By KENNEDY GRIFFIN
(Buckland, MA) Senator Hinds and State Representative Blais will be visiting western Massachusetts this morning. Their first stop is at the construction site at the historic Sweetheart Restaurant in Shelburne Falls at 10:30 a.m. and they will be joined by residents and local officials who have supported investments in the project.
Afterwards, Senator Hinds and Representative Blais will visit the last remaining dairy farm in Buckland, fifth generation Clesson River Farm at 11:45 a.m., for a tour by Melissa Griffin of innovative technologies being used on the farm. They will also discuss the long-term sustainability of dairy farms in western Massachusetts.
Their visit ends with a flag raising on the Conway Town Common at 1 p.m. where Senator Hinds will read the official Child Abuse Awareness Month Proclamation.