Just days after President Trump announced that he will pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord, a group of energized town residents gathered to officially launch Sustainable Marblehead, a nonprofit group dedicated to improving the community’s approach to fighting climate change.“We can’t look to the federal government to solve our problems, we need to create change on a local level,” said John Livermore, Director of Sustainable Marblehead. “We
Business Beat: Kind Goods opens in Maynard on June 10
Kind Goods, the brainchild of Michelle Barrett of Michelle Barrett Ceramics in Somerville, opens its doors on June 10 at 85 Main St. in Maynard.The retail shop will feature the handmade goods of Barrett as well as 30 other makers, artists, and creators.Kind Goods is a curated collection of handmade treasures sourced within a 50-mile radius of Boston. With goods both gathered and made in the shop, Barrett hopes to inspire a swell of support for the local economy, artists, and makers.“The
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Breaking Bread: Kids learn not to turn noses up at vegetables
Broccoli and cauliflower often meet with sideways glances and wrinkled noses from the 12-and-under set. That was the case with Brooklynn Mills, a third-grader at Easthaven Elementary School on the Southeast Side of Columbus, Ohio.The 8-year-old took part in a vegetable tasting at her school, which included a baby carrot, a cherry tomato (the fruit that takes like a vegetable) and a sugar snap pea.When the tasting ended, Brooklynn had taken a tiny nibble from the carrot, but no other
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GREEN THUMBS UP: Designing a Perennial Garden
Soaking springtime showers have provided beneficial moisture for our bountiful May flowers. Despite the chill in the air during the past week, nurseries were bustling with activity as eager homeowners filled their carts with flowering trees and shrubs, hanging baskets, perennials, herbs, and vegetables in anticipation of Mother’s Day and Memorial Day weekend.Nearly all gardeners are guilty of impulse buying at this time of year, however this haphazard approach often leads to gardens that
Breaking Bread: Kids learn not to turn noses up at vegetables
Broccoli and cauliflower often meet with sideways glances and wrinkled noses from the 12-and-under set. That was the case with Brooklynn Mills, a third-grader at Easthaven Elementary School on the Southeast Side of Columbus, Ohio.The 8-year-old took part in a vegetable tasting at her school, which included a baby carrot, a cherry tomato (the fruit that takes like a vegetable) and a sugar snap pea.When the tasting ended, Brooklynn had taken a tiny nibble from the carrot, but no other
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Sprucing up downtown Franklin
FRANKLIN – Volunteers worked in the downtown and town common areas Saturday morning as part of a “beautification day.”Participants planted a variety of flowers along the bridges and roads of downtown and in the common to ensure the areas remained bright and vibrant throughout the warmer months. The day is a joint effort between the Franklin Downtown Partnership and the Franklin Garden Club.Eileen Mason, who coordinates the event, said it had been going well through the early morning hours.”So
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Watertown Farmer’s Market ramps up for June opening
Watertown residents are just a week away from the newest version of the Watertown Farmers Market, now run by Live Well Watertown and will feature a new batch of vendors.Stephanie Venizelos, coordinator of Live Well Watertown, said the market will still retain sponsorship from athenahealth but will welcome a new batch of farm and specialty vendors. Venizelos said this year’s market would try to build on Live Well’s health promotion efforts with educational programs, including Eat
GREEN THUMBS UP: Welcome the Summer Planting Season
A stroll through the garden during the latter half of May is truly a delight for all the senses. The familiar whistles and chirps of a Baltimore oriole can be heard in the overhead canopy while hummingbirds zip through the garden, sipping nectar at columbines and lungworts. Dazzling displays of multicolored azaleas flaunt their finery in shades of sizzling salmon, red, pink, white, and lavender, while their cousins, the bold and beautiful large-leaf rhododendrons, light up the landscape with
Marshfield Farmers Market kicks off summer season June 2
The Marshfield Farmers Market will be open every Friday from 2-6 p.m. starting June 2 at the Marshfield Fairgrounds, featuring a wide variety of locally grown produce and goods.
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AT HOME WITH STEPHANIE: Signs it’s time to replace damaged siding
Q: Recently I’ve noticed some minor rot and peeling paint across various sections of our wood siding. At what point do I need to start thinking about replacement?A: With spring in full force and summer just a month away, there is a chance you have noticed signs of damaged siding from this past winter and even recent spring storms. Unfortunately, winter weather here in New England can wreak havoc on your home, especially with old and outdated siding.The truth is, damaged siding from
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Cohasset Historical Society adding Beechwood Church to its collection
In addition to becoming the town’s newest museum, the soon-to-be dubbed the “Beechwood meeting house” will serve as a venue for a variety of community functions including meetings, lectures, performances, and other formal and informal events.
