Local Heroes in the News

Chilifest brings hot pepper connoisseurs to Sunderland

By MAX MARCUS, Staff Writer, The Recorder, September 16, 2019

SUNDERLAND — Probably[...]

By DOMENIC POLI, Staff Writer, The Recorder, September 16, 2019

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. But, other times, that[...]

The state’s Agricultural Preservation Restriction program preserves farmland and maintains a quality of life

By ANITA FRITZ, Staff Writer, The Recorder,[...]

BELCHERTOWN, MA (WGGB/WSHM) — Along with the popular fried Oreos and cream puffs, this year, the folks at The Big E hope you will also[...]

By ANITA FRITZ

Staff Writer, The Recorder, September 11, 2019

SUNDERLAND — While temperatures start to cool as fall approaches, things[...]

Pat Leuchtman, The Recorder, September 7, 2019

Like many new students entering the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Daniel Greene of Charlemont did not know[...]

NORTHAMPTON — Education about farming and local food will receive a boost in Northampton Public Schools.

Grow[...]

By Going Green – Sep 5, 2019

When Missy Bahret started her farm in Amherst 16 years ago, she wanted to grow flowers; she’s a proponent[...]

NORTHAMPTON — On Labor Day, Hungarian wax peppers, bell peppers and different varieties of eggplant rested in side-by-side bins at River[...]

By TINKY WEISBLAT, For the Recorder, August 28, 2019

Tim Smith thinks about his mother a lot these days. Dorothy Peck[...]

By LUIS FIELDMAN, The Recorder, August 7, 2019

Artifact Cider Project officially opens its newly constructed taproom Thursday, giving the public a[...]

By DOMENIC POLI, The Recorder, August 3, 2019

DEERFIELD — Steven Melnik used horses when he started his farm in 1919.

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