Central Mass ‘Pick Your Own’ Resource List
Love fresh fruit and veggies? I’ve compiled a juicy list of local and regional businesses with Pick Your Own opportunities. ...
Central Mass Farmers’ Markets
We’ve spent many Friday afternoons over the past decade or so at the Westminster Farmers’ Market, chatting with people we ...
Observations on Grocery Shopping: Market Basket and Vincent’s Country Store
What do Market Basket (an 88 store chain of supermarkets across New England, with 25,000 employees) and Vincent’s Country Store ...
Rattle Root Farm CSA in Princeton: Gearing up for a productive 2024 season
Rattle Root Farm, our next door neighbor CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), is thriving and has a lot of new things going ...
Voc-Tech Trades Schools Restaurants open to the public
Have you ever thought of trying lunch at one of our Vocational Schools in Central Mass? Monty Tech’s The Mountain ...
Review: Sa’MoreRay’s & Sons, new dine-in/takeout in Westminster
Have you been to the new sandwich shop in Westminster? Sa’MoreRay’s & Sons has a seasonal food truck location on Central Street ...
Breakfast spots in Central Mass
My breakfast usually consists of either a spinach and mushroom omelet or a fairly healthy smoothie. I like to start ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Rattle Root Farm (July): Local, Organic and AMAZING produce!
Amazing! **And I didn’t think I’d be saying this, but my expectations have been far exceeded! Last year, when the ...