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Longtime state Rep. Angelo Puppolo faces first-time candidate Michael Lachenmeyer in the Sept. 1 primary.

We chat with Stone Soup Cafe about their annual Harvest Supper, speak with the creatives behind Roomful of Teeth's "The Puerto Rico Experiment," and have a Live Music Session with Sable Island Pony.

We speak to U.S. House candidate for the Mass. 1st congressional disctrict Jeromie Whalen and visit the Old Creamery Co-op for the latest CISA Local Hero Spotlight.

We check out Gardening the Community to see initiatives to increase access to social services for people in need, see how Hampshire Next is seeking to preserve some of the mission of Hampshire College ahead of its closure, and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern.

We check out play "Amchitka" at the Chester Theater, we see Cornucopia Natural Wellness Market's new digs in Holyoke, and chat with Rep. Jim McGovern.

We talk to organizers of We the Land, a conference joining Black and Brown farmers across the region, visit newly opened cafe Violet in South Hadley, and talk with interim Word Nerd Peter Sokolowski about the origins of jazz.

A non-profit wholesaler outside of Boston, Massachusetts, on a mission to sustain farms and provide access to fresh food, has completed the next step in what they say is a much-needed cold-storage facility.

The Ice Cream Trail has around 115 locations across western Massachusetts, including Herrell’s in Northampton, The Apple Place in East Longmeadow, and Mt. Tom’s Homemade Ice Cream in Easthampton.

We take a tour of Images Cinema as they reopen their theaters, take a tour of Nourse Farms for berry season and check in with the Word Nerd.

We visit the Hilltown 6 pottery studios before their workshops and open house, take a tour of the Amherst Survival Center, and explore the difference between "wrack" and "rack" with the Word Nerd.