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Here's a first look at the 2026 Festival of Trees at the Gardner Museum

Gardner, MA · 4h

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Trip to popular Massachusetts convenience store turns into $500,000 State Lottery win

You just never know when your typical trip to a Massachusetts convenience store can turn into a big State Lottery pay day as it did this week. According to the Massachusetts State Lottery, Jo’s Dime Trust of Worcester has claimed a $500,000 top prize in the Massachusetts State Lottery’s “$500,000 Frenzy” $50 scratch ticket game.

Massachusetts · 2d
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The Cinnamon Rolls At This Massachusetts Country Bakery Are Basically The Size Of A Toddler

There’s a red barn in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, and inside that barn’s orbit is a cinnamon roll that will make you question every life choice that kept you away from it for this long. The Apple Place is the kind of discovery that makes you want to pull...

East Longmeadow, MA · 3d
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Winner claims largest Megabucks jackpot in history sold in Holyoke

The Mr. Potato Head Trust of Springfield claimed a record-breaking $29.71 million Megabucks jackpot won during a Labor Day drawing in Holyoke.

Holyoke, MA · 10d

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This Connecticut Seafood Market Is So Fresh Locals Keep Coming Back To Stock Up

Buying seafood for dinner can be a little intimidating. You want something fresh, but you also want to know you’re getting something worth taking home. That’s why finding a dependable seafood market can feel like such a win. A Connecticut seafood market is drawing attention for its fresh...

Enfield, CT · 13d

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The Farm Table at Kringle Candle complex in Bernardston up for sale

BERNARDSTON — The Farm Table restaurant, established by Michael Kittredge III in 2019 at his Kringle Candle complex, is for sale. The asking price is $1.95 million, according to a listing publicized this week by managing partner Jeremy Casey at Managing Partner at SR Commercial Realty. The Farm Table...

Bernardston, MA · 3d

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The Charming Massachusetts Brewery Where Farm Animals And Ice Cream Create A Storybook Escape

There’s a place in Barre, Massachusetts where the beer is cold, the goats are nosy, and the ice cream is the perfect ending to an afternoon you didn’t know you needed. Stone Cow Brewery is the kind of storybook escape that makes central Massachusetts feel like the best-kept secret in New England.

Barre, MA · 6d

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Springfield’s newest bakery strives ‘to be a little different’

SPRINGFIELD — When Nothing Bundt Cakes opened its first bakery in Las Vegas nearly 30 years ago, it was a good bet one would come to Springfield, and it has. Nothing Bundt Cakes will hold a soft opening at Springfield Crossing on Boston Road on Saturday, and a grand opening beginning Nov. 19.

Springfield, MA · 3d

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After Eating Pierogi Across Western Massachusetts, This Westfield Kitchen Is Our Favorite

Every pierogi at this little Polish cafe gets rolled with a rolling pin and pinched shut by hand. No machines touch the dough, and the recipe uses just three ingredients. That detail alone made me sit up. Then I learned a mother-daughter team runs the kitchen, and they began bringing their Polish cooking heritage to the U.S. back in 1998.

Westfield, MA · 5d

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The Magical Massachusetts Railway Museum That Turns Even The Most Serious Adults Into Wide-Eyed Kids Again

There are places in this world that have a way of reaching right past your adult defenses and finding the kid you used to be, and Chester Railway Station and Museum in Chester, Massachusetts is absolutely one of them. You might think you’re too sophisticated for a railway museum in...

Chester, MA · 1d

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Westfield man credits service dog Petra with saving his life

A Westfield service dog is being credited with helping save her owner's life.

Westfield, MA · 17h

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Every Thanksgiving Week, Massachusetts Families Pick Up Their Turkey Dinners From These 6 Old-School Restaurants

Some Massachusetts families never roast a single bird on Thanksgiving, and they are perfectly happy about it. Instead, they lean on a short list of old-school spots that have been feeding New England for generations. A few are colonial-era inns with fireplaces and creaky floors, while others are humble turkey...

Massachusetts · 1d

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Smith College’s Botanical Garden to have rare plant to bloom

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - The Smith College Botanic Garden is welcoming a sight to behold. A Titan Arum, more commonly known as a Corpse Flower, is set to bloom. It only happens once every two to three years and the flower only lasts for three days; the flower can grow up to nine feet tall. It got its name from the putrid scent it gives off to attract an unusual kind of pollinator, flies.

Northampton, MA · 1d

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Mass. casino player wins jackpot prize with 75-cent bet

After betting 75-cents on a slot machine spin, a Massachusetts casino player walked away a jackpot winner. The MGM Springfield player bet 75-cents on a “Quick Hit Link” slot machine game on Aug. 26. The jackpot prize was worth $12,182.81. Overall, there are more than 1,500 slot machines...

Springfield, MA · 4d

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Chicopee Rotary Club honors Hu Ke Lau with sold-out Polynesian fundraiser

A beloved piece of Chicopee's history was celebrated Friday evening as the Chicopee Rotary Club hosted its annual fundraising event, paying tribute to the former Hu Ke Lau restaurant and the family behind it.

Chicopee, MA · 3d

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Kids Lose Their Minds Over The Giant Dinosaurs At This Springfield Science Museum

A robotic T. rex stomps and roars inside a museum gallery here, and it shares the room with a moving Apatosaurus. Yes, robotic. I can’t imagine a better way to make a seven-year-old forget about screens for an afternoon. The animatronic crew also includes a Maiasaura and a Pachycephalosaurus,...

Springfield, MA · 1d

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Altamira Ciderworks, Mystic Cat pinball lounge, music with Jake Klar

We’ve got three tales of veterans returning to the scene, including a whole festival, because this weekend is Franklin County Cider Days, a great time even at a smaller scale than its previous largess. We head to one of the newest cideries in the area, Altamira Ciderworks, where two cidermakers alike in virtue are combining their powers in different styles of cider. We’ll get a tour of their burgeoning orchard and cidery in Gill.

Franklin County, MA · 23h

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BLOOD HARVEST: NIGHT OF THE SCARECROWS Premiere a Smash at Agawam Cinemas

BLOOD HARVEST: NIGHT OF THE SCARECROWS Premiere a Smash at Agawam Cinemas – Horror News. On October 24th, at Agawam Cinemas in Agawam, Massachusetts, local filmmaker, Geno McGahee, premiered his latest film BLOOD HARVEST: NIGHT OF THE SCARECROWS to a near sellout crowd. The film will hit TUBI in...

Agawam, MA · 1d

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That Which Rips Your Heart With Joy

In “Solo Native,” the opening poem of his third collection, Sunday (1979), Thomas Lux imagines the very first human—“the one thing upright / on hind legs, an imaginer, / an interested transient”—emerging from a primeval idyll. It’s a place where “the crabs walk sideways / as they were taught by the waves.” Solo Native settles “in a hut on the green and gray belly / of the veldt” and dances his dance “in the dirt-colored dirt.” Then, one day, everything everywhere changes at once:

Easthampton, MA · 1d

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Pete Holmes Brings Stand-Up Comedy Home to MGM Springfield Next March

Pete Holmes is heading back to Massachusetts for a night of stand-up comedy at MGM Springfield's ARIA Ballroom, with the Lexington native scheduled to take the stage on Saturday, March 20, 2027, at 8 p.m. Tickets for the show go on sale this Friday, November 13. According to MassLive, tickets...

Springfield, MA · 20h