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By GREG VINE

ORANGE — The annual contest to find the best baker in the North Quabbin region is back.Cupcake Wars, now in its sixth year, will be held on Sunday, Oct. 22, from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. at the Orange American Legion, 40 Daniel Shays Highway. Run by Helene...

By TINKY WEISBLAT

I recently ventured into the lovely town of Leyden to serve as the host (and a fan) of a chili cook-off. The cook-off was part of Readyfest, a day-long celebration of emergency preparedness spearheaded by Leyden’s Emergency Management Committee.I...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — In celebration of National Pierogi Day, Our Lady of Czestochowa Church and Parish Council President Walter Hoszkiewicz are welcoming the public to “taste the flavors of Poland” — and then some.“We decided we would do this event in...

By BELLA LEVAVI

SHELBURNE FALLS — With the expansion project he has in the works, Mocha Maya’s owner Chris King hopes to fill a void he sees in the village: entertainment.“This place has become a second home” for many, King said of his 18-year-old Bridge Street...

By MADDIE FABIAN

A farm share program providing fresh and locally grown produce to low-income seniors across Franklin, Hampshire and Hampden counties is seeking to expand its reach.Now at the tail end of the season, Senior FarmShare — a program offered by the South...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

GREENFIELD — For families across the world, dinnertime is the pinnacle of togetherness. On National Family Day on Monday, the Communities That Care Coalition did its part to ensure dinnertime was possible for those in need by preparing lasagna meals...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

For the eighth year in a row, local DJ and television personality Robert “Bobby C” Campbell is seeking donations to help feed hungry families on Thanksgiving.This year, a donation of $80 — up from last year’s $65 due to increased food costs — will...

By DOMENIC POLI

The North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Festival is celebrating its 25th anniversary, and organizers knew just what to get you for the occasion: half-price admission that’s good for the whole weekend.To celebrate two-and-a-half decades of community support,...

By SCOTT MERZBACH and JULIAN MENDOZA

Back in April, the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts distributed 1 million pounds of food to its 172 food pantries and meal sites, a sizable increase from the 750,000 pounds of food that went to the same locations just two months earlier.While the...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

Having scarfed down a pizza-sized portion of fried dough in three minutes and 45 seconds, Greenfield resident Ken Bacigalupo is the greatest dough-devourer the Franklin County Fair has ever seen. And it isn’t close.Since 2017, the fried dough eating...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

GREENFIELD — In June, Mayor Roxann Wedegartner voiced a commitment to being “as welcoming as we possibly can” to the group of Haitian immigrants that had just arrived in the city. Amy McMahan, owner of Mesa Verde, has since played her part by hosting...

By DOMENIC POLI

WENDELL — The Wendell Recycling and Transfer Station stopped redeeming bottles and cans over the summer, a change that is expected to impact the Good Neighbors Food Pantry that was receiving the money generated from those refundable items.Resident Tom...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — The Franklin County Community Meals Program intends to honor Christopher “Monte” Belmonte, one of the Pioneer Valley’s most well-known “food heroes,” at its annual auction on Monday.“In deciding what we were going to do, we needed to do...

By MADDIE FABIAN

NORTHAMPTON — With a sunny forecast and a schedule packed with agricultural events, music, motorsports, food and local art, the 206th Three County Fair will kick off Friday and run through Labor Day on Monday.First held in 1818, the Three County Fair...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — The Health Department closed another one of the city’s fast-food restaurants on Monday morning after following up on a tip that led to the discovery of about 30 health and safety violations at McDonald’s on Federal Street.“They knew...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Saying that now is the time to embrace the “enormous potential that plant-based foods have to strengthen our economy and our food system,” U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern has introduced a bill in Congress that aims to strengthen the American...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — The Kentucky Fried Chicken/Taco Bell restaurant on the Mohawk Trail was shut down by the Greenfield Health Department on Thursday morning after an inspection found about 30 health and safety-related concerns or violations. Health...

By BELLA LEVAVI

BERNARDSTON — After several setbacks, Amy and Alex Fiorey are back serving food to the community, this time from a truck. The Fioreys opened the Falltown Cruiser in July, specializing in broasted chicken.The couple opened a restaurant called the...

By MADDIE FABIAN

BOSTON — Food access and insecurity, farmland and economic development top the list of priorities for the current legislative session for the Food System Caucus, one of the largest caucuses in the Massachusetts Legislature that’s co-chaired by Sen....

By JAMES PENTLAND

Park Hill Orchard in Easthampton and Antonellis Farm in Deerfield are among 165 recipients of $26.3 million in food security grants announced last week by Gov. Maura Healey.Farms and other organizations applied for the grants for specific projects....