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This week, citizens of Deerfield will get together for something known as a charette. The town has received a grant that enables them to hire an outfit to help us all figure out what we want our little downtown of South Deerfield to look like. When we met a few […]
“So what do you do?” I asked a man sitting next to me at a party. It’s a common sort of ice breaker question that I often rely on to move me through those first moments of uncomfortableness when I’m in a room full of strangers. But they were collegial […]
What a pleasure it was to be able to choose from eight, yes eight different short plays all in one night. For the second year in a row, Greenfield came alive with theater and the Double Take Fringe Festival spread thespians all over town in different venues to share the […]
I picked up a copy of the Lake Placid News yesterday and found a story pitting railroad enthusiasts versus rail trail promoters. The Adirondack Scenic Railroad already runs a tourist train between Saranac Lake and Lake Placid, and an offshoot, the Adirondack Rail Preservation Society wants to develop a luxury […]
Last year one of the arts highlights of Greenfield’s busy assortment of fun events was the Double Take Fringe Festival. If you like variety and enjoy the fun of hopping from venue to venue, you’ll love this two night event this Friday and Saturday Nov 9-10. Read about last year’s […]
It’s officially oyster season and with this in mind, I read a story by Sarah Karnasiewicz in the WSJ with particular relish. What is more seafood-y than a nearly liquid oyster, that you suck down and then smack your lips after consuming? I have had many memorable oyster moments while […]
I never knew how much people in the Valley loved cider until I showed up at the Arts Block to see a long line of imbibers waiting at the cider saloon. It was one of the busiest nights of the venue’s life, packed upstairs and down, with all sorts of […]
Modern day inventors have finally tackled a problem that’s common to nearly every human. Yesterday we published a review of two new products that help people recover precious things that they mistakenly lose. I am somewhat surprised that this has taken so many years, but now there are many different […]
It was a rainy, windy Tuesday night. We were headed to the Clarion Hotel’s Loft, where the Jazz Workshop was playing. Singer Karrin Allyson was driving up from New York City to front the band, singing jazz standards and scatting while a solid trio backed her up. I was surprised […]
Just as Hobby Lobby is about to open their first store in Western Mass, the company’s billionaire owners can’t find anyone to accept their generous gift of an entire 600-acre campus in Northfield. News came today that Grand Canyon University of Phoenix is dissolving the deal to open a Christian […]
The Patriots are playing in London, and they’ve painted the grass over there an iridescent green. I looked over and my neighbor was shoveling mulch, trying to make a dent in a six-yard pile he got delivered last week. I’d rather shovel this before it’s got 4 inches of rain on […]
In 1988 Northfield Mount Hermon, my alma mater, started the VOTES project, a nationwide mock election that takes place at more than 130 high schools – at least one public and one private in all 50 states plus Washington D.C.. More than 60,000 students participated in the last election, and […]