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A Greenfield Fire Department engine at a fire. File photo/Shelby Ashline
It’s getting colder, and that means we’re looking for ways to keep warm.
So, it’s a good time to think about protecting the home from fires, which increase in Massachusetts during the winter
Any time of the year is a great time to think about how to save energy, but the crisp night air of autumn is an especially good reminder to get the house ready for winter.
But before going to the hardware store to buy all the products needed to fill in all those drafty areas around windows and doors, you might want to consider bringing an [...]
What a special property!! This charming custom built ranch, in the Frank Lloyd Wright style, is in a prime Williamsburg location. Sitting atop a knoll this handsome home is surrounded by both spacious lush lawn & breathtaking woods on three sides. Only moments from downtown Williamsburg, the best of both worlds awaits you here with [...]
Deciding on siding
GAZETTE STAFF / KEVIN GUTTING
Tim Uhlig, pictured in photo at left, from Wilcox Builders in Hatfield, primes a new edge on a fiber cement soffit
board being installed on a home in the Village Hill development at Northampton. At right, and below, Michael
Cendrowski, works on the soffits while Uhlig cuts the siding, shown above [...]
NOT TO BE MISSED! The ChiliFest at Mike's Maze in Sunderland is happening this weekend! What a great way to ring in the fall. Great food and great music, all in the idyllic New England setting of Mike's Maze in Sunderland. We Northampton-area locals look forward each year to the unveiling of the latest maze to be navigated. This year, in [...]
Charming, updated 5 bedroom farmhouse, spacious and beautiful yard with lovely plantings, heated workshop/studio. All of this just a stone's throw from Amherst center! 45 Spaulding street is a gem of a home. Scott Rebmann with be hosting an open house here this Sunday, September 11th from 12-2 pm. Come take a [...]
Summer is a wonderful time to enjoy all that the Hilltowns of the Pioneer Valley have to offer. There are so many activities to enjoy: hiking, swimming, kayaking, tubing, antiquing, art galleries, and county fairs, to name a few. Today is the opening day of the 148th Cummington Fair. It is my personal favorite, because the setting is lovely [...]
Maple and Main Realty was mentioned in an article in the Boston Globe yesterday, August 11th. The article, written by local writer/author Debra Jo Immergut, is about screened-in porch design and function. It focuses on screen porch projects in the Northampton and Pioneer Valley areas, and features local architect, Tim Stokes of Stokes [...]
As a frequent visitor to the "Dog Park" here in Northampton (the land which is leased by Smith Voc where many local dog owners currently take their dogs for off leash walks), I was tickled by the presence of The Goat Girls of Amherst, MA at the park, earlier this summer. The goats were contained within a well marked electric fence, and [...]
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Struttin’ their stuff
One of the earliest horse breeds developed in the United States, the Morgan horse, originated with a colt named Figure, who was born in 1789 and acquired by Justin Morgan, a musician and horseman who lived in Springfield before moving to [...]