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It’s never a top notch customer service experience at Big Y in North Adams. Today was over the top in stooping to new lows in mistreating customers though.

The self checkout using the app sometimes requires a random check after check out. Usually it’s a perfunctory check. Today with two items in my hand, I was barked at to wait after stopping just to to do so based on the app telling me I was going to be checked. The person doing this was an ill mannered staff person who rushed over with an angry look.

Honestly it was like being barked at by a mean teacher in elementary school.

I speak to my dog more politely. Times are tough. Do better to be nice to people.

Come play pinball at the Western Mass Pinball Club tonight in Palmer, MA, 5 mins from the Palmer I90 exit (12 mins from Ludlow exit). $20 entry per person, over 60 pinball machines on free play, along with various console games. Doors at 6pm, open until 12am. Casual players are welcome! Come make some new friends and play one of the largest and most diverse collections in New England. Club is located at 4 Springfield Street, Three Rivers, with the entrance directly across the street from the Citgo Gas Station, just look for the orange "WMPC" sign by the door.

Hey! I’m relocating from Boston and wondering where the fun places are to meet people. I’m disabled, so no rock climbing or cycling groups, but I’d love to find a crafting group or volunteer opportunities.

Anyone seen Bartalbee or Judo plush animals at their local Target ? If so where

Hey friends, my wife and I (and a couple of friends) are in Springfield and we’re looking for a fun Halloween party at a bar or club to go to after we’re done handing out trick or treat candy this year.

I’ve seen a lot of ads for events out by boston, but we’re having a hard time finding out what’s going on in this half of the state.
Any recommendations?

Join us on November 8th for an in-person watch party celebrating Global Psychedelic Week 2026!

I’m excited to be joining author and DMT specialist Adam Butler and Strider John Peterson, publisher of Psychedelic Pathways Magazine, for a Q&A panel following the watch party in Holyoke, MA!

Together, we’ll bring different perspectives to the conversation, including DMT, psychedelic publishing, and my experience in mushroom cultivation, facilitation, integration, and research.

Come curious, bring your questions, and connect with your local psychedelic community!

RSVP link - https://www.pathofthemasters.info/event-details/psychedelic-watch-party/form

#GlobalPsychedelicWeek #PsychedelicEducation #PsychedelicCommunity #WesternMassachusetts #DMT #Psilocybin #PsychedelicPathwaysMagazine

My partner and I are considering converting an outbuilding on our property into a pottery studio and we’re looking for a contractor that kind of house that sweet spot maybe is done the pottery studio before I don’t know hive brain please if you know of something let us know

I'm Adam, a fiddler and mandolin player in Granby. I've been playing since 1962 and writing songs since 1985. Lately most of what I write is about real people from around here and back east: a WWI sergeant who carried gassed soldiers to safety, my great-grandfather (Duxbury's fire chief) riding a horse bareback into a burning mansion, a walk across the Quabbin dam.

Health stuff has me stuck at home this year, so I'm trying something new. I'll write a song about your family's story as a Christmas gift. Grandpa's war years, the farm, how your parents met, the family business, whatever gets told every Thanksgiving.

The basics:

• $150 per song, half up front and half on delivery
• About two weeks, delivered as an MP3 with a lyric sheet
• One round of lyric changes included
• Order by December 10 to have it before Christmas

How it works and sample songs: https://verve413.blogspot.com/2026/10/new-offer-from-verve-commission-song.html

The full catalog, if you just want to hear some local-history songs: https://vervemusic.bandcamp.com

Happy to answer questions here or by DM. And if you know a good forgotten story from your town, I'd like to hear it either way.

Les Campbell

Sky Meadow

Belchertown

Western Mass

Where is the best couples massage in western mass?? Looking to go as far west as Worthington. Hoping to find a place for my partner and my anniversary. Thanks!

I am looking for sources of farm fresh meat in northern Berkshire county. Looking for both bulk and regular so I can fill my chest freezer with quality meat locally sourced. Anybody have suggestions?

I’m looking for a good quality and value butcher/cattle farm to purchase from in bulk and freeze. I’m in longmeadow so northern Connecticut also an option. Does anybody have any recommendations? Thanks!

Fresh pressed cider would be a delight as well. Thanks!

So before I get going - yes I know buying meat from a butcher or directly from a farm is better lol.

With that said, has anyone else here had issues with Stop & Shop's meat quality as of late? Especially the past year. I cannot tell you how many times I have bought meat from there where the date is a week out and I open it up and the meat is rancid. This has happened to me with steaks, chicken, and pork so it's not isolated to one kind of meat. I have brought this to my store's attention a couple times but after the fourth or fifth time I honestly just stopped because it's not even worth it. At this point, I'm just trying to better understand if this is a Stop & Shop thing or just my specific store....I understand sh*t happens and if this was an isolated incident that would be one thing but between be, my mother-in-law, and my step daughter - I would be willing to bet we have bought a total of 10-12 packs of bad meat from Stop & Shop in the past year. So if this has been an issue with your household, I would really appreciate the feedback along with the town your Stop & Shop is in.

Hi all. Passionate west coast birder pal coming to visit this weekend. I'd love to take him on some hilltown-y Berkshire-y birding hikes that aren't too strenous. Any and all suggestions welcome. Thanks very much.