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By EVELINE MACDOUGALL
Contra dance enthusiasts and Montague May Day fans may recognize today’s guest star as Jeanne Weintraub, while people who met the Montague resident following her marriage to Chris Mason — whose sustainability and alternative energy work merits a...
By BILL DANIELSON
Every winter I get a few emails from readers who want to know if it is normal to see American Robins in winter and every winter I send out responses that indicate that the presence of these birds is quite normal. I then go on to discuss various...
By ERIC WELD
Raise your hand if you get enough sleep.If you raised your hand, well done. Because in America, a large percentage of us do not sleep or rest enough, and the resultant detriments to our health are too numerous to count.More than one-third of adults do...
By SHERYL HUNTER
For local musician Michael Pattavina, hosting a dance festival during Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend has become a tradition that started 20 years ago and continues to this day.This year, he is hosting a mid-winter and Zydeco dance fest at Hawks &...
By CARLA CHARTER
When the Wendell Historical Society’s museum opens to the public, among the items on display will be a bear costume. The outfit signifies one small part of a much larger story of how community resistance saved Bear Mountain in Wendell.The story began...
By TINKY WEISBLAT
I adore old movies. As a small child, I appalled my mother by watching myriad black-and-white classics on television. She was afraid that this solitary pursuit would keep me from making friends.By the time I got my Ph.D. in American studies with a...
By EVELINE MACDOUGALL
On a spring day nearly 20 years ago, Jon and Jane Severance drove along River Road, which connects Sunderland with the Cheapside area near the Greenfield-Deerfield line. They passed a 1945 Model D John Deere tractor with a sign: “It runs.” Jon...
By JACOB NELSON
This year, the Leverett Village Co-op turns 50. Over half a century, it has grown beyond a grocery store to become a cultural institution and hidden gem on North Leverett Road. For many it is an indispensable source of food to eat and food for the...
By DOUG SELWYN
I began this series of columns by sharing three questions I would pose to each entering class of teacher candidates: Why do we have school, what should happen at school and who should decide those questions. When I reviewed reader responses to the...
By SHERYL HUNTER
Singer-songwriter Trae Sheehan is new to performing here in Franklin County, but that’s about to change. After living in Nashville for a few years, Sheehan moved to the Berkshires this past September. A devoted road warrior, he has played hundreds of...
By TINKY WEISBLAT
I’m always lurking on the internet to spot food trends. It was thus impossible for me to resist what McCormick, the purveyor of spices and much more, calls the 2024 Flavor of The Year.I had been intrigued by the 2023 Flavor of The Year, a blend of...
By SHERYL HUNTER
When “Abbey Road” by the Beatles celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2019, guitarist/singer/songwriter Pamela Means decided to perform the album solo and acoustically in honor of the occasion.Of course, that meant learning all 17 songs from the classic...
By DIANE BRONCACCIO
BUCKLAND — Mohawk Trail Regional School Principal Chris Buckland delivered pithy but sensible advice to the 26 graduating seniors and their loved ones who packed the auditorium on Saturday.“Replace the word ‘but’ with ‘and,’” Buckland said. “See which...
By LIESEL NYGARD
SHELBURNE FALLS — Nancy Dole, owner of Nancy L. Dole Books and Ephemera on State Street, is paying tribute to late artist Judith Russell with a window display through Dec. 31.The idea for the display has its roots back in June, when Dole won an...
By Tinky Weisblat
I ran into a bit of a snag with this week’s column. I was supposed to visit a new restaurant to try its offerings. Unfortunately, staff members were sick, and they had to get better before I could go.I scanned my kitchen to decide what I could make...
By JACOB NELSON
With Agric Organics, Hameed Bello and his wife, Ayo, are intent on building an urban farm that can be a multi-faceted resource for their community in Wilbraham, supplying farm-fresh food, health and education while withstanding the challenges of...
By RORY SWEETING
NORTHFIELD — Inspired by It Takes a Village in Huntington, volunteers with the Ladies Benevolent Society of Northfield Farms are launching a free children’s clothing closet at the Field Library. A soft opening will be held at the library, located at...
By CARLA CHARTER
Inspired by an interest in crime and investigative journalism, Liesel Nygard, secretary and volunteer at the Warwick Historical Society, has begun a project researching the Warwick Prison Camp. The Warwick Prison Camp, located at what is now Warwick...
By JACOB NELSON
“Berry season is a wild ride,” says Rachel Monette, a longtime employee of Nourse Farms in Whately. Every summer it hits with intensity, like a sweet red raspberry bursting on your tongue. Then, too soon, it fades, leaving memories like...
By TINKY WEISBLAT
When Ingrid and Nancy Rivas were about 12, relatives started teaching them to cook. The twin sisters grew up in El Salvador. They remember the flavors of their childhood… and above all, the love.“Our mother and grandmothers loved to cook,” Nancy Rivas...
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