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NORTHAMPTON — Whether it’s her sweet-tasting Adriatic figs or Magic Mollie purple potatoes, Linda Lazarus of Twin Oaks Farms puts as much love into selling her produce as she does growing it.“You’ve gotta try this,” she says to a customer at the...

“They’re not part of the Valley. They’re not covered by the Berkshires. The Hilltowns really are their own thing,” observes Seva Water, who coordinates the Hilltown Mobile Market for the Hilltown Community Development Corporation.The Hilltowns...

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Berkshire Grown kicks off their 2021-2022 Winter Market season on the weekend before Thanksgiving, Sunday, Nov. 21. The Williamstown/North Adams Winter Market will take place at

GREENFIELD – While National Hunger Action Month ended with September, the Franklin County Hunger Task Force is encouraging area residents to continue taking action with a list of 53 ways to help change the story about hunger and increase food security...

TSET awards healthy incentive grants to Town of Meeker, Maud Schools Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) OKLAHOMA CITY  – The Board of Directors for the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) on Tuesday approved 36 incentive grants for communities and schools through the TSET Healthy Incentive Program. Among the grant recipients are the Town of Meeker, which will receive $14,000, and Maud Public Schools, which was awarded $12,000. TSET Healthy Incentive grants are awarded to communi...

By Daniel Sheehan, Reporter Staff February 17, 2021 Daniel Sheehan, Reporter Staff Officials from Mass Farmers Markets, Dorchester Winter Farmers Market, Epiphany School and the Mayor’s Office of Food Access unveiled the first winter market stall outside the Epiphany School on Thursday. Mass Farmers Markets and the Dorchester Winter Farmers Market unveiled a new structure at the Epiphany School near the Shawmut T station last Thursday that will serve as a food access point in the neighborhoo...

Council on Aging Open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Telephone: 781-396-6010 Announcements Coffee & Conversation: 1-2 p.m. Thursdays through December. A way for older adults in the community to connect with others safely and easily by phone. No need to leave your home! Join Stephanie Chissler, coordinator of the Aging in Balance Department at MelroseWakefield Healthcare, for these weekly calls.  Call in once or call in every week for conversation, support, resource sharing and tips to...

Council on Aging Open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Telephone: 781-396-6010 Announcements Coffee & Conversation: 1-2 p.m. Thursdays through December. A way for older adults in the community to connect with others safely and easily by phone. No need to leave your home! Join Stephanie Chissler, coordinator of the Aging in Balance Department at MelroseWakefield Healthcare, for these weekly calls.  Call in once or call in every week for conversation, support, resource sharing and tips to...