BOHO Chocolate is a local bean-to-bar chocolate producer in Florence, MA, with a devotion to quality, a flair for innovation, and a commitment to sustainable practices. The company, helmed by Charles Burke, boasts over a decade of experience and has received more than 25 international ...

Food insecurity in Western Massachusetts is on the rise. In 2024, statewide, more than one in three residents didn’t have enough food to eat or were unsure where their next meal would come from. In Hampshire, Franklin, Berkshire, and Hampden Counties, food insecurity levels all ...

The Hilltowns of Western Massachusetts are comprised of roughly three dozen rural and sparsely populated towns, situated amongst New England's pastoral wooded hills and vales. Life in these scattered towns and villages is largely simple by both design and necessity. Unfortunately, the same sparseness of ...