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I write a monthly newsletter that aims to be a mix of informative, local and casual, with a little real estate mixed in. This page has links to past newsletters. CONNECT WITH ME HERE if you have a story idea!

MARCH 2025
Worcester Regional Airport: So Convenient and Easy, Things We’ve Joined: The Good and the Forgettable, Who Is Mary Claire Haver and Why Am I Watching So Much of Her?, Last to know? Sign up for Town Alerts, Victoria Coffee All Set Up in Their New Location, Westminster Town Administrator Stephanie Lahtinen to Host ‘The Town Crier’ Municipal Podcast, Over 62? Lifetime Massachusetts State Parks Pass for just $10, Central Mass Real Estate Market: March 2025, Westminster Village Auto Wash Update: High Power Vacs and Bonuses This Weekend, St. Patrick’s 5K in Princeton to Benefit Patrick Cumming Memorial EMS Scholarship Fund, Amy Engelhardt Brings Award-Winning “Impact” to Central Mass: There Are No Coincidences, Only Connections, and Princeton Textile Collection for Re-Wear, Re-Use and Recycling!

FEBRUARY 2025
I’m a late adopter, but WOW The Mel Robbins Podcast! NEW LAW: Inlaw Apartments, ‘Accessory Dwelling Units’ now allowed by right in MA, Jay’s recap of his recent trip to New Zealand, Princeton: Boarders, Short Term Rentals and Bed and Breakfast Bylaws, Unexpected: Interview with Jen, Q&A: Village Auto Wash, Westminster’s New Touch-Free Car Wash, State of the Real Estate Market, Review: Logan’s Table–the actual best Pizza I’ve ever had, Kids in Ash-West? Tell their teachers about our CURRENT GRANT CYCLE! Popular from Last Month: Local House Fires, how to help and take some safety precautions of your own, and so much more!

JANUARY 2025
This month I wrote about local house fires–how to help those affected and take some of the safety precautions I have, Children’s Libraries in Central Mass and Beyond, Clothing Alterations Near Me, Local Business Review: All Pro Billiards, Need a Frenectomy? I 10/10 Recommend Dr. Kendal Lin at Worcester Periodontics, Nothing is more New England than Burn Permit season, Central Mass Real Estate Market, and popular from last month: Keeping it Local: Allie from Smith’s Cheese on Madore Photography/NXT Level Studio’s Podcast AND MORE.

DECEMBER 2024
My foodie friends published a beautiful book about their food tour of Italy, another story about a lesser quality cookbook–the Shenk Family Cookbook and other mishaps, Keeping it local with Allie from Smith’s Cheese on NXT Level Studio Podcast, Holiday House Tours, Wrap up 2024 with me, Real Estate market, new listings, Princeton’s new Mirick Trail, Recipe may be the wrong word/firestarters, Labor Day Tennie merch makes great gifts and MORE!

NOVEMBER 2024
Dog Adoption: Please Rescue, Certified Pre-Owned Vehicles Near Me, My Thanksgiving Planning Checklist, Princeton’s Zoning Change proposals, Labor Day Tennis Merchandise to start your Christmas Shopping, Westminster Village Auto Wash WASH CLUBS available now, and MORE!

OCTOBER 2024
My Car got recalled (or not), Trick or Treating on Bacon Street, Property Title Theft, New Car Wash is Open, Columbus Day Weekend Monadnock Arts Tour and Wachusett Mountain Ski Swap, AND SO MUCH MORE!

SEPTEMBER 2024
RIP Pugsley Shenk, Market Basket Rebellion 10 Years Ago, Village Auto Wash, Jay’s Colorado Horse Ride, Westminster Cultural Council AND SO MUCH MORE!

AUGUST 2024
The scariest word in Real Estate is Pyrrhotite, Jay’s Colorado Adventure, School Schedules and Bus Routes, Sourdough Bread Near Me, Labor Day Tennis, Real Estate Market, Neighbors Helping Neighbors and more!

