Local Restaurants in North Central Mass
My first several jobs were in local restaurants–(in order from ‘fancy’ to ‘not fancy’), The Fox Run and The King ...
Crazy Flooding in Princeton and Beyond
We monitor the weather fairly closely at our house, because among other things (no central A/C but lots of skylights ...
The New Central Massachusetts Veterans Treatment Court, and our connection to it
We recently attended the grand opening of the new Central Massachusetts Veterans Treatment Court, held at the Gardner District Courthouse. Invited ...
Central Mass Real Estate Market: October 2023
Jay typically starts the state of the real estate market story and I add some local details, or I write ...
Tiny Houses: Our Tour of one in Central Mass
Tiny houses are a hot topic these days for a few reasons, cost being the main one, along with the ...
Restaurant Review: Duguay’s Chicken & Seafood
I’ve lived in this area my entire life, and I remember going to Duguay’s Chicken on the Gardner/Templeton line as a treat, ...
Central Mass Real Estate Market: September 2023
When I go to the grocery store these days, it’s not like it used to be. Not only are prices ...
Dogs: Why are we so crazy about them?
I’ve been around dogs my whole life, all the way back to when I was a young child on a ...
Central Mass Real Estate Market: August 2023
My monthly state of the real estate market story typically starts with Jay putting together an economist’s perspective on the ...
Rattle Root Farm (August): We are finally getting the hang of it!
Amazing! **And I didn’t think I’d be saying this, but my expectations have been far exceeded! Last year, when the ...
Oppenheimer: Unexpected Movie Review
Movie reviews haven’t been a staple of my newsletter, and won’t be in the future either, because I usually don’t like ...
Cool, Local Adult Learning Opportunities
One of the best decisions I’ve ever made was to take a class at Assabet Valley Regional Technical/Vocational School, in their Assabet ...