Trick or Treating on Bacon Street: The 2012 Edition (Updated for 2025)
With Halloween coming up, I’m reminded of a story Jay wrote 10+ about 15 years ago about Trick or Treating on ...
The Vice: Morning Coffee and more, right on Main Street in Westminster
As a lot of you know, there’s a new cafe in Westminster called The Vice, which is a somewhat unusual ...
We’ve Been Ordering Our Meats From Lilac Hedge Farm in Rutland, and It’s Amazing!
We’ve been ordering our meats from Lilac Hedge Farm in Rutland, and it’s amazing! I’ll call myself a slow adopter ...
Who Here Remembers 1980s Chemical People Dances in Gardner?
I recently saw that Gardner has just opened a new teen center, and that reminded me that we loved hanging ...
Princeton: Touch A Truck Event 2025
I will see YOU at the 4th Annual Princeton Police Department Partner with Princeton Touch A Truck event! You heard ...
Westminster Neighbors Helping Neighbors is Sunday, August 10, 2025
Westminster’s Neighbors Helping Neighbors Town Benefit Day is coming up on Sunday, August 10, and it’s always one of my ...
Princeton Free Outdoor Movie Nights 2025
Looking for something to do with the kids or grandkids? I’m one of the sponsors for the Princeton Free Outdoor ...
Progress on the Crumbling Concrete Foundations Crisis
Great news! We’ve got some measurable progress on the unexpected crisis of crumbling concrete foundations in Massachusetts! An amendment to ...
Fireworks in Central Mass and Beyond
I don’t want to brag, but I was at SkyBlast, an amazing night of fireworks (in July 1982–I was 12) ...
Ice Cream for Dinner? Yes, Please!
Who says you can’t have ice cream for dinner? When the weather calls for it, I think it’s a great ...
Lake Beaches in Central Mass
I have a lot of lake and pond swimming memories from my childhood. Thinking back on them now, I was ...