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Experience the Quaboag Hills Region Experience the Guide to the 2012 Brimfield Quaboag Hills Region Antique Shows 2012-2013 Recreation Guide May 8-13 July 10-15 Sept 4-9 Sawmill River Farm West Brookfield, MA Oil painting by Holly Pelton OUR TOWNS: New Braintree of Central Massachusetts Belchertown North Brookfield Brimfield Palmer Brookfield Spencer East Brookfield Wales Hardwick Ware Holland Warren Monson West Brookfield A Delicious Feast At A Price You Can Afford! Sunday 12 noon–9 pm • Mon – Thur 11am–9pm • Fri. & Sat. 11 am–10 pm 55 South Maple St. Route 9, Brookfield 508-867-5475 www.carmellasitaliankitchen.com 203 Guest Rooms Banquet Facilities Health Club Conference & Meeting Rooms Lounge Wireless Internet 14 Mechanic St. Southbridge, MA 508-765-8000 www.southbridgehotel.com table of contents Welcome .........................................................2-3 Calendar of Events ..........................................4-9 Accommodations ........................................10-11 Antiques ....................................................12-16 Attractions ..................................................18-25 Farms, Orchards & Nurseries ........................... 26 Special thanks to Restaurants .................................................28-29 Country Bank, Spencer Services .......................................................30-32 Savings Bank, and North Shopping .....................................................35-36 Brookfield Savings Bank for their sponsorship of the Calendar of Events section. Your local hometown newspapers! Barre Gazette The Journal Register Quaboag Current Produced by: The Sentinel Quaboag Hills Chamber of Commerce Shopping Guide & Peg Gorman Designed by: Pelton Graphics The Town Common Printed by: Turley Publications Ware River News Stimulating economic development through tourism. (413) 283-2418 • www.qhma.com www.turley.com Visit us on Facebook 800-824-6548 Chambers mobile website Visit us at www.spencerfair.org 2 • VisitQuaboag Hills Regionus Visitorat and www.spencerfair.org Resource Guide • www.qhma.com Welcome to the Quaboag Hills Region We’re classic New England, and proud of it. Come see the History. First came the native Quaboags and Nipmucs, then the Puritan settlers, then King Philip’s War, Ben Franklin’s Post Road, the Colonial Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, and even today’s high-tech revolution. Artifacts abound, especially at our antique shops and world famous Brimfield Antique Shows. Perfect for a drive. Curving roads. Stone walls. Majestic maples. Over every rise and around each bend comes a new discovery far from the beaten path. Wander our country roads. Kick back on our village greens. Get to know the Quaboag Hills, and get to know the real New England! OUR TOWNS: Belchertown Brimfield Brookfield East Brookfield Hardwick Holland Monson New Braintree North Brookfield Palmer Spencer Wales Ware Warren West Brookfield calendar of Events FARMERS MARKETS May 24 to October 11 May 24 to October 4 June 2 to October 6 Belchertown FARMERS’ MARKET MONSON FARMERS’ MARKET SPENCER/KLEM’S Main Street & E Walnut St., 5 High Street, First Church Parking Log FARMERS’ MARKET Belchertown Common Thursday, 3:00 pm - 6:30 pm 117 West Main Street Thursday, 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm WIC & Senior Coupons Accepted Saturday, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm WIC & Senior Coupons Accepted EBT-SNAP Accepted WIC & Senior Coupons Accepted EBT-SNAP Not Accepted EBT-SNAP Not Accepted May to October April 14 to November 17 NEW BRAINTREE May to October BRIMFIELD/HITCHCOCK ACADEMY FARMERS’ MARKET WARE FARMERS’ MARKET FARMERS’ MARKET 1890 Barre Rd., B & B Farms 104 West St., Next to CVS 2 Brookfield Road Thursday, 3:00 pm - 6:30 pm Saturday, 9:00 am - 12:30 pm Hitchcock Free Academy Community WIC & Senior Coupons Accepted WIC & Senior Coupons Accepted Center WIC & Senior Coupons Accepted EBT-SNAP Not Accepted EBT-SNAP Not Accepted EBT-SNAP Not Accepted May to October May to October June 22 to September 28 PALMER/THREE RIVERS WEST BROOKFIELD BROOKFIELD FARMERS’ MARKET FARMERS’ MARKET FARMERS’ MARKET Rt. 148 and Rt. 9, Town Common Center of Town, Main St., Rt. 67 & Rt. 9, Town Common Friday, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Town Common Wednesday, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm EBT-SNAP Not Accepted Monday, 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm WIC & Senior Coupons Accepted WIC & Senior Coupons Accepted June 10 to October 28 EBT-SNAP Not Accepted HARDWICK FARMERS’ MARKET Barre Rd. & Common St., Hardwick Common, Rt. 32A Sunday, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm WIC & Senior Coupons Accepted EBT-SNAP Not Accepted May 8-13 5pm-8pm FREE May 19 BRIMFIELD A nice mix of Country, Rock, Pop, BELCHERTOWN Brimfield Antique Shows Acoustic, and DJ Music, just to name a Team Jessica -Tag Sale Rain or Shine! QHMA.com or few. Call (413) 