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Filmmaker with Valley roots trains his lens on America’s wild horses
Steven Latham knows a thing or two about Hollywood and free-roaming horses. For starters, the Emmy award-winning director, who was born in Springfield, helped care for a pony in Hadley when he was in elementary school. “We adopted a Chincoteague pony when we took a trip to the Virginia coast...
Enfield cat rescue aims to open cat café in 2025, here’s the vision behind it
A nonprofit cat rescue plans to open a cat café in 2025 in Enfield, Connecticut, just over the Massachusetts state line. Enfield Community Cat Project shared the initial phase of opening the café in a post on its Facebook page. The nonprofit works with the town of Enfield to rescue homeless and abandoned cats, provide veterinary care for sick or injured cats and place cats in foster care.
Beer Nut: New City Brewery’s ginger beer sets it apart
Sam Dibble of New City Brewery in Easthampton is a true renaissance man. I first met him as a brewer, of course, but as it turns out, making great beer is just one of his many talents. Dibble comes from a family of craftspeople and entrepreneurs. He attended the University...
Author Margaret Anne Mary Moore to share memoir at Springfield JCC
Margaret Anne Mary Moore’s parents did not expect her to live through the night after a prolapsed umbilical cord left their newborn daughter unable to breathe. However, after what doctors deemed a miraculous recovery, Moore survived. She was also diagnosed with cerebral palsy. If you purchase a product or...
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