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 [...]
Exciting news for Northampton area beer lovers!
Hunter Styles: Western Mass’ week-long beer bash starts Saturday
The Western Mass celebration of local brew is under way
Sally Noble and Sonny Han co-own The Foundry in Northampton, one of many venues participating in Western Mass Beer Week
HUNTER STYLES
Friday, June 10, 2016
The Beerhunter’s ears are always pricked to news of local craft beer happenings, and this month, they’re positively [...]
When spring sprung this year, I actually went online to research when and how to prune, fertilize, sod and care for the many plants in our garden. I was encouraged because last year when I followed instructions about how to care for my (dying) rose bush, I was actually able to bring it back from the dead and coax a bunch of flowers out of [...]
Here we are in the final weeks of summer in the Pioneer Valley - it seems to be going by quickly! The weather has been lovely and it has been a great summer so far. There are still some highlights to look forward to in August and September here in [...]
One of the perks of living in Northampton and the Pioneer Valley, is the celebration of winter's end and spring's beginning that is earmarked, in part, by maple sugar season. This provides us Western MA folk with a post ski-season excuse to spend a weekend day driving through the picturesque [...]
In the wake of "snowmageddon", (which turned out to be more of a run-of-the-mill snowstorm in the Northampton area), I've been thinking about how we experience winter here in Western MA. Around this time of year, the topic of winter seems to be on the tip of everyone's tongues. We are growing weary of the cold, the shoveling, the ice, the [...]
The weather we have been blessed with in the past week reminds me why I love living in the Northeast, and, specifically, in Northampton. Mild temperatures, clear skies, and insanely beautiful views of multicolored trees wherever you train your eyes. I can't imagine living somewhere without real seasonal changes - and I feel lucky to live [...]
Although the warmer temps seem to keep coming and going - the weather yesterday and today have me easing the temperature higher and higher on our thermostat. We are eager to test out our new Tier 3 energy efficient home in [...]
Right in the center of scenic Ashfield MA sits this diamond-in-the-rough, 317 Main Street. A 5 bedroom, 2 bath, 2866 sf family home on nearly an acre of land. The original house was built in 1780, while a large addition was added roughly 100 years later. The architectural style is Colonial revival with a farmhouse flare. While the house [...]