967-7950 or visit On the Common 8am-1pm Brimfield.com www.janinesfrostee.com for more info. Weather permitting May 25 May 12 WEST BROOKFIELD May 19 BELCHERTOWN Murder Mystery Dinner Footloose Competition WEST BROOKFIELD Theater Team Tag Sales Asparagus & Flower Salem Cross Inn 6:30PM; Show begins On the common 8am-1pm Heritage Festival promptly at 7:00pm Town Common 10am-4pm FREE Advance ticket sales only 508-867-2345; May 12 www.salemcrossinn.com PALMER May 19 Palmer Events Planning BRIMFIELD May 25 presents our annual Town Town-Wide Tag Sale WARE Wide Tag Sale Maps will be for sale at Hitchcock Free Summer Music Maps can be purchased for $2 at the cor- Academy to bargain hunters for just $2. Janine’s Frostee, 149 East Street; FREE ner of Converse and Thorndike Streets in 8am. 413-245-9977 5-8pm. A nice mix of Country, Rock, Depot Village from 8-Noon. Pop, Acoustic, and DJ Music, just to name Bob Haveles 413-283-2553 x302 May 19 a few. Call (413) 967-7950 or visit BELCHERTOWN www.janinesfrostee.com for more May 18 Annual Friends’ info. Weather permitting WARE Community Tag Sale Summer Music Clap Memorial Library 8am-2pm Janine’s Frostee, 149 East Street; 4 • Quaboag Hills Region Visitor and Resource Guide • www.qhma.com Proudly sponsored by Country Bank! For community support...we’ll be there. At Country Bank, our home is your home. That’s why we’re so committed to supporting the communities we serve. It’s what being a neighbor is all about. Member FDIC – – – Member DIF www.countrybank.com | 1 800 322 8233 May 30 June 15 June 23 NORTH BROOKFIELD 200TH AN- WARE WARE NIVERSARY Summer Music Ware Town-Wide Tag sale A History of North Brookfield Janine’s Frostee, 149 East Street; FREE 8:30 to 4pm. Treasure hunting at its fin- High School from 1857 5-8pm. A nice mix of Country, Rock, est! Free maps listing locations of the sales Police Station Training Room, 7:00pm Pop, Acoustic, and DJ Music, just to name are available at the Ware Center Meeting www.northbrookfield.net a few. Call (413) 967-7950 or visit House on Route 9. For info call www.janinesfrostee.com for more 413-967-8304 June 1 info. Weather permitting WARE June 23 Summer Music June 16 Rain Date June 24 Janine’s Frostee, 149 East Street; FREE Rain Date June 17 MONSON 5-8pm. A nice mix of Country, Rock, Pop, NORTH BROOKFIELD Fireworks Acoustic, and DJ Music, just to name a 200th Anniversary Family Day Quarry Hill School on Margaret Street few. Call (413) 967-7950 or visit on the Common www.monsonsummerfestinc.com www.janinesfrostee.com for more Games, Fun, Food, Music & Entertainment info. Weather permitting Town Common, Grove Street, June 23 1:00pm – 10:00pm WEST BROOKFIELD June 8 www.northbrookfield.net Flea Market on the Common WARE 8:30am – 2:30pm. Call Terry Summer Music June 16 508-867-4462 Janine’s Frostee, 149 East Street; FREE BELCHERTOWN 5-8pm. A nice mix of Country, Rock, Alex Lemonade Stand June 27 Pop, Acoustic, and DJ Music, just to name On the Common 9am-2pm WEST BROOKFIELD a few. Call (413) 967-7950 or visit Concerts on the Common www.janinesfrostee.com for more June 22 Draw the Line: Aerosmith tribute; FREE info. Weather permitting WEST BROOKFIELD 7-9pm Murder Mystery June 9 Dinner Theater June 30 BELCHERTOWN Salem Cross Inn 6:30PM- Show begins WARE Teen Center Craft fair promptly at 7:00pm. Advance ticket Ware Lions Fireworks In the Common 7am-4pm sales only 508-867-2345; Grenville Park Music, Food, and Fun!! www.salemcrossinn.com http://warema.lionwap.org June 13 MONSON June 22 June 29 WARE Monson Rotary Concerts WARE Dave Grieve Park 7PM Summer Music Summer Music Jerome Riley (lead singer from the Janine’s Frostee, 149 East Street; FREE Janine’s Frostee, 149 East Street; FREE Platters) 5-8pm. A nice mix of Country, Rock, 5-8pm. A nice mix of Country, Rock, Pop, Acoustic, and DJ Music, just to name Pop, Acoustic, and DJ Music, just to name a few. Call (413) 967-7950 or visit a few. Call (413) 967-7950 or visit www.janinesfrostee.com for more www.janinesfrostee.com for more info. Weather permitting info. Weather permitting Quaboag Hills Region Visitor and Resource Guide • www.qhma.com • 5 Proudly sponsored by Spencer Savings Bank! June 30 Rain date: Saturday July 14 SPENCER Family Fun Day & Fireworks at the Spencer Fairgrounds. Gates open at Noon. Admission and parking are free. Donations greatly appreciated and will go into our Celebrations fund to help support family events throughout the year. July 1 MONSON Your Bank for Life. Ice Cream Social Keep Homestead Museum, 35 Ely Road FREE 1-3:30pm For more than 125 years www.keephomesteadmuseum.org we’ve been helping our neighbors achieve their goals. July 3 (4) WEST BROOKFIELD Concerts on the Common The Dynomite Disco Review; FREE 6-9pm 800.547.2885 • spencersavingsbank.com July 4 Member FDIC MONSON Summerfest July 7 farmers with locally-grown plants and Main Street. Parade 10am. Several bands Rain Date: July 8 produce, and artisans selling their unique will be performing all day.
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