Ukraine benefit concert planned in Ashfield | May 1

Ukraine benefit concert planned in Ashfield “Rock and blues notables Mitch Chakour and Peter J. Newland will team up with jazz flutist Peter H. Bloom for a benefit concert for Ukraine at the Ashfield Community Hall on Sunday, May 1, at 7 p.m. Concert proceeds will benefit World Central Kitchen, providing millions of meals for …

Wildlife Tracking Workshop for Youth and Families

Wildlife Tracking Workshop for Youth and Families Sunday, February 6, 1-2:30pm Bullitt Reservation, 332 Bullitt Road, Ashfield MA Pre-registration required: https://www.hilltownlandtrust.org/events/wildlife-tracking-workshop-for-youth-and-families Members**: $5 Youth / $5 Adult Non-members: $10 Youth / $10 Adult *If the cost of this event presents a burden for your family, please email sarah@hilltownlandtrust.org for scholarship options. Event Details: Have you ever wondered …

Valley Bounty: Sweet Birch Herbals

“People have evolved with plants for thousands of years,” Hannah Jacobson-Hardy of Sweet Birch Herbals in Ashfield reminds us. “And herbal medicine is still the most used healing practice in the world.”

Through Sweet Birch Herbals, Jacobson-Hardy aims to keep her community rooted to the teaching, healing, and all-around wellbeing that local plants and herbs can provide.

The Secluded Restaurant In Massachusetts With The Most Magical Surroundings

“The Ashfield Lakehouse calls itself a “restaurant, bar and pirate ship,” which is your first hint that this waterfront gem is all about the good times. It’s secluded, the food is awesome and the location is unbeatable. Read on to learn more.” https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/massachusetts/secluded-magical-restaurant-ma/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=massachusetts&utm_campaign=newsletter

End of a sweet run, South Face Farm maple restaurant makes this syrup season its last

The Recorder, February 26, 2014. By Richie Davis  

ASHFIELD — The stack of pancakes is tall, and the line of hungry eaters-to-be waiting to get at them is growing.

It’s sugaring-season at South Face Farm, where throngs of weekend visitors turning out for pancakes, waffles, fritters and more has been a nearly 30-year tradition. But that may be coming to an end, with owner Tom McCrumm’s announced retirement at the end of the six-week restaurant season that began last weekend.

The 68-year-old maple farmer […]

Local Hero Profile: The Pieropan Christmas Tree Farm

By Jenny Miller Sechler 

Family traditions are an important part of every holiday, and for those who celebrate Christmas, what tradition could be more essential than picking out and decorating the Christmas tree? For Emmet Van Driesche, who owns and operates The Pieropan Christmas Tree Farm along with his wife Cecilia, childhood memories of Christmas trees do not involve walking up and down orderly aisles of conifers in a parking lot or conventionally managed farm. Instead, Emmet’s memories include walks in the winter […]