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You could say the Spring Hill Arts Gathering is another step in the evolution of Stephanie Ingrassia’s residency in the town of Washington, Conn.
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This will be the fourth year Spring Hill Vineyard in New Preston has hosted a cultural arts festival. This is a scene from a previous year’s edition.
The arts event, which returns for its fourth year this weekend and next, was the idea of Ingrassia, who co-founded Spring Hill Vineyard of New Preston in 2006 with her husband Tim.
As Stephanie explained it, the couple had been spending 30 years as weekenders, shuttling between Connecticut and their primary home in Brooklyn, New York.
Singer performs at SHAG’s ‘Pride’ night in New Preston
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When Sophie B. Hawkins arrived on the music scene in the 1990s, members of the LGBTQ+ community were either flamboyant like Boy George or they kept their sexuality on the down-low.
Sophie B. Hawkins will be performing at the Spring Hill Arts Gathering in New Preston July 31.
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For Hawkins, coming out as a member of the LGBTQ+ community was done “in a way that nobody had done before,” she explained in a telephone interview from her home in Manhattan.
Hawkins, who is best known for the single “Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover,” will perform at the Spring Hill Arts Gathering in New Preston on Saturday as part of the event’s Pride in the Hills night. SHAG runs for two weekends.
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Preston Town Republicans did not endorse a candidate for first selectman Friday during a caucus to select candidates for several boards and commissions for the Nov. 2 election, and have several other unfilled spots on the ballot.
Incumbent Selectman Kenneth Zachem was endorsed unanimously for a second term, as was incumbent Jill Keith for town clerk/tax collector. Several incumbents and new candidates were endorsed for various boards and commissions, but the Republican slate still lacked candidates for several more spots.
Zachem, who has served for more than two decades on different boards, said he had mixed feelings about the party failing to find a candidate for the full-time first selectman position. He praised first-term Democratic incumbent Sandra Allyn-Gauthier, who succeeded former 24-year Republican First Selectman Robert Congdon. Zachem said Allyn-Gauthier “is doing such a good job” with town management and finances, and the current Board of Selectmen works well tog