Happy Fourth of July, dear readers! Our community went to the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus last week to watch Independence Day fireworks and enjoy American treats like corndogs, nachos, kettle corn and fried sugary dough!

Featured photos – group of male students enjoying some treats and some of the staff posing for a photo and practicing catching kettle corn in their mouths.

Our staff photographer, Mimi, and one of her students Julia brought their cameras and tripods along to learn how to take long exposure photographs of fireworks.

A great, sugar-filled time was had by all!