Easter greetings to all our Christian friends and neighbors.

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Garden report: leaves have sprouted on the lilac bush, the forsythia has bloomed.

Earth Day is Tuesday, April 22. Do something positive for the planet we inhabit. Thanks.

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The Amherst Farmer’s Market is open Saturday, April 19 at 8 a.m. on the Town Common and continues every Saturday until November. Full disclosure: I help my friends at the Sunset Farm booth. I get paid in green beans, sometimes yellow.

While you are there you can help the Amherst Shade Tree Committee plant a tree. The tree planting was postponed last Saturday because of the snow. Look for shovels between 9 a.m. and noon. It’s free.

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The Jones Library is hosting a free concert Saturday, April 19 at 3:30 p.m. with student musicians from Amherst College. The concert includes a string quartet and solo works by the seniors, according to an email from Janet Ryan, head of programming and outreach at the library.

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The South Amherst Congregational Church continues its dinner-to-go series with pulled pork and all the fixings Saturday, April 26 with pickup between 5-6 p.m. The church is on the South Amherst Common. Call 253-2977 for reservations.

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Night Fest, in honor of International Dark Sky Week, will be held Tuesday, April 22 at 8 p.m. at Historic Northampton. Astronomer James Lowenthal will speak. The program is free and open to the public. April 26 is the rain/cloud date.

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Lucy and Dan McMurrer of Amherst sent a postcard of Kristiansand, Norway. From there they went to Stavanger and Oslo. “We saw a submarine cruising Kristiansand Fjord, enjoyed reindeer stew and have been hiking. You know what they say: “‘ut pa tur, aldri sur!’” they wrote.

Actually I didn’t know what they say but will find out when they return.

Katie Fretwell of Amherst sent a card from Amherst that depicted scenes from Cidade Velho and Cabo Verde. She and husband Bob visited the Azores and Cape Verde, two very different archipelagos. “Adventure and beauty the whole time,” she wrote. She brought back the postcard from the trip and mailed it here. It still counts for the postcard contest.

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The railing on the west side of the Fort River bridge on West Street is being painted. It will match the nice new green paint on the other railing.

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Save the date: Saturday, April 26 for the Sustainability Festival on the Common and the UMass Dining Dine and Dash to benefit the Amherst Survival Center. More details next week.

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