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🌱 Why Southfield Store puts New Marlborough on Western Mass’s bakery map
And check out Grant Houston and Dina Vainshtein on the New Marlborough Patch calendar
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In today's newsletter:
- Why Southfield Store puts New Marlborough on Western Mass's bakery map
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📰 News we're reading
• 10 Small-Town Bakeries In Western Massachusetts Worth Taking The Back Roads For (takingthekids.com) — One of the highlighted Western Massachusetts bakeries is the Southfield Store, a cozy café and bakery right in New Marlborough's Southfield village, known for its raspberry cheese danish and relaxed porch seating. The broader roundup suggests a scenic back-roads bakery tour across the Berkshires and Hilltowns, but New Marlborough residents can start close to home with fresh pastries, sandwiches, and a slow-paced countryside atmosphere. 
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🗓 Upcoming Events in New Marlborough
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Saturday October 3
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Other local events
- Varsity High School @ Granby Jr/Sr High School
Monument Mt Regional High Great Barrington, MA 01230
5:15 pm - GIRLS-VAR SOCCER vs Mount Greylock Regional School
Monument Mt Regional High Great Barrington, MA 01230
6:00 pm - Varsity Soccer B @ Pope Francis Preparatory School
Monument Mt Regional High Great Barrington, MA 01230
4:00 pm - JV Soccer B @ Pope Francis Preparatory School
Monument Mt Regional High Great Barrington, MA 01230
4:00 pm - Varsity Football-7 vs Belchertown High School
Monument Mt Regional High Great Barrington, MA 01230
7:00 pm - Boys Varsity Golf vs Mount Everett Regional High School
Monument Mt Regional High Great Barrington, MA 01230
4:00 pm - GIRLS-VAR SOCCER @ Drury High School
Monument Mt Regional High Great Barrington, MA 01230
4:30 pm - BOYS-VAR SOCCER vs Hampshire Regional High School
Monument Mt Regional High Great Barrington, MA 01230
4:30 pm - BOYS-JV SOCCER vs Hampshire Regional High School
Monument Mt Regional High Great Barrington, MA 01230
4:30 pm - Coed Unified Basketball vs Mount Greylock Regional School
Monument Mt Regional High Great Barrington, MA 01230
4:30 pm - Boys Varsity Golf vs Hoosac Valley Middle/High School
Monument Mt Regional High Great Barrington, MA 01230
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🗞 Nearby News
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- Sheffield Land Trust Welcomes New Executive Director of Operations (iberkshires.com)
- The Berkshire Bach Harpsichord Festival: Peter Sykes plays BACH AT HOME (theberkshireedge.com)
- Collective action again minimizes waste at Lee's Founders Weekend (theberkshireedge.com)
Great Barrington
- Spartans Blank Pittsfield (iberkshires.com)
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