
Stone Soul Festival in Springfield features food, fun, music
More than 25 members of the Lowe and Williams families came Saturday to the Stone Soul Festival ready to camp and enjoy some time together.

James a. Miller
Sandra I. Kryski, 67, of Edwardsburg, Mich., died at 6:40 a.m. Thursday at Elkhart General Hospital.

What's Happening
Items can be sent to What's Happening by e-mailing dmcardle@lowellsun.com . Jpeg photo attachments are also welcome; items can be sent to What' s Happening by regular mail to: What's Happening, The Valley Dispatch, c/o David McArdle, P.O. Box 1477, Lowell, Mass., 01853.

Ethiopia: Pastoralism against the odds
Pastoralists' disproportionate contribution to Ethiopia's economy is belied by their marginalized status and by policy assumptions that they would be better off farming.

Miss Manners: Ita s a party, not a fundraiser
" My wife and I invited a number of people to a party on a Saturday evening in the party room of our downtown condo.

An end of summer celebration
Jacksonville Celebrates the Arts ushers in autumn each year with bright, artistic style.

Festivals & Fun: Alpacas roam free at Bethel Woods
Certainly fall means pumpkins, hayrides and apples, but don't forget the alpacas; these animals out of the camel family provide gorgeous threads, and both animal and apparel will be on exhibition at the Alpaca Festival at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts Harvest Festival.

North Tampa religion notes
Break the Fast: End the Yom Kippur fast with bagels with cream cheese and lox at 7:30 p.m. Sept.

Jacksonville Celebrates the Arts
Jacksonville Celebrates the Arts ushers in autumn each year with bright, artistic style.

North Central Massachusetts Community Calendar
Shirley Well Adult Clinic: Nashoba Associated Boards of Health, in conjunction with the Shirley Board of Health, will hold Well Adult Clinics from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Senior Center, 9 Parker Road.