Simple Pleasures

Stroll for Strength

For the last 8 years, the Sport and Event Management class at Longmeadow High School has been holding and fund raising event called Stroll for Strength. This year the event, a 5K road race through Longmeadow, will honor 23 people from the region who have lost loved...

Making it Here: A.L. Avery and Son

A.L. Avery and Son on Route 2 in Charlemont, MA has been serving the residents of the area for over 150 years. A fifth generation owned family business, Avery’s is much more than a general store – it’s both a touchstone to the past and a look at the future of...

CISA: Wineries

According to massvacation.gov, Massachusetts features 40 licensed wineries, across, roughly 2,200-acres of wine farmland, where 439 acres are devoted exclusively to wine production. Phil Korman Executive Director at CISA, Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture,...

Student Prince Re-Opening

Business Partners Andy Yee and Peter Picknelly join Student Prince former owner Rudy Scherff for a lively discussion about the future of The Student Prince Restaurant, more commonly known as The Fort. The three plan to reopen the iconic downtown landmark Nov. 26, the...

Making It Here: Pete’s Sweets

Ever since he was a young boy Peter Gray has loved baking. That love has brought him onto the reality show The Next Great Baker and given him an opportunity to bake a cake for the Bush family in Kennebunkport Maine. For the past two years he has owned Pete’s Sweets in...

Fall Foliage

Autumn leaf color is a phenomenon that affects the normally green leaves of many deciduous trees and shrubs by which they take on, during a few weeks in the autumn season, various shades of red, yellow, purple, black, orange, pink, magenta, blue and brown. WGBY’s...

New England Legends: Origins of Halloween

It’s that time of year again, when ghosts and goblins walk the earth and the veil between our world and the spirit world is said to be at its thinnest… A perfect time for legend chaser Jeff Belanger to examine the origins of Halloween, find out why we like being...

Life with Monte: Valley Ghost Tour

Connecting Point Contributor Monte Belmonte speaks with Annie Keithline, who runs Valley Ghost Tours. Annie discusses several haunted locations in Northampton including the Bridge Street Cemetery, the Academy of Music, and a building on the campus of Smith College....