Simple Pleasures

CISA: Bug Hill Farm

Bug Hill Farm is a certified organic berry farm one mile from historical Ashfield Village. They make value added fruit products lightly sweetened with their own and local honey. They do demos and workshops on the farm and in their new commercial kitchen and retail...

Making It Here: Ooma Tesoro’s Marinara

Inspired by making marinara with his grandmother as a child, Michael Tesoro started his own pasta sauce business out of a small kitchen in his home in Windsor, Massaachusetts. But what you’ll find in that jar on the supermarket shelf is more than just marinara – it’s...

Holyoke Police Santa

For several years the Holyoke Police Department has been collecting toys and distributing them to kids, in the neighborhoods that the serve, on Christmas...

The Farm Table: Local & Sustainable

The Farm Table Restaurant, originally the family home of several generations of sturdy New England dairy farmers, dates back to 1800. Extensive renovation including the installation of a geothermal heating and cooling system, dozens of huge hand-hewn beams, hundreds...

Web Premiere: Northampton’s First Night Celebration

Penny Burke, Executive Director of the Center for the Arts and the producer of First Night, gives details about Northampton’s 29th First Night. First Night is a 12-hour, family-friendly festival of the arts that includes an astounding array of entertainment presented...

Triple Play Day at MassMutual Center

Michael Hurwitz, Board Chair of the Greater Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau, discusses the work of the new Western Mass Sports Commission and the Saturday December 7th “Triple Play Day” events scheduled at the MassMutual Center with NCAA...

Quabbin Photographer Les Campbell

In the late 1940’s, Les’s passion for photography grew out of his first hobby of “birding.” It was his fascination with birds that drew him to the camera as a means of recording and sharing his enjoyment of their beauty. His search for...

Holiday Travel with Kids

Rania Kfuri gives us her tips for traveling around the holidays with kids in tow. She started Free Like Birdie, which makes traveling accessories for families, after traveling with her kids and will give families some useful tips/things she’s learned along the...

Making It Here: Sea Chest Maker

Although the military stopped issuing sea chests in the late 1950’s, local woodworker J. Paul Lanza carries out the nautical tradition from his workshop in Simsbury, CT. Lanza, 78, built more than 300 homes on Cape Cod during his career, including the John F. Kennedy...