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Beauty, Community and Fun

The backbone of our communities is that of small businesses: the often more visible brick-and-mortar as well as the service sector and specialty businesses, and everything in between. These businesses are run- and staffed by hardworking people who are devoted to their respective communities and the people who live and work in them. This month […]

By |2023-01-06T20:17:29-05:00January 6th, 2023|Monthly Entrepreneur|

Art Exploration: Mary Belliveau

Artist Mary Belliveau has spent the last few decades globe-trotting to destinations around the world. She arrived behind her easel for a professional career as an artist later in life, after raising her children and enjoying a career in healthcare. “I’ve always been curious. My father was a traveler,” said artist Mary Belliveau.

Her work will […]

By |2022-12-01T10:56:16-05:00December 1st, 2022|Featured Artist|

Where Art and Heart Take Shape

There’s one thing you can’t overlook when you meet the works of Tim Jones and Silda Wall Spitzer: they’re heavy. Heavy because the works are typically large and are made with varying sizes and types of metals which are then combined and secured with other pieces of […]

By |2022-11-09T18:46:37-05:00November 9th, 2022|Featured Article|

Alden “Trevor” McWilliams

Alden “Trevor” McWilliams grew up as a faculty child on the Millbrook School campus in Millbrook, NY. His artistic expression was influenced by his grandfather, a professional illustrator, as well as his father who taught photography, drawing, and printmaking. Trevor’s love for the visual arts was solidified on trips to New York City’s museums, viewing […]

By |2022-11-10T23:18:00-05:00November 9th, 2022|Featured Artist|

An Artist’s Legacy

In honor of our “history” themed issue that you are currently reading, we opted to give a nod to an artist who not only resided in our area and worked here, but who has since passed – a first for us in this artist profile feature. CB had his selection of talented artists to choose […]

By |2022-10-08T17:17:48-04:00October 8th, 2022|Featured Artist|

Farm Party With a Purpose

The Centennial Farms Foundation is having a party. It deserves to for all the hard work it does. It’s a party with a purpose, of course, and everyone of any age is invited. It’s the 2nd Annual Centennial Hay Day Charity Music Event at Kemmerer Farm in Stanfordville, NY. It’s on Saturday, October 8, from […]

By |2022-09-29T22:59:16-04:00September 29th, 2022|Main Street|

Help Save Sharon Hospital – Join the community and its fight to save Sharon Hospital by attending these upcoming events

n September, 2021, Nuvance Health announced plans to shut the Labor and Delivery unit at Sharon Hospital. A 78-bed general hospital in Connecticut’s Litchfield County, Sharon Hospital services a community of thousands of people, and the nearest hospital is at least 45 minutes away. Nuvance Health’s explanation: Reduced patient demand and staffing challenges, which were further […]

By |2022-10-13T13:52:41-04:00September 23rd, 2022|WOTS|

License to Play

Walking into the Re Institute in Millerton, NY, during exhibition hours you’re likely to find artist and founder/director, Henry Klimowicz mingling with visitors and enthusiastically explaining the current exhibition. The gallery, located in Klimowicz’s studio in a former dairy barn sits just north of the village of Millerton, and it exists in many ways as […]

By |2022-09-01T20:39:07-04:00September 1st, 2022|Featured Artist|
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