ENFIELD PAINT
7/30/2020
| VICKI MITCHELL
It seems like people are painting everything these days, not just the usual walls and ceilings. Things like floors, cabinets, furniture, appliances, bathtubs, and decorative household items are all being refreshed and renewed with a coat or two of paint. If you’re thinking of starting a painting project, you m
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WESTFIELD STARFIRES
7/30/2020
| KEITH O'CONNOR
Looking for some live baseball action in a summer where COVID-19 has changed the landscape for sports teams and fans everywhere?
While you may not be able to step foot into Fenway Park to watch the Boston Red Sox in a delayed season that began at the end of July minus fans, you can sit in the stands at Bullen
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AUNTIE CATHIE'S KITCHEN
7/30/2020
| KEITH O'CONNOR
It’s been a long road to Auntie Cathie’s Kitchen and Bakery which makes its home in Cooper’s Common in Agawam.
Described on their website as “a quaint, vintage café and dedicated gluten and allergy free bakery serving light breakfast options and a great lunch menu,” Auntie
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WILBUR CAMERON
7/30/2020
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Cameron, long time resident of Chestnut Crossing, is a local boxing legend. After an almost instantaneous rise to fame in 1969, he won five New England Golden Gloves Championships and almost qualified for the Olympics. Cameron moved to Springfield in 1960. Growing up he watched Muhammed Ali rise to fame. He always w
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MUSIQUE MORNEAUX
7/30/2020
| VICKI MITCHELL
What do Broadway shows, the Jethro Tull Band, the Boston Philharmonic, and fife and drum corps across the country all have in common? The answer is that they all use instruments handcrafted by Joseph (Jos) Morneault in Enfield, Connecticut. Morneault is the owner/operator of Musique Morneaux, and his workshop is tuc
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GO EAT
7/4/2020
| Janet Paré
CHEESCAKE IN A JAR
This delicious, no bake, grab and go recipe is perfect for cookouts, picnics and every day snacks. This version uses a strawberry, blueberry and cherry filling but you can mix and match any summer fruit including peaches or nectarines. If using peaches or nectarines, just substitute the l
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A NOTE FROM THE MANAGING EDITOR
7/30/20
| G. Michael Dobbs
“Choose a job you love and you will never work a day in your life,” Confucius said.
Did he really?
A lot of wisdom is attributed to the Chinese philosopher who lived in the Sixth Century BCE, but according to the verdict of the World Wide Web, apparently this is one of his thoughts.
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