SOUTH HADLEY – Hundreds of people came to Big Rig Day at Buttery Brook Park on Wednesday to see, climb on and honk the horns of a dozen utility, emergency and over-sized vehicles and refamiliarize themselves with the town park on Willimansett.
NORTH AMHERST – The Mill District Farmers and Artisans Market, located on Cowls Road, just started this summer and is set to run each Thursday, from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m., through October.Kevin Gutting can be reached at kgutting@gazettenet.com. Follow him.
NORTHAMPTON – A crew from Spring Valley Landscaping in Hatfield spread mulch around newly planted black gum and cumulus serviceberry trees at Sacred Heart Church on King Street on Thursday. Gareth Buckley noted that working in temperatures in the low.
NORTHAMPTON – Friends Leslie Leonard and Jeremiah Williams, both of Sunderland, brought their lawn chairs with them to chill out in the cooling waters of the Mill River on Monday, the second day of a region-wide heat advisory.Kevin Gutting can be.
NORTHAMPTON – Blanche Derby of Northampton, author of several books on edible plants, took a bike trip to Northampton Community Gardens on Tuesday to forage for lambsquarters on the edges of the garden’s plant compost pile. Derby says the leaf is.