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KINGSTON, — A proposed project by a Red Hook-based musician could see the long-vacant former Trinity Methodist Church on Wurts Street in Downtown resurrected as a music school and performance venue. Violinist Tom Krueger went before the city’s Planning Board at its November meeting to share his vision for the historic 19th-century brick church at […]

In the picturesque town of Washington, Connecticut, set amidst the pastoral hills of Litchfield County, the 2023 Spring Hill Arts Gathering (SHAG) welcomed guests—locals and travelers, alike—to four celebratory days of art, music and culinary immersion this June. Hosted within Spring Hill Vineyards, the spectacular occasion paired permanent work by artists like CH favorites Hank…

From Meatloaf to Muddy Waters, Woodstock is the birthplace of some of music’s most memorable recordings

Tom Gray started smoking cheese and bacon for the specialty cheese shop he opened in 1980 and the family hasn’t stopped since. Today, Lagrangeville-based Mountain Products Smokehouse is known for smoking a diverse range of meat and poultry products, from bacon to sliced turkey. The company sources its meat mainly from distributors in Pennsylvania, where animals are humanely raised, then smokes it the old-fashioned way, with natural smoke from real wood fires. ...