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Land Trust teaches how to preserve flowers

NEW HARTFORD — On Saturday, Aug. 19, members of the New Hartford Land Trust gathered to learn how to press and preserve flowers. The talk was led by board members Eloise Farmer and Karen Meares and took place at the home of a Land Trust member. 

Attendees were invited to bring their own flowers to press or use some that were provided by the instructors. Farmer, who once taught high school biology and did her thesis on the plants in Barkhamsted, has been pressing flowers for years both for personal and learning purposes. 

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Taste of Litchfield Hills enjoys mountain setting

Fri, 09/09/2011 - 8:33am
By
Michael Marciano
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NEW HARTFORD — Thousands of fans of gourmet food and wine flocked to Ski Sundown in New Hartford over the Labor Day weekend to sample international cuisines from restaurants throughout the Northwest Corner while listening to live music and browsing retail tents set up by local shops.
Those in attendance at A Taste of The Litchfield Hills breathed a sigh of relief on Sunday and Monday, as rain held off for the duration of the three-day affair, allowing ample opportunity for attendees to visit.

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Taste of Litchfield Hills announces participants

Fri, 08/26/2011 - 8:17am

NEW HARTFORD — The 26th annual edition of A Taste of the Litchfield Hills will take place Sept. 3 to 5 at Ski Sundown, with an array of participating eateries that were announced this week.
Participating culinary vendors from the Winsted area will include Chatterley’s Restaurant (New Hartford); Backstage Restaurant (Torrington); The Green Room (Winsted); Infinity Bistro (Norfolk); KJ Grilled Pizza (Torrington); Mustard’s Last Stand (New Hartford); Rocket Fine Street Foods (Torrington); and Summertime Sno-Balls (New Hartford).

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Passiflora hosts Garden of Drums

Fri, 08/12/2011 - 8:11am
By
Shaw Israel Izikson
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NEW HARTFORD — Jami Ray of Bristol, who is also known as “Conga Jay,” was the host of a drum circle at Passiflora Tea Room and Café in New Hartford on Thursday, Aug. 4. Ray brought hand drums big and small for players including Winsted resident Fran Devevo.
“I have been drumming for more than 10 years and I just can’t stop,” Ray said. “The energy and the community of the earth is based on rhythm. For time, we call that rhythm a calendar. To me, everything has a heartbeat, and that’s what these Garden of Beats events are about.”

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Floral paintings in New Hartford

Fri, 07/15/2011 - 8:43am

NEW HARTFORD — Barkhamsted artist Lucille Delaney is the featured artist in the Gallery at Jerram Winery, where her show, “Nature’s Beauty on Canvas,” will run through the month of July.
Delaney is an award-winning artist who has been painting since childhood. Flower gardens and the Farmington River have given her the inspiration for her realistic oil paintings. Her work has been exhibited at the former Act II Gallery, Passiflora and Squire’s Tavern. She is also an active member of the New Hartford Art League and has served on its board of directors.

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Hot and spicy times at New Hartford chili cookoff

Fri, 06/24/2011 - 8:11am
By
Shaw Israel Izikson
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NEW HARTFORD — The Trinita Family Life Center held a chili cookoff on Saturday, June 18, at its retreat center on 595 Town Hill Road. Eleven teams competed, with names like Phantom Heat, Los Demonios Guapos, Strini’s Secret and Not Smurf, The Murphs.
The chili recipes had names like Chuckwagon Red, Tantalizing Tumultuous Terrorizing Tongue Tornado Chili at Trinita and Goshen Grown. Organizer Nancy Strini said the cookoff is a fundraiser for the organization.

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State House approves wind regulations bill

Thu, 05/26/2011 - 10:00pm
Colebrook projects still in limbo
By
Michael Marciano
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HARTFORD — The state House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to require regulations for wind-turbine projects in Connecticut.
HB 6249, An Act Requiring a Moratorium on the Siting of Wind Projects Until the Adoption of Regulations, passed by a vote of 132-6, suggesting state representatives are as concerned as residents about possible environmental hazards and the impact on natural resources and quality of life that the turbines might pose.

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