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Memorial Hall Museum in Deerfield Hosts Interactive Web Site for New England History

American Centuries: Views from New England Memorial Hall Museum in Deerfield Offers Online Educational Resources on American Village History Western Massachusetts today is home to scores of artists and artisans – a fact that brings visitors from near and far to see the unique and interesting products and pieces being created in the region. Art has been a common thread amongst local residents for decades, and it could perhaps be said that… Read More

Category: Hilltown Families Tags: African American History, American Arts and Crafts Movement, Community Based Education, curricula, Curriculum, Deerfield, History, History Lessons, Industrial Revolution, Interactive Website, Massachusetts, Memorial Hall Museum, New England History, place-based education, primary resources, Textile History

Safe & Green Campaign Asks Hilltown Residents To Act Locally: Retire Vermont Yankee

Randy Kehle of Colrain, MA writes: If you live in one of the towns within 20 miles of the “Vermont Yankee” (VY) nuclear reactor in Vernon, Vermont–a.k.a. the “evacuation zone” (see list of towns below)–and, If you would like to see this aged, accident-prone reactor retired on schedule when its original 40-year license expires in March of 2012, rather than allowed to operate for another 20 years, until 2032(!), as VY’s Louisiana-based,… Read More