This week, we’re giving you everything you need to grow your own plants, with everything from reasons why to the best how-tos from the web. There’s more to gardening than you think.

Community health centers receive funding, finalists are chosen for MCC’s next president, UML researchers publish groundbreaking work, and more of the latest from the MV.

Check out outdoor art and farmers markets, poetry nights, virtual plays, and more ideas for either date nights or family outings this weekend in the Merrimack Valley.

This week on The 495, we’re joined by Marquis Victor, the founding executive director of Elevated Thought, an art and social justice organization based in Lawrence. Mass. He’s also an educator, photographer and poet.

In preparation for Easter Sunday, this week’s Wellness Wednesday is all about sugar. Learn about natural sugar, added sugar and how to limit your intake.

At first glance, the poems and sketches in Chath pierSath’s “On Earth Beneath Sky,” betray an old-fashioned reverence for literary figures.

Flavor, quality and freshness are of top priority at Ocean’s Table, a company that delivers fresh—never frozen— fish straight from local seas to customer’s doorsteps.