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‘Local foodie’ offers farm-to-table cooking classes in Newburyport
It’s August, and great produce is in abundance. Whether you pick it in your own garden or you buy it at a local farm stand, nothing says summer like fresh tomatoes, corn, zucchini, and summer squash. The big question is: What do I do with all this squash and tomatoes? Come to the August Farm to Table Cooking Classes and find out.Sponsored by Nourishing the Northshore and held at the Newburyport Senior Community Center, the classes are for adults of all ages. “Local Foodie” Camille Gallo
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Area events around town
TEWKSBURY: Movie Under the Stars: 7 p.m. Aug. 9, Doucette Field, 139 Pleasant St. The movie will be the newly released 2017 “Beauty and the Beast.” Gates will open at 7 p.m. with children’s activities, and the movie will begin near 8:15 p.m. A bouncy house and field games will be available starting at 7 p.m. Free. Drive-in movie refreshments will be available for purchase.WILMINGTON: “Run for Recovery, Walk for Wellness” 5K: registration at 9 a.m. Aug. 27.
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Farm food for limited-income families
Qualifying families receive weekly Community Supported Agriculture shares to access fresh farm food at Holly Hill Farm in Cohasset and Norwell Farms throughout the growing season.
Clover pulls food trucks, turns focus to storefronts
Clover Food Lab CEO Ayr Muir announced Saturday that he is yanking the food trucks from their circuits in order to focus on the brick-and-mortar restaurants.“I love trucks so much, it was how I started. But they add a lot of daily complexity,” wrote Ayr in a post on the company’s website. “We’ll be a better company if we’re more streamlined and more focused.”Muir, a MIT and Harvard graduate, started Clover in 2008 as a food truck in Cambridge, offering a
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Cambridge Public Health Department awards mini-grants
The Cambridge Public Health Department, through its Cambridge in Motion and Let’s Move Cambridge campaigns, recently awarded a total of $5,000 in mini-grants to nine local organizations to develop activities that promote healthy eating and active living.Healthy eating and active living is one of the city’s four health priority areas.The Cambridge Community Center will offer a workshop on how to grow and use herbs. Families will receive free herb pots to grow at home.The Citywide
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Cambridge Public Health Department awards mini-grants
The Cambridge Public Health Department, through its Cambridge in Motion and Let’s Move Cambridge campaigns, recently awarded a total of $5,000 in mini-grants to nine local organizations to develop activities that promote healthy eating and active living.Healthy eating and active living is one of the city’s four health priority areas.The Cambridge Community Center will offer a workshop on how to grow and use herbs. Families will receive free herb pots to grow at home.The Citywide
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Things to Do in Dover and/or Sherborn This Weekend
Celebrate the last weekend of July with these local events.
Fuse Bistro is coming to Westford
The Westford location of Fuse Bistro will open at the end of summer 2017.
Simply Delicious: Red and yellow beet salad
his time of year, my evening chores make me feel like a farmer. While the Kitchen Genius heads over to out plot at the community garden to water and pick things, I water all of our gardens here.It’s peaceful to stand in the yard listening to the birds and watching the chipmunks scamper about. When KG gets home, he holds out the fresh picked produce like it’s a gift, which of course it is. So far, we’ve have cucumbers, beans, sugar snap peas, beets and
Winchester Wright-Locke Farm to host workshops
Wright-Locke Farm will host its Floral Herbalism Workshop from 10 to 11:30 a.m. July 30 at 78 Ridge St., Winchester. This class hosted by local herbalist and botanical educator Steph Zabel will cover an array of locally-available medicinal plants that participants will learn to use. The flower-focused workshop will feature three common plants (calendula, chamomile and lavender) with discussions and tea tasting of each, information about traditional uses and healing properties and herbal
Winchester Wright-Locke Farm to host workshops
Wright-Locke Farm will host its Floral Herbalism Workshop from 10 to 11:30 a.m. July 30 at 78 Ridge St., Winchester. This class hosted by local herbalist and botanical educator Steph Zabel will cover an array of locally-available medicinal plants that participants will learn to use. The flower-focused workshop will feature three common plants (calendula, chamomile and lavender) with discussions and tea tasting of each, information about traditional uses and healing properties and herbal
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