by | Jan 1, 2016 | archives
By Melissa Cragg (Melissa and Tom Cragg have recently become full-time Williamstown residents.) Tom and I have just scratched the surface of area trails. Keep in mind that we’re trying to shake off 35 years of sitting behind desks so we’re in early days...
by | Jan 1, 2016 | archives
Walking into the A-Frame Bakery on Route 7 at its intersection with Route 2 is to be gifted with delightful baking aromas and to be greeted with a big smile by owner/baker Sharon Sutter. Sharon earned a degree in design and was working on a catalog of kitchen utensils...
by SWCA E-mail gateway | Jan 1, 2016 | History
By Anne Tiffany In 1990, returning to the family homestead where I was raised, I learned that my school was being called “Little Red.” I rather resented that … and anyway it was never red. Brownish, I remember. (This was 1934 to 1939.) The building is now much larger...
by | Sep 24, 2015 | archives
With good reason, a member asked that recently. It seemed to the SWCA Board that we should be doing everything we can to support our local farms and merchants and business establishments in a tough economic environment, rather than asking them for discounts. We urge...
by SWCA E-mail gateway | Sep 24, 2015 | History
Norman Burdick came to his first teaching job in 1955 at the South Center School, following time in the Army and a degree from North Adams State Teachers’ College (now MCLA). In 1955 he taught grades 3, 4, 5, and 6 in one room and had 25 to 30 students each...
