Howes Brothers Photography

The Howes Brothers Alvah, Walter, and George, traveled the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts taking photographs of the residents, documenting pictorially the customs, fashions, architecture, industry, technology, and economic conditions of rural New England at the turn...

Hadley Winery

Unlike the Napa Valley, New England isn’t usually synonymous with fine wine, but Mt. Warner Vineyards in Hadley, MA is trying to change that with their selection of award-winning wines made with locally-grown grapes right here in the Pioneer Valley! Mt. Warner...

Yo-Yo Conference

Jack Finn, Owner of Northampton’s A2Z Science and Learning Store, André Boulay and Nick Gumlaw, all competitive yoyo enthusiasts, will host The 2013 Northeast Regional Yo-Yo Contest Friday, April 5th and Saturday, April 6th in Northampton. Boulay and Gumlaw have not...

Business Network International

Jason Turcotte, Managing Director of Business Network International of Western Massachusetts, joins us to discuss his organization. There are currently 250-280 members of BNI Western MA in this region....

Food for Thought with Simon Stevenson

Simon Stevenson talks with Larry Katz, owner of Arnold’s Meats in Chicopee, and discovers what the advantages are in buying from your local butcher shop rather than a larger chain store and encounters some interesting ingredients along the...

Valley Venture Mentors

Scott Foster and Steve Willis, board members of Valley Venture Mentors,  explain what an “entrepreneurial ecosystem” is, what are the key ingredients of building a start-up community, and the impact both can have on local communities and quality of life in...

Hit Point Studios

Hit Point Studios, located in Hatfield,MA.,  is the largest independent video game studio in Massachusetts. Owner Paul Hake recently sat down with Connecting Point Producer Tony Dunne to share their secret for success....

SCORE Volunteers

Ted Stevenson, Chair of SCORE Western Massachusetts;  Dan Healy, 1st Vice Chair;  Len Gendron, 2nd Vice Chair;  and Bharat Desai, Secretary;  discuss the organization’s work helping local businesses and...

Local Women Business Leaders

Carrie Saldo speaks with local women who own and run businesses including:  Karen Randall, owner of Randall’s Farm in Ludlow; Kate Gourde, owner of Coopers Curtains, Gifts & Home Decor in Agawam;  and Barbara Rodriguez owner of Transfluenci Interpreting and...

Common Capital

Common Capital CEO Chris Sikes and Andrea Stanley of client company Valley Malt in Hadley discuss the work done by Common Capital and the “Community First” fund they have started. http://www.valleymalt.com/ http://www.common-capital.org/...

Howes Brothers Photography

The Howes Brothers Alvah, Walter, and George, traveled the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts taking photographs of the residents, documenting pictorially the customs, fashions, architecture, industry, technology, and economic conditions of rural New England at the turn...

Life with Monte

Monte sits down with musician Tim Eriksen to discuss his latest album. Erikson is acclaimed for transforming American tradition with his startling interpretations of old ballads, love songs, shape-note gospel and dance tunes from New England and Southern Appalachia....