JULY 2024
Sourdough Bread Near Me (with profiles of 4 local bakers), Jay’s Teen Years in Puerto Rico, My Hydrangeas are Amazing this Year and I don’t even have any, Restaurant and Floating Boardwalk Review, Real Estate Market, Lemony Summer Dessert Parfait and More! Popular from Last Issue: Double Down on Mountainside with outdoor dining and brews in Princeton, and more!

JUNE 2024
Double Down on Mountainside, Even in 1962 It’s a Miracle Jay’s Parents didn’t get Divorced, Popular Story: Our New Dog Shadow is Relentless, Playgrounds in Central Mass, Pick Your Own, Central Mass Farmers Markets, Summer Rec Programs, Fireworks, Garden Tours, Biking/Hiking Trails and more!

MAY 2024
Love My New FLOR.com Carpet Tiles, Clean Up Your Yard, Dammit! *Talking To Self, Our New Dog Shadow is Relentless, Rattle Root Farm CSA in Princeton: Gearing up for a productive 2024 season, Central Mass Real Estate Market Update, DCR LIFETIME Senior Parking Pass, Ash-West Business Community (ABC) update, Central Mass Town Wide Yard Sales and more!

APRIL 2024
Observations on Grocery Shopping, Westminster’s new Car Wash, my Bathroom Mini-Reno AFTER, My thoughts on this real estate commission chatter, dream home listing, local business support group, local business review, and SO MUCH MORE!

MARCH 2024
The Neighborhoods We Grew Up In, Bathroom Mini-Reno continues, Wachusett Commuter Rail, Central Flag, Central Mass Real Estate Market, Like it or not, time to renew your dog licenses, The Tipping Point, and Considering a move? You need my Moving Guide *that I haven’t written yet, and more!

FEBRUARY 2024
My Bathroom Mini-Reno, Monty Tech: The Trades are IN, Voc-Tech Trades Schools Restaurants open to the public, Estate Sale, LOVE my new Dishwasher, Free Photog Tips session, Recipe may be the wrong word: Firestarters, Local Business Review of Airport Plus Car Service, Westminster Cultural Council and MORE!

JANUARY 2024
Should have trusted my gut on that Car Salesman and his contract, Breakfast Spots in Central MA, Review of Sa’MoreRay’s new dine-in/takeout in Westminster, Homemade Indian Food, State of the local real estate market, Your Local Real Estate Resource and so much more!

DECEMBER 2023
Got a new pup, Couldn’t hate my dishwasher more, Holiday House Tours, Best Soup I’ve ever made, Locally Owned Restaurants, bonus increase in septic credit, candy stores, Real Estate Market, Your Local Real Estate Resource and so much more!

NOVEMBER 2023
Pests in our Home, Locally Owned Restaurants, Holiday House Tours, Thomas Prince #1 Middle School, Ash-West Foundation Event, Real Estate Market, Your Local Resource and so much more!

OCTOBER 2023
RIP Stan Skamarycz, Crazy Flooding in Princeton and Beyond, the new Veterans Treatment Court and our connection to it, my opinion on the State of the Real Estate Market, a couple Free Oakmont Preferred Student Parking passes, and even a free photography lesson session (group size limited), Monadnock Arts Tour this weekend, updated resource stories on Church Fairs, and even one lone remaining Town Wide Yard Sale!

SEPTEMBER 2023
A Local Tiny House, Labor Day Tennis, School Calendars/Bus Routes, Church Fairs, Local Real Estate Market, Charity 5K and your Central MA Resource

AUGUST 2023
Dogs–Why are we so crazy about them? Oppenheimer Movie Review, Westminster Neighbors Helping Neighbors Town Benefit Day, Labor Day Tennis, Local Real Estate Market, School Calendars/Bus Routes, Church Fairs, Rattle Root Farm update, and so much more!