Whiting Mills Draws Visitors to Winsted

Renovated Factory Houses Art and Craft Studios By Colleen Gundlach Tucked away on a street behind the Winsted campus of Northwestern Connecticut Community College is an outwardly nondescript old factory building that is anything but nondescript on the inside. Driving up to the parking lot behind the building and walking inside will reward the visitor […]

The White Hart Inn: A Litchfield County Classic Comes Back to Life

By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo On a recent sun-kissed autumn day, every porch table at the White Hart Inn was filled to capacity by 12:15 p.m. Not bad considering the tap room doesn’t start serving lunch until noon, and it was a Tuesday. Safe to say, a lot of people are happy the iconic inn on […]

Lone Oak Campsites: 50 Years

The Browns of East Canaan celebrate semicentennial of family farm turned campground By Colleen Gundlach There was an air of excitement, friendship and festivity on August 16 in East Canaan as Lone Oak Campsites celebrated its 50th anniversary by throwing an all-day party for the people who have been a part of the business over […]

Arethusa Farm Serves Up Fresh From Barn to Bistro

Wholesome and natural are its bywords By Colleen Gundlach In Greek mythology, Arethusa was a nymph whom the goddess Artemis transformed into a spring to save her virginity when she was being pursued by the river god Alpheus. It is an apt name, then, for Arethusa Farm in Litchfield, because the land it is built […]

Out and About

Artist Karen Rossi to Join the Torrington Arts Scene By Ruth Melville Karen Rossi’s magical creations will soon be flying off to a new home. Although Rossi will keep her Norfolk studio, which is currently overflowing with an abundance of artwork, supplies and equipment, she is about to move most of her business into a […]

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Not your Average Run Of the Mill By Rosanna Trestman Every piece of lumber begins as a log. Typically, the log goes from forest to sawmill, and comes out a plank cut to a uniform width, length and height. But at Berkshire Products, a sawmill tucked on Ashley Falls Road in Sheffield, Mass., the log’s […]

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Canaan’s Lynn Nania Organizes A Whirlwind of Summer Fun By Colleen Gundlach Lynn Nania can be found most mornings between June 24 and August 9 enthusiastically greeting children at North Canaan’s unique summer program, Camp AHA! She welcomes each child by name as they arrive, eager for a day of fun. After talking with Nania […]

Gourmet Meets Homestyle in Goshen

Not Just Another Roadhouse By Rosanna Trestman Lucky for us, Norfolk now has a choice of four local dining establishments. But it may come as a surprise that a fifth restaurant has been quietly tucked behind the scene all along. Located in Goshen, just a quarter of a mile west of the rotary, A.J.’s Steak […]

Switch Factory: Hitting the Right Note

By Lindsey Pizzica Rotolo Acoustic guitar players have a tendency to fade into the background. Not the case with Switch Factory, a local acoustic duo comprised of pediatrician Jason Perkel on guitar and vocals and private wealth manager Nat Worden on guitar, harmonica and vocals. At a recent gig at Bohemian Pizza & Ditto Bar […]

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Dining in Diners By Joel Howard Historic Route 66, long immortalized in song and film, is a far distance from Norfolk. However, Route 44, like’s its fabled sibling, has one thing very much in common: the diner. Heading to North Canaan, there are two diners conveniently located next door to one another. Collins Diner has […]