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Local Spirit: Berkshire Mountain Distillers By Barbara Perkins Just the up the road in Sheffield, MA, nestled in the shadow of East Mountain, is Soda Spring Farm. While not a working farm in the traditional sense, much activity takes place here. A big, old white barn is home to Christopher Weld’s spirited undertaking, Berkshire Mountain […]
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One of the Last of a Dying Breed By Rosanna Trestman “Heels Fixed While You Wait,” promises a sign affixed to Al’s Shoe Repair, located on Migeon Ave. in Torrington. After hours? Drop your shoe through a slot cut into the red clapboard building and, despite the landslide of shoes and handbags behind the counter, […]
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Lone Oak Campsites Provides Quality Recreation By Colleen Gundlach Abraham (Bucky) Brown was a farmer in East Canaan when he read a magazine article back in 1964 about turning farmland into campgrounds. Today his former farmland on Route 44 provides fun, fellowship and recreation to hundreds of people every year and is one of the […]
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Soleil Building: Northwest Connecticut’s One-Stop-Shop for Holistic Health By Barbara Perkins When driving through a familiar location, it’s not often we really look at the buildings, let alone notice or identify the businesses occupying the space. This is acutely true for 686 Main Street in Winsted, home to Soleil Healing & Arts. Tucked between the […]
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How To Get a Lift in Winter By Lloyd Garrison With several forecasters predicting colder temperatures and above average precipitation for New England, the four ski areas closest to Norfolk are already busy preparing for what they hope will be a long snowy winter. Mohawk, Sundown, Catamount and Butternut all have modest trail systems. None […]
