Ty Allan Jackson is a children’s book author, publisher, literacy advocate, two-time TEDx presenter and motivational speaker. Ty travels across the country empowering children of all ages about the joy and power of reading.
Americans will spend close to $30 billion feeding their pets this year, according to the American Pet Products Assn. That’s up from $28.23 billion last year. Driving the growth: premium, human-grade food that is organic,
It was a diverse group of people, but it represented what the North Adams area is becoming, not what it used to be. A community volunteer, a creative economy specialist, an art gallery owner, an
Highlighting the precision manufacturing and other high-skills job opportunities that are going unfilled across Berkshire County and Western Massachusetts, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, stressed Tuesday that more must be done to connect local
Java Me Up Coffee Bars are a unique but familiar snack that coffee drinkers will enjoy. With its nutritionally sound ingredient mix of organic, shade-grown coffee, chocolate, toasted whole grains and a variety of
On a late August morning, Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort is alive with children and adults exploring the myriad activities at the resort's mountain adventure park. An adult is slowly venturing up the climbing wall.
Sometimes it’s great to take the show on the road and that’s exactly what this episode does, as it visits Carmel at her home in the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts. Carmel shows us a world
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There’s a new movement afoot in resorts across the country. Meditation techniques are offered alongside manicures. Lessons in stretching appropriate for the workplace precede a soak in the hot tub, and sessions of tai chi