Sheffield Historical Society's New Exhibit

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Explore the region's boundaries of time and place from the 18th century through the 20th century in the exhibition "MAPPING OUR WAY INTO THE FUTURE." The display features maps large and small created by children, to surveyors, to professional mapmakers. Cartography, the art of mapmaking, has been around for centuries. The information one can glean from a map is more than just how to go from point A to point B, however. All sorts of information lies hidden in a map, waiting for you to ferret it out. Maps tell the story of individuals and of the development of their farms, homes, and businesses. How we protect those homes, for example, can be seen in a Civil Defense map from the 1940s. Surveying equipment, on loan from the collection of Henry Granger, is included in the exhibition. Other details, such as the expansion and contraction of a town, also lie within the boundaries of a map; "working the chains" was a yearly activity required of the town selectmen in the 19th century. Learn about this process and much more by visiting the exhibit, which is now on view in the Sheffield Historical Society's Old Stone Store through July 10. The Old Stone Store is located on the green in the center of Sheffield, (Route 7). Hours are Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tours of the 1774 Dan Raymond House are available Thursday through Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., (fee). The Mark Dewey Research Center is open Monday and Friday from 1:30 to 4 pm. and by appointment. For further information on Society programs, contact the Sheffield Historical Society, 159-161 Main Street, P.O. Box 747, Sheffield, MA 01257, (413) 229-2694 or email us at shs@sheffieldhistory.org.
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Stockbridge Grange Community Dinner

STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — The Stockbridge Grange is holding a community dinner on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, featuring spaghetti and meatballs, salad, and bread with dessert choices of chocolate cream or lemon meringue pie.
 
Dinner is $17.00 per person, take out only with 12-1:30 pm pick up at the Stockbridge Grange Hall at 51 Church Street, Stockbridge.  Orders may be made by calling 413-243-1298 or 413-443-4352. 
 
Inclement weather postpones the meal for a week.
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