Haydenville church to hold Easter Soup & Bake Sale

HAYDENVILLE — Haydenville Congregational Church is having its annual Easter Soup & Bake Sale on April 19, the Saturday before Easter, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the church.

There will be a range of baked goods from the popular Hot Cross Buns to pies, breads, cookies, quick breads and muffins.

Stews, chili, mac-n-cheese and a variety of soups will be available in Earth-friendly soup containers to bring home for serving or freezing.

A share of all proceeds will go to benefit the Center for New Americans, which works to help immigrants in the community.

The church is also inviting the community to services and festivities on Easter Sunday. Worship service will be at 10 a.m. (festive hats and bright clothes encouraged.) This will be followed at 11 with an Easter egg hunt and a community potluck brunch.

Haydenville Congregational is at 143 Main St. (Route 9), Haydenville.

Frontier Community Access free editing drop in hours

SUNDERLAND — Frontier Community Access Television (FCAT) is hosting open hours for free video editing drop in help on Wednesday afternoons from 2 to 4.

Residents of the four towns of Whately, Deerfield, Sunderland and Conway are encouraged to drop in with ideas for video projects whether that be the beginning stages of a short movie or already gathered footage, including smart phone footage, to be edited on professional software.

Trained professionals are equipped at the station to help.

FCAT is mainly known for recording local government meetings and high school sports, but they have much more to offer to the community. FCAT seeks to become a partner in local creations and hopes people, of any age or skill, interested in dipping their toes into video production will come by to start working on projects.

Before now, people were able to get help from FCAT on productions by appointment only but with the Wednesday open hours FCAT hopes to expand its reach and accessibility to the community to use their services.

NorthamptonDemocratic City Committeeto caucus

NORTHAMPTON — The Northampton Democratic City Committee will hold its caucus on Monday, April 28, at 7 p.m. at JFK Middle School Community Room, 100 Bridge Road, Florence.

At the caucus, registered Democrats in Northampton will elect delegates and alternates to the 2025 Massachusetts Democratic State Convention to be held Saturday, Sept. 13, at the MassMutual Center in Springfield.

The caucus is open to all. To vote or to run as a delegate, a participant must be a Northampton resident who is a preregistered or registered Democrat at the time of the caucus. Preregistered Democrats who will be 16 years old by March 29, 2025 will be allowed to participate and run as for delegate or alternate delegate.

Youth, minorities, and people with disabilities who are not elected as delegates or alternates may apply to be “add-on” delegates.

For more information contact NDCC Chair Catherine Kay at NDCC.Chair@gmail.com or 413-563-1318.

Traffic advisory for DAR State Forest

GOSHEN — The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) on Monday began implementing intermittent lane closures along Moore Hill Road within DAR State Forest in Goshen.

The closures, which will take place in both directions, will continue through Tuesday, May 6, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. to accommodate repaving work. Traffic patterns will be clearly marked, and a police detail will be on site. The day use area will be open throughout construction and visitors should use the main entrance.