quoted one of Berle’s most famous lines: “Laughter is an instant vacation.” With national and international events as they are right now, I sought out ...

While growing up in New England, Jackie Gallo was mesmerized by the trees. As a teenager, she would stand in the middle of the woods in northern Rhode Island — and look up. In the autumn, the canopy ...

Max Schneider, 12, right, performs an improvised monologue during rehearsal for the upcoming Youth Performance Festival at the Northampton Center for the Arts, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. DANIEL JACOBI ...