GO CREATE
3/1/2023
| SOPHIA KELLEHER
WOODEN DOWEL VASE
This simple DIY only takes 5 minutes! Upgrade an old vase with craft supplies you can find at your local dollar store.
Check out the list of materials below and let's go create!
MATERIALS:
• Vase• Wooden Dowels&b
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TRAVELNITCH CAPTURING THE MAGIC OF TRAVEL
3/1/2023
| MIASHA LEE
Traveling creates long lasting memories. It gives families the chance to enjoy new experiences and appreciate the world around them. In 2018, Western Mass. native Amanda Renna created Travelnitch, a nonprofit organization inspiring children through virtual and real-world travel, whilc also encouraging families to tr
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GRATI: BEAUTY ON THE INSIDE AND OUT
3/1/2023
| HOPE E. TREMBLAY
Growing up, Kelly Partridge always loved fashion. However, she didn’t imagine she would have her own clothing store.
Partridge first opened GRATI, a boutique storefront in Wilbraham that also has an online warehouse, in 2019 from her Ludlow home.
“I did everything out of my home,” she
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MANY GRACES FARM AND DESIGN
3/1/2023
| KEITH O'CONNOR
Rebecca Maillet’s love of flowers is something that, quite frankly, bloomed over the years.
Her appreciation for nature as a child and her attraction to flowers as she grew older led to her vision for Many Graces, a commercial production flower farm, as well as a full-service floral design studio.
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AGAWAM CINEMAS
3/1/2023
| HOPE E. TREMBLAY
The film industry as a whole took a big hit when the coronavirus pandemic shut down movie productions and theaters around the globe. People looked to streaming services for entertainment, but when businesses began opening up in full force, many people flocked to theaters for a movie experience that can only be found
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GO EAT
3/1/2023
| NATE BLAIS
NO KNEAD OLIVE BREAD
WHAT YOU'LL NEED
3 Cups AP flour2 Tsp active dry yeast1 1/2 Tsp salt1 1/2 Cups warm water1 Cup chopped green and kalamata olives
HOW YOU'LL MAKE IT
Mix together the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl. Add in yo
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A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
3/1/2023
| Payton North
Growing up, my parents frequently repeated the famous Henry Ford quote to my brother and me: “Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t – you’re right.”
It was a mantra in the North household.
Whenever we were facing a challenge, setting off on a new task or perhap
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