Even as winter blows its final bluster, as the snow piles still seem endless, we all know that eventually it will melt, and the seasons will shift once more. Here, on the tail end of winter, we look around for what color we can find, ...

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 ...

Located right in the heart of Ashfield, Elmer’s Community Center is a non-profit organization and gathering space that is also home to the Wicked Good Cafe. The end result of a community project years in the making, these two organizations operate in tandem as they ...

Art represents life, life begets art. In this cycle we glean moments of introspection and perspective. We learn a little more about the human condition and our place in the universe. Right here in the HIlltowns one man has been working the world around him ...

Tucked away in time, there is a wealth of knowledge and history hiding in plain sight, right on Main St. in Cummington. The Kingman Tavern Museum is like a living time capsule. Its dedicated rooms and displays offer insights into the daily life of folks ...

High Lawn Farm is a Jersey Cow Dairy with an impressive history, responsible practices, and a respect for the basics that has helped them to produce extremely high-quality milk and dairy products for over one hundred years. High Lawn Farm cows are happy cows, raised ...

Crisp and refreshing. Complex but smooth. Fruity and delicious. Brewing kombucha is an art and Katalyst Kombucha has tapped into the next wave of flavor by mastering consistency and focusing on accessibility. Katalyst was one of the first kombucha brewers to start selling commercially, from ...

Pairs of dancers, joining hands, listen for the Caller’s call. The music swells and the room spins as smiling faces pass by, reaching out to meet the next duo as the pace picks up, faster and faster until the dance is done with a laugh ...