Recently, Pastor Lynn and Donna Gatz spent a few hours in their kitchen while working on a sweet project. The Randolph couple were preparing a surprise for their children and Donna’s siblings. In the 1930s, Mrs. Gatz’s father, Edwin Larson and a man called Buzzy, hauled bees back and ...

WESTFIELD — One notices the smells of sweet baked goods wafting through the air when entering Cakes by Brandy at 42 E. Main St. in Westfield. Delicious treats are displayed in the glass showcase and in a refrigerated case nearby. The kitchen can be seen through an opening where the owner, ...

Jean Smith dedicated many years to the hairdressing profession. She started The Family Clipper on East Second Street in 1981 and then worked from a shop in her home from 1989 until 2018. Her transition into retirement was gradual, until a broken arm resulting from a fall, brought her ...

Lori Buchanan’s Polish heritage is of great importance to her. Her grandparents lived during the Great Depression, a time when a use was found for everything and nothing was thrown away. Her maternal grandmother raised her children alone after losing their father in WWII. Her father’s ...

Lou Ann Peterson and her daughter, Sarah Minor, of Frewsburg have been a team throughout life, especially in the kitchen. “Family is everything in this house,” Minor said. “We spend most of our time in the kitchen. We’ve always baked together. We are best friends.” She remembers ...

Anne Jackson has lived all over the United States, as well as in a foreign country. She was born at Camp Pendleton in Southern California while her father was in the Marine Corps. Later, her mother married Jackson’s step-dad, who was in the Army which took the family to Germany, North ...