The area around every Dunkin' should be considered its own municipality..That will end all the divisive and unnecessary arguments over which town has the most Dunkin's....

The easiest thing to do is just park in the structure directly across from the terminal. It's a little more expensive but it's covered and it's so quick to get to once you get home from your flight, It's worth the extra expense.

As a whole I would say it's midpack. But if you look at a lot of those academic ratings, they're probably not much below the average for the state in general, because very few schools come close to meeting any of those targets.

But let's put it this way, if I had kids in public school, and $500 K to spend on a really nice house in Manchester, or a much more modest house in Avon, West Hartford, Simsbury or South Windsor, I would choose any of the latter towns first.

Seen it multiple times and still can't quite put it all together!!

But part of it's appeal was just that. I don't know that you could capture that lightning in a bottle twice.

I think you'll find a very welcoming community and the Pioneer Valley, and in Berkshire county. That is one of the benefits in moving to and living in one of the most highly educated States in the country

You'll find more permanent employment opportunities as the school year ends.

The immediate North Hampton area is quite expensive for the region. As you go further out, especially north and West, you'll find prices drop relatively quickly.

Take some time and check out the area before you settle in permanently. There are a lot of unique regions and character to the towns in the area.

You also have a well educated workforce in general, both technical and professional, excellent access to 2 huge ports ( NYC, Boston), a well developed transportation network, and a concentrated, relatively stable ( ie non transient) population.

But in fairness, most of this can be said of a lot of areas of the country.

We are doing fine here. We were fortunate to purchase our house here well within our budget about a decade ago, and although costs have gone up, we have not had to necessarily change anything because of that. I do know that some of the dry good type of things we would purchase at the grocery store have doubled in price, as have eggs and a number of other things. This can definitely be a problem if you have a larger family or are on a tight budget.

I am fully aware commodity costs have gone up quite a bit, but it's not something that has impacted our day-to-day decision making.

We are fortunate, and we know that, not everybody was in a position to buy a house when prices were decent and interest rates were low.

I truly don't envy a couple of friends of ours who are middle age and are looking to buy a house after going through a divorce or some other financial difficulty, it's nearly impossible for them, whereas it shouldn't be that difficult ( Not that it ever was easy) in normal times.

Cafe Sofia

Rebel Dog

Hartford Baking

Boston.

History, architecture, and great sports teams and restaurants. Also, great music, from punk to rock to BSO.

Ask this in the Ontario sub and it'll be a different story.

There are a couple of private schools in CT and MA that have closed over some virus with these symptoms as well. Can't specifically say if it's noro or something else...

It's a hard balance. And I'm not trying to be critical of your beliefs, because we are an agnostic family as well. But I do, having gotten certified to teach math and physics, understand what it's like to keep control of a rowdy classroom at times!!

Unfortunately I don't know if there's really any right or wrong here, since we all have different perspective on things. Either way I hope everything works out well for you and your son.

One of the drawbacks of Western Massachusetts is that there aren't a lot of school options, it's not like you could just take your kid out ( Not that you would ever want to do that) and put him in another local elementary school, especially if you are here in Berkshire county where everything is so far apart... So as a parent you definitely feel like you have to be carefully/diplomatically straddling that line between diplomacy, and standing up for your child.

The stress level will be lower, as will the cost once you factor in parking, if you take the T.

It may not be quicker, but it will start and end the day in a much more relaxed fashion not having to deal with the stress of traffic.

I don't know that she is forcing her beliefs on him, as opposed to just maybe not wanting to have certain type of outbursts in the class. It's very easy to have things get out of hand very quickly when you've got 20 some kids in a room, many of which already do not want to be there, even at 5 years old. I see no reason why you couldn't have a civil discussion about this with the teacher, but keep in mind sometimes you have to set more specific boundaries when you've got 20 five year olds running around your room versus one or three kids at home..

A long long long time ago, when one of my kids was in kindergarten, I was walking home after pickup with another parent whose child was in the same kindergarten class as mine was. The child was telling us he got in trouble for using the 'S' word with another child in the class.

"Stupid"

First of all, we were expectingit to be a different word.. And secondly, I understand although that's not a bad word per se, that its may be not a word the teacher wants used in her classroom. Anyway, we as parents had a chuckle about it, and the parent told their kid not to say that word at school. Never became an issue again.

Lots of great choices in WH. Savoy is just one of many.

Definitely good for a chain....

Papa's, now that's off the beaten path, even for Pittsfield. Good stuff, though....

Antonio's- Amherst

Great Barrington Pizza House

Pinocchios, Northampton

Buckland Pizza House, Buckland/Shelburne

And a shout out to the late, great European, in the North End. It's been decades, and I still miss that place...

There used to be a place in the basement of tbe Holyoke Mall about a decade ago, and that was really good, too.

But you lose on 100% of the scratches you don't make!...

Or should that be "win" on the scratches you don't make?....

But I won $25!!!!

We split our time between a couple of States throughout the year. In our Connecticut neighborhood the average house is currently about $900k. I know at least 5 of my neighbors had family money, or parents who helped them purchase the house. There is no way the legal secretary 3 houses away could possibly afford a house in this neighborhood on a typical salary for that job. We purchased 15 years ago for about half that amount.

In our Berkshire neighborhood, the houses are probably about $450K. We also purchased that for less than half of that amount about 8 years ago. We are the only people who have bought in that neighborhood in the past 15 years, so most of those people bought for far less than that, and several of the houses there were built on subdivided land from their parents, so there are many multi generation families in the neighborhood as well.

There is a lot of family money floating around, especially in New England.

If your search takes you into Berkshire county, try Sue Deacon.

-18 in SoCo this morning. We are up pretty high however. Never seen it this cold, but only lived here for the past 10 yrs.

One of my kids is at school in Northfield MN, they regularly get -25 to 30. But this winter they haven't hit -20 yet. They're at a balmy 32 today out the there.

These used to be everywhere in the area years ago.

We don't spend all of our time up this way any more, but we usually try to seek out any local shops for donuts/sweets/coffee these days

Yes, buying a Nissan was a dumb ass decision