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A Look Back: Dec. 21, 2024
12-23-2024 9:30 AM

By JIM BRIDGMAN

200 Years Ago■Jonathan Smith, agent, respectfully informs the inhabitants of Northampton and vicinity that he has taken the shop opposite the house of the Hon. Samuel Hinckley, where he will keep constantly on hand a complete assortment of school and...


Relief found in unprecedented wildfires in Massachusetts this fall
12-22-2024 2:01 PM

By ZICHANG LIU

“Did you smell the barbecue smell in the air?” That was the question many Massachusetts residents frequently asked over the last two months.New England is well-known for its vibrant autumn foliage, especially this fall — when days were mostly bright...


Valley Bounty: Made with the essence of the full moon: Full Moon Ghee has a new owner but the same healing recipe
12-20-2024 10:00 AM

By JACOB NELSON

Golden, rich, and delicious, “ghee is basically clarified butter,” explains April Poirier. “But it’s so much more than that.”Poirier is the new owner of Full Moon Ghee, a business she recently bought from founder Hannah Jacobson-Hardy. “When I tell...


Get Growing with Mickey Rathbun: A garden in winter need not be dreary: Plants that will enliven your garden in winter
12-18-2024 1:54 PM

By MICKEY RATHBUN

It’s not unusual these cold gray days to despair over the appearance of our gardens. It wasn’t so long ago that late-blooming asters and brilliant foliage punctuated the landscape. Now that I’m leaving garden cleanup until spring to help feed and...


Speaking of Nature: Irregular in every way: For the first time, I’ve sighted a mockingbird at my feeder in December
12-17-2024 3:24 PM

By BILL DANIELSON

It was just another morning at the kitchen window. During the school year I am a prisoner of “teacher time,” which means that I wake up at 4:30 a.m. every morning, whether I want to or not. Weekends, holidays, you name it, I’m up. So, rather than...


A Look Back, Dec. 16
12-16-2024 6:00 AM

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■Demonstrating students at Hampshire College, a phenomenon long absent from the valley, forced the adjournment Saturday of a semi-annual college board of trustees meeting. The 120 demonstrators said they want more student control in the...


Valley Bounty: From vine to bottle: This year, Black Birch Vineyard’s wine was made with only grapes they grew
12-13-2024 9:33 AM

By JACOB NELSON

In the right hands, wine has a way of bringing people together.“Even before we started this business, we loved the wineries and vineyards we’d visit when we traveled,” says Michelle Kersbergen, owner of Black Birch Vineyard in Hatfield. “Especially...


Only Human with Joan Axelrod-Contrada: Am I a believer?: The song hasn’t changed but I have
12-13-2024 9:25 AM

By JOAN AXELROD-CONTRADA

Isn’t it funny how a song can sound completely different depending on your mood, life stage, and views on love? Take “I’m a Believer” by the Monkees, for example.The first time it played, I was a starry-eyed preteen with dreams of Monkee-love. The...


A Look Back, Dec. 12
12-11-2024 7:27 PM

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago ■Lucy Wilson Benson, who has been named Secretary of Human Services by governor-elect Michael S. Dukakis, suggested today she would give up the state post if she is not driven to and from the Boston job daily in a state-owned vehicle....


Speaking of Nature: Introducing the Birch Perch II: Making improvements to my bird observation venue
12-10-2024 1:19 PM

By BILL DANIELSON

My last visit to the Thinking Chair occurred on Sunday, Oct. 20. It was a bright, sunny day and there had been a frost during the night and this produced some interesting effects on the remaining leaves down in the meadow. The following Saturday was...


A Look Back, Dec. 10
12-09-2024 11:01 PM

50 Years Ago ■The Northampton Conservation Commission last night approved plans for the Meadow Street bridge over Mill River in Florence to be reconstructed in its present location, “hopefully” by next summer. Two weeks ago, commission members...


UMass Amherst profs pilot new PFAS detection method
12-08-2024 1:01 PM

By ZICHANG LIU

AMHERST — University of Massachusetts professors Chang Liu and Xiaojun Wei have discovered a new method to detect per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — “forever chemicals” found in water, soil, air, food and other consumer products, paving the way for...


Mass Audubon speaks to language in clean energy law to minimize land use concerns
12-08-2024 12:01 PM

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

While the recent passage of a new clean energy law leaves details of implementation to be solidified over the next 15 months before it takes effect, Mass Audubon’s director of legislative and government affairs is feeling hopeful about one aspect of...


A Look Back: Dec. 7, 2024
12-08-2024 7:52 AM

By JIM BRIDGMAN

200 Years Ago■Whereas my wife Rhoda and I cannot agree to live together, this is to forbid all persons harboring or trusting her, or any of her kindred, on my account, for I shall pay no debts of their contracting. Brewer Ball, Chesterfield.■John and...


Cooking made simple: Classes at the Baker’s Pin demystify the secrets and tricks of great recipes
12-06-2024 12:26 PM

By NAOMI SCULLY-BRISTOL

Walking into the Baker’s Pin, you are greeted by cheerful decor, beautiful colorful pots and an array of cooking gadgets. It is a home cook’s paradise with everything you could possibly need, from Le Creuset pots to artisan olive oil to high quality...


Valley Bounty: It’s the season of tree-ditions: Kingsbury Christmas Tree Farm in South Deerfield offers cut your own and pre-cut varieties
12-06-2024 11:34 AM

By JACOB NELSON

The Christmas season, for people who celebrate, tends to be full of traditions. Maybe it’s watching the same corny holiday movies every year. Maybe it’s making Grandma’s special cookies, a yellowing index card with her faded cursive handwriting...


Let’s Talk Relationships: How to handle feelings of shame: The holiday season can be a triggering time for many
12-06-2024 11:33 AM

By AMY NEWSHORE

Shame is a topic not easily talked about. And that is why I feel enthusiastic about writing about it. That’s my thing — discussing and writing about topics that we often hold at arm’s length and don’t dare think or talk about.But why am I choosing to...


Around and About with Richard McCarthy: A small act of great love: A story of strollers and waiting rooms
12-04-2024 3:04 PM

By RICHARD MCCARTHY

Recently I had an appointment with my primary care provider, and after checking in with the receptionist, I looked to find a seat in the waiting room.One of the only seats available was perpendicular to a young woman with a child about 5 or 6 months...


Speaking of Nature: Spotting the bird with the ‘X-factor’: The absolute worst time to be without a camera
12-03-2024 10:33 AM

By BILL DANIELSON

It was the morning of Thanksgiving Day and I was up early. Guests were still asleep and I was done with the morning chores. A pot of fresh coffee had been brewed, a fire was crackling happily in the wood stove (front doors open so the fire was...


Humanity amid horrors: In her new novel, Granby author Thérèse Soukar Chehade examines the corrosive impact of the Lebanese Civil War on a number of Beirut families
11-29-2024 3:12 PM

By STEVE PFARRER

War has been a regular horror in Lebanon for nearly half a century, flaring most recently this fall with Israel’s invasion of southern Lebanon in attacks against the Iranian-backed paramilitary group Hezbollah, a spillover in turn from the brutal,...

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