Author: Stonebridge Digest
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In Praise of the Slow Meeting
The long, tedious public hearing is not a bug in local democracy. It is the whole point, and we should stop apologizing for it.
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New Owners, Old Recipes: The Bakery on Chapel Street Changes Hands
After thirty years under one family, the Chapel Street bakery has sold to new owners who promise to keep the ovens, and the rye, exactly as they are.
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School Board Weighs Later Start Times as Bus Routes Strain
A proposal to push the high school start to 8:30 has revived a familiar fight over sleep, sports, and a stretched transportation budget.
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The Weekly Digest: Budget Season, a Fox on Main Street, and the Return of the Cider Fair
Seven days in Stonebridge, condensed to the stories, dates, and small dramas you may have missed.
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Why Stonebridge Keeps Losing Its Twenty-Somethings
We celebrate the young people who grow up here, and then we build a town that gives them no reason to stay.
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A Season of Repairs: Inside the Volunteer Effort to Save the Millbrook Trail
After spring floods washed out three footbridges, a loose crew of residents has spent the summer rebuilding the valley’s best-loved path.
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The Old Creamery Reopens as a Shared Kitchen for Valley Food Makers
A vacant dairy building on Foundry Lane now hosts a dozen small food businesses sharing licensed equipment and cold storage.
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Council Delays Vote on Riverside Parking Plan After Packed Hearing
A proposal to convert the Water Street lot into paid parking drew more than ninety residents and a rare two-hour public comment session.