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

Passports of Salisbury Set to Close its Doors

After over 20 years in the community, Passports of Salisbury, CT, will be closing in early September. Passports was founded by the late Elaine LaRoche in the late 1990s as she was living overseas in Asia and had a passion for sourcing unique items during her travels. In a 2019 article in Main Street Magazine, […]

By MainStreetMag|2022-09-01T16:25:06-04:00September 1st, 2022|WOTS|

5 Benefits of Getting Your Property Surveyed

Bill Eggers currently works and lives in the Hudson Valley and has seen the spike in property sales. With this increase I hopes to provide valuable insight to homeowners on the benefits of getting their property surveyed.

His expertise stems from his experience as a licensed professional surveyor with over 40 years of experience. Bill currently works at […]

By MainStreetMag|2022-06-30T14:58:13-04:00June 30th, 2022|Home & Garden|

Mexican Corn, Pasta And Kale Salad

Summer is the height of growing season for us here regionally, and in honor of that we asked Chelsea Streifeneder of Body Be Well Pilates and Nutrition to share with us a healthy, delicious, and (somewhat) local recipe that is perfect for those summer barbecues. Enjoy!

It has been so busy lately and I feel like […]

By MainStreetMag|2022-06-30T14:16:48-04:00June 30th, 2022|Our Recipes|

Looking at Analog Mastered on Main Street

In a world where we can access any part of the planet from a computer in our pocket, what does it mean to be “of a place”? For winemakers, this is “terroir,” the ultimate expression of not just a region, but even a particular plot of land and the micro and macro influences on the […]

By MainStreetMag|2022-06-17T14:01:01-04:00June 17th, 2022|WOTS|

Curated by the Community

As of 2021, according to statistics from the US Department of Veterans Affairs, little more than 240,000 of the 16 million Americans who served in World War ll are alive today. Last year marked the 80th anniversary of what President Franklin D. Roosevelt would famously call “a date which will live in infamy.” The Japanese […]

By MainStreetMag|2022-05-28T17:34:41-04:00May 28th, 2022|History|

Balancing Change and Tradition

There’s a whirlpool of change currently swirling around the communities of the Hudson Valley and the neighboring townships of Berkshire and Litchfield counties. The events of the past two years have taken what was only recently a noticeable but measured trot from tradition to change in our area and has accelerated at a confusing pace […]

By MainStreetMag|2022-05-28T17:29:17-04:00May 28th, 2022|Profile|

Second Saturday

In the hills of Connecticut’s Litchfield County is Kent Barns – a sprawling complex of antique barns that are home to a variety of stylish art galleries, shops, and top-notch eateries. Visitors flock there for Second Saturday – a family-friendly community event, which kicked off May 14 […]

By MainStreetMag|2022-05-28T17:00:14-04:00May 28th, 2022|Featured Article|

The Renaissance

To be at the intersection of Railroad and Main Streets in Great Barrington, MA, today is, for people who know the history of the town, like being at the graduation of one’s child from a Master’s Degree program. Thirty years ago, today’s scene was a dream and […]

By MainStreetMag|2022-05-28T16:44:41-04:00May 28th, 2022|Featured Article|

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