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Battle of the burritos: Writer Amanda Drane chows her way through three counties

Nov 12 2014
Daily Hampshire Gazette. November 8, 2014. By Amanda Drane.
Allow me to interrupt my grumbling gastrointestinal system to tell you what I learned during my recent burrito crawl — the region has no shortage of big, bruising burritos. And some of them even taste good.
Mine was a journey of [continue reading]

Amherst bylaw dating back to 1966 jeopardizes farm intern program

Oct 25 2014
The Daily Hampshire Gazette. October 22, 2014. By Scott Merzbach.
AMHERST — Driving stakes into the ground and stringing up tomato plants on them was hard work for Samantha “Sam” Bavelock.
Despite the many hours of planting, weeding and harvesting she put in as an intern with the Many Hands Farm [continue reading]

Growing together: Harvests from Food For All plots in Amherst take novel route to table

Aug 14 2014
Daily Hampshire Gazette. August 14, 2014. By Debra Scherban.
It was a grim task, pulling up 400 tomato plants tainted by blight’s black, contagious lesions. Seven 20-something men and women at a garden at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst were untying the strings holding the fruit-laden vines to their stakes and stuffing them [continue reading]

Claire Hopley’s Table Talk: What’s cooking at Brookfield Farm?: Dishes inspired by Amherst CSA’s just-picked ingredients

Jul 16 2014
Published by under Amherst, Farmstands and Markets
The Daily Hampshire Gazette. May 23, 2014. By Claire Hopley.
‘I’m a farm wife,” says Karen Romanowski of Brookfield Farm on Hulst Road in Amherst. “I didn’t used to like that term, but now I do because that’s basically what I am.”
Romanowski is also a nurse at the McDuffie School [continue reading]

First-time Homebuyer Grants in Amherst and Northampton

Mar 19 2013
The Valley CDC has announced that there are grants available for first time homebuyers in Amherst and Northampton. There is up to $4,500 available for homes purchased in Amherst and $3,000 available for homes purchased in Northampton.
Income and eligibility restrictions apply. To learn more, please contact Donna at the Valley Community [continue reading]

Retracing the old trolley track in South Amherst

Jan 17 2013
Published by under Amherst, Hiking Trails
By Vivienne Carey
I snowshoed along this trail today and it took about 1½ hours. At other times of the year, when walking at a brisk pace, I usually need a little less than 1 hour. However, as you read on, I will show how the hike can be either shortened or lengthened according [continue reading]

Hampshire Health Connect

Mar 15 2011
Hampshire Health Connect help uninsured and underinsured people access health coverage and healthcare. They are partners with Cooley Dickinson Hospital, with offices in Northampton and at the Bangs Community Center in Amherst.
They can help applying for Insurance Partnership benefits or Commonwealth Care (available if your employer doesn’t offer health insurance), and MassHealth disability [continue reading]

Local News for Amherst

Mar 29 2024
Published by under Amherst, Local News Feeds
Recent Podcasts from The Morning News at WHMP There was a problem retrieving this feed. Try visiting it directly at http://www.whmp.com/pages/podcast/122130.rss

The Amherst College Museum of Natural History

Dec 22 2009
The Amherst College Museum of Natural History (formerly the Pratt Museum) contains three floors of exhibits and over 1700 individual specimens. There are a variety of displays on vertebrate evolution and extinction, geology of the Connecticut River Valley, and the world’s largest collection of dinosaur tracks, many from the local area.
Hours: [continue reading]

The Hitchcock Center

Dec 22 2009
The Hitchcock Center for the Environment , located in Amherst, MA, offers natural history programs for both children and adults, as well as a resource center. Located in the Larch Hill conservation area, the trails and butterfly garden are open to the public during daytime hours. [continue reading]

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