Coming Soon: the Ashland Farmers Market

My lovely wife, despite being 9 months pregnant, has been hard at work organizing the inagural season of the Ashland Farmers Market. It sounds like it's going to be a great opportunity to buy local! Details from the Ashland Tab:

The Ashland Farmers Market will officially open on Saturday, June 9, and will be open on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. until Oct. 20. The market will be set up at 125 Front St., on the grassy stretch of land diagonally across the street from the library.
The market is a “grow it or make it” market. Among the produce vendors that will be participating are Sunshine Farm, in Sherborn, Arcadian Farm, in Holliston, and Long Life Farm, in Hopkinton. A list of participating vendors will be available online at www.ashlandfarmersmarket.org.
Besides produce, there will be meat, fish, honey and bakery vendors. Organizers have also lined up specialty and artisan vendors, and there are plans for a children’s tent, a community organization tent and entertainment.
The goal is to provide a fun place where families can purchase locally grown, fresh produce, grass-fed beef, and other healthy food choices. People are encouraged to sign up at info@ashlandfarmersmarket.org to be included in email blasts for vendor specials and other updates.

Nip Watch 2011

In what might be the last Nip Watch of 2011, I hauled in:
- 21 Nips, all vodka (either Absolute or Stoli)
- 5 beer cans
- 4 Plastic Bottles

Tis the season!

Condos vs Houses

An Ashland resident sees a lack of community involvement from condo owners and ponders if perhaps the town should curtail building more condos for that reason:

Long ago, an earlier Board of Selectmen and residents who participated in Town Meetings came to the conclusion that condos were good for Ashland because people who live in condos don’t use our schools as much as residents who live in private homes. This was a decision based on dollars and cents at the time. I think it is time to challenge that decision.

Mixed Usage

Ashland is already unfriendly enough to walkers (lots of hills, no consolidated downtown) so the fact that town meeting required that the Village of the Americas condo complex to remain mixed usage is good news. At least someone won't need to hop in the car to get basic stuff!

the big news at the meeting was that the Village of the Americas (the new condos going up on the way to Shaws next to the cemetary) needs to remain mixed usage, which is great news. Ashland's already a walking unfriendly town, so at least these foax will have something.