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Celebrate Sustainability on the Amherst Town Common

The Amherst Farmers’ Market and Sustainability Festival takes place this Saturday, April 26th, on the Town Common. Pick up your starter plants and locally grown foods from the Market, and then head to the Common for a fabulous family-friendly festival featuring all things sustainable… including Hilltown Families! Stop by our tent where kids can plant seeds to take home with them while parents can learn about the mission of Hilltown Families.

Many Festivals in One at the Hilltown Spring Festival!

Hilltown Spring Festival on June 1st will be a medley of festivals! The Hilltown Spring Festival on June 1st, 2013 at the Cummington Fairgrounds will be a combined music festival, food festival, children’s festival, craft festival, and alternative energy exposition! MUSIC Musical performers include percussionist Tony Vacca, acoustic string band Appalachian Still, singer-songwriter Heather Maloney, the Lonesome Brothers, Hot Day at the Zoo, the Walkin’ Blues Band, and Dan Hales and the… Read More

Category: Hampshire County, Hilltown Families, Hilltown Spring Festival, Suggested Activity Tags: Berkshires, Children's Festival, Craft Festival, Food Festival, hampshire county, Hilltown Spring Festival, Hilltowns, Music Festival, Pioneer Valley, Spring Festivals, Sustainability Festival, western massachusetts

Third Annual Sustainability Festival on the Common in Amherst

Amherst Sustainability Festival on the Town Common Saturday, April 21st, 2012 Stephanie Ciccarello, Amherst Sustainability Festival Coordinator, writes: The 3rd Annual Amherst Sustainability Festival is being held on Saturday, April 21st from 10am-4pm on the Amherst Town Common. There’s something for everyone! Learn how you can save money via energy efficiency in your home and/or business, learn about tree care, participate in an Eco-Hero scavenger hunt and see live entertainment, hula hoops,… Read More

Category: Hampshire County, Suggested Activity, Sustainability Tags: Amherst, Earth Day, hampshire county, Sustainability Festival, western massachusetts

Focus on Sustainable Living at the Hilltown Spring Festival

Sustainable Living Vendors Welcomed at the 5th Annual Hilltown Spring Festival Cummington Fairgrounds, May 14th Seth Isman, Economic Development Director at the Hilltown CDC in Chesterfield, MA writes: 2,000 people who are interested in sustainable living in all its forms will be attending the Hilltown Spring Festival on May 14 at the Cummington Fairgrounds. Do you have something to tell them? Do you have something to sell them? Join providers of solar… Read More