Archive for The Hilltowns Region

Contributors wanted! If you are interested in adding content to this site or starting a forum, please register.

If you would like us to show your site feed, please contact the site administrator.

Music Trekking: Here Come Our Mothers

May 8 2012
Here’s To Our Mothers! Although Mothers Day as we know it is not recognized all over the globe, there is not one single culture that doesn’t celebrate the roles of mothers, grandmothers and similar figures in their folklore, stories and songs. Do other cultures love their moms and like to sing about them? You bet [continue reading]

Seasons at Our Table: Maple Sugar

May 8 2012
Maple Sugar Season At the beginning of Maple Sugar Season we invited our readers to share with us how Maple Sugar Season gets their family outdoors and participating in the harvest with their community. We also invited them to share their favorite recipe that they like to make for/with their family breakfast/brunch hour. The feedback [continue reading]

Seasons at Our Table: Maple Sugar

May 8 2012
Maple Sugar Season At the beginning of Maple Sugar Season we invited our readers to share with us how Maple Sugar Season gets their family outdoors and participating in the harvest with their community. We also invited them to share their favorite recipe that they like to make for/with their family breakfast/brunch hour. The feedback [continue reading]

Safe and Healthy Food Choices: Educating and Empowering Families in an Era of High-Tech Food Production

May 7 2012
Hilltown Families presents… Safe and Healthy Food Choices: Educating and Empowering Families in an Era of High-Tech Food Production A Community Conversation with Local Food Advocates Tuesday, May 29th in Williamsburg Hilltown Families presents Safe and Healthy Food Choices: Educating and Empowering Families in an Era of High-Tech Food Production on Tuesday, May 29th from 7-9pm [continue reading]

5 Western MA Parks Go Organic!

May 2 2012
5 Local Parks to Implement Organic Lawn Care Practices Five municipal parks in the Hampshire and Hampden county areas will transition from using synthetic petrochemical fertilizers and pesticides to using organic practices and materials. These parks attract thousands of visitors each year, creating an ideal opportunity to demonstrate the benefits and beauty of organic lawn [continue reading]

Q&A: Community Recommended Documentaries for Parents

Apr 29 2012
QUESTION AND ANSWERS Is there a documentary that you think every parent should see? Marissa Potter recommends, “The Business of Being Born, just for starters.” [Trailer] Audrey Jean Bromberg Hyvonen recommends, “Consuming Kids was quite an eye opener for this mom.” [Trailer] Kerrie McNay recommends, “Mythic Journeys- it truly speaks to the soul and is [continue reading]

One Clover & A Bee: Poems For Families To Learn And Love

Apr 25 2012
Is Poetry On Your Playlist? Many of us think of poetry with a capital P—meaning, Poetry lives in a castle high on a hill surrounded by a deep moat and a drawbridge. Beautiful from a distance, probably beautiful inside, but a little scary and, unless you know the owners, pretty inaccessible. Or we think of [continue reading]

Picture Books for Spring Time

Apr 24 2012
A Trio of New Picture Books Just In Time For Spring Every year I am surprised when the fields and forests finally turn green. Just when I think it will be brown and barren forever, the snow turns to rain, the ground thaws, and those first brave shoots make their appearance. — Springtime gives me [continue reading]

The Bullroarer

Apr 23 2012
Robert Krampf’s Experiment of the Week:  THE BULLROARER This week’s experiment is an old one, but a fun one. The basic concept of the Bullroarer can be found in the distant history of Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Australia. While it is traditionally made of a flat piece of wood, this version is very [continue reading]

Bully: Documentary Looks at Kids Under Attack at School

Apr 18 2012
“Bully” — Heartbreaking Look at Kids Under Daily Attack at School By Mark R. Gould ‘The documentary “Bully” is opening in theaters throughout the country. If you have seen any of the clips from the film, you will know that it is a heartbreaking look at the lives of students who are harassed and attacked [continue reading]

« Previous   1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30   Next »

Subscribe to The Hilltowns Region RSS

Search

Events

Mar 2024
SMTWTFS
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31
GOOGLE_TRACKING