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Families Invited to Try Outdoor Snow Sports at Notchview Winter Trails Day

Winter Trails Day at Notchview Families Invited to Try Out Outdoor Snow Sports Saturday, January 12th, 2013 The Trustees of Reservations invite everyone to try out a snow sport on Winter Trails Day. Events will take place at Notchview on Route 9, Windsor, MA on Saturday, January 12, from 10am-3pm. A special half-price trail fee is offered to everyone. Snowshoes will be available for free to try out for up to two… Read More

Category: Hilltown Families, Suggested Activity Tags: Berkshire County, cross-country ski, Snow Shoe, Trustees of Reservations, western massachusetts, Windsor, Winter Trails Day

3 Historic Homes Host Family Programming in the Berkshires this Summer

Family Programming with the Trustees of Reservations this Summer in the Berkshires This summer, the Trustees of Reservations (TOR) are offering a set of family programming at three historic locations in the Berkshires. There will be numerous events taking place through July and August, each focusing on a different topic and offering hands-on activities for kids. The family events series marks a first for TOR – the majority of programming at these… Read More

Category: Berkshire County, Suggested Activity Tags: Ashley House, Berkshires, Mission HOuse, Naumkeag, Trustees of Reservations, western massachusetts

Rally for the Highland Communities in Ashfield

Rally for the Highland Communities: A Call to Action with Tom Wessels in Ashfield Mark Wamsley of the Highland Communities Initiative writes: Generations of residents have shaped the Highlands– stone by stone, farm by farm, and trail by trail. What role can you and your family play in its future? The Highland Communities Initiative invites you to rally for our region at the Bullitt Reservation (332 Bullitt Rd.) in Ashfield on Saturday,… Read More

Category: Ashfield, Suggested Activity, Take Action Tags: Highland Communities Initiative, Massachusetts, The Trustees of Reservations, Trustees of Reservations, Western Massachuestts

Historic Adventures on Grandparent’s Day in Berkshires & Hilltowns

Grandparent’s Day Celebrated in the Hilltowns and Berkshires Join The Trustees of Reservations at four historic houses for Grandparents Day, Sunday September 12. Special activities for grandparents and grandchildren will be offered at the William Cullen Bryant Homestead in Cummington, the Naumkeag House & Gardens in Stockbridge, the Mission House in Stockbridge, and the Ashley House in Sheffield. On this day, Berkshires residents of all ages will receive free admission. On Sunday… Read More

Category: Hilltown Families, Suggested Activity Tags: Ashley House, Berkshires, Cummington, Family Activities in Western Massachusetts, Grandparents Day, History, Mission HOuse, Naumkeag House and Garden, New England, Sheffield, Stockbridge, Things to do in Western Massachusetts, Trustees of Reservations, Williamsburg

A Day at Chapel Brook

Welcoming Autumn I was a city girl. We lived in Manhattan when I was child, but my parents were not from there. They were city mice in their own way. They had picked cities to live in most of their adult lives, but had childhoods that included fields, farms, woods as well as the start of sprawling sidewalks. It was the change of seasons that my mother missed the most. Annually in… Read More

Category: Ashfield, Contributing Writer, Karen Bayne, Suggested Activity Tags: Ashfield, Chapel Brook, Hilltowns, Pioneer Valley, Trustees of Reservations, western massachusetts

Winter Trails Day in the Hilltowns

Winter Trails Day at Notchview in Windsor, MA Free Outdoor Snow Sports Fun For All The Trustees of Reservations invite everyone to try out a snow sport on Winter Trails Day. Free events will take place at Notchview on Route 9, Windsor, MA on Saturday, January 9th, from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. SNOWSHOE: Snowshoes will be available for free to try out for up to two hours. CROSS-COUNTRY SKI: Free cross-country… Read More