WILBRAHAM CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
6/2/2025
| LAUREN LEBEL
From the outside, it looks like a historic red structure, but on the inside, it is sparking imagination and creativity among the youngest generation.
Opened in the spring of 1981, the Wilbraham Children’s Museum was provided as a recreational and educational service for young children in the area. Now,
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RAY'S FAMILY FARM
6/2/2025
| HOPE MURRAY TREMBLAY
For five decades, Ray’s Family Farm in Southwick has been providing flowers, vegetables, herbs, Christmas trees and more to the community. They are known for being friendly and offering high quality products. And, of course, for Freckles and Wilson — owner Raymond “Skip” Brzoska Jr.’s d
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PEARL & COMPANY
6/2/2025
| DEBBIE GARDNER
They have names like “Resilience,” “Surviving,” and “Just A Vibe.”
But these all-natural, soy-based candles are much more than just their names, and their clean-burning fragrances.
Each carefully blended scent, each hand-poured jar represents a triumph over adversity
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JALAPEÑO POPPER MAC AND CHEESE
2025-06-02
| NATE BLAIS
WHAT YOU'LL NEED
1 box of medium shells/macaroni1 block of pepper jack cheese1/2 block cream cheese2 tbsp butter2 tbsp flour3/4 cup milk1 cup crispy fried jalapeños3 jalapeños3 strips of bacon1 tsp mustard1 tsp onion po
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A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
2025-06-02
| Lauren LeBel
And just like that, it’s June.
The month of June has several meanings. For one, it means that we are halfway through the year, and before we know it, the holidays will be approaching. But it also means the start of summer — so the cold weather can hold off a bit as we continue to defrost from a lo
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