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Lakeville Journal · Sharon, CT
Nearby: Sharon, CTSHARON — The median sale price of a single-family home in Sharon reached $710,000 for the 12 months ending Oct. 31. The median, which excludes condominiums, was 16% higher than the $610,000 recorded for the 12 months ending Oct. 31, 2025, and 5% above the $677,500 recorded for the corresponding period in 2024. Sharon’s record 12-month median was $880,000, which was for the year ending August 2024. Single-family home sales totaled 33 for the 12 months ending Oct. 31, down from 37 for the same period in 2025 and 40 in 2024. The town’s highest 12-month sales volume was 87, recorded for the 12 months ending in May 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Annual sales over the past decade have typically ranged from 30 to 60. Housing inventory was up in early November, with 33 homes listed for sale, including one condominium. Of those, 13 had asking prices above $1 million and 11 were listed below the $710,000 median sale price.
Lakeville Journal · Sharon, CT
Nearby: Sharon, CTSHARON — Residents can honor loved ones while supporting local emergency responders through two holiday fundraisers: the Sharon Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary’s annual Memory Tree and the ambulance squad’s “Lights of Love” display on the town Green. The auxiliary is accepting $5 donations for ornaments bearing the names of family members, friends and loved ones. The Memory Tree will be displayed at Town Hall from Nov. 25 through Dec. 31. Tina Pitcher, an auxiliary member and Sharon’s town secretary, said she proposed the fundraiser in 2014 after Sharon Hospital stopped offering a memory tree. The auxiliary uses proceeds from the tree and other fundraisers, including bunco games, to help meet equipment needs at the fire department and ambulance squad, Pitcher said. The group has four or five members who also provide food and coffee to firefighters and other emergency responders at incident scenes.
Lakeville Journal · Litchfield, CT
Nearby: Litchfield, CTThe gallery is really meant to create a very intimate relationship with the artist and the story behind their work. —Jennifer TerzianOn a recent crisp, fall afternoon in Litchfield, Jennifer Terzian welcomed a steady stream of collectors, artists, and art-world insiders into her jewel box of an art space on South Street, just off the town’s manicured historic Green. The occasion was an opening for Jenny Kemp, an artist noted for balancing fluidity and structure in her abstractions through repetition, variation, and gradual shifts in hue. Hers is exactly the kind of tactile, process-driven work Terzian champions at a subterranean space that feels less like a commercial art gallery and more like stumbling into an impeccably edited sanctuary of contemporary thought. “I don’t really consider myself a traditional gallerist,” explained Terzian, a Southern California native who moved to Connecticut in 2008.
Lakeville Journal · Torrington, CT
Nearby: Torrington, CTThe following information was provided by the Connecticut State Police at Troop B. All suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. North Canaan DUI A 21-year-old driver was charged with driving under the influence after a single-vehicle crash on Casey Hill Road early Nov. 3, state police said. Troopers responding to an automatic crash notification found that Samuel Green had been driving north near the intersection with Route 44 when his Ford F-150 struck a Frontier utility pole, left the road and came to rest atop a dirt mound, police said. Green, the vehicle’s sole occupant, had no reported injuries. He is scheduled to appear Nov. 13 in Torrington Superior Court. North Canaan possession of a controlled substance Police arrested a Torrington man in North Canaan on Nov. 8 for alleged possession of a controlled substance after a routine traffic stop investigating an equipment violation.
Lakeville Journal · North Canaan, CT
Nearby: North Canaan, CTNORTHWEST CORNER — Libraries provide much more than books nowadays, and eligible Connecticut residents now have another resource available. All six libraries in the Region One school district are participating in Laptop ConneCT, a program that allows eligible residents to borrow laptops for long-term use. “It’s terrific,” said Meg Sher, executive director of the D.M. Hunt Library in Falls Village. “We’ve already given out two.” Laura Moran, director of the Douglas Library in North Canaan, spoke enthusiastically about the program, saying it has particularly benefited people over 65. “They are able to use it for such things as telehealth,” she said. “They are finding it easier to read because of a larger screen and keyboard than on their phones.” Each library has received an allocation of laptops through the statewide program. The Dell Pro 16 laptops run Windows and have built-in cameras for video calls, online classes, virtual doctor appointments and more.
Lakeville Journal · North Canaan, CT
Nearby: North Canaan, CT“I think art is the thing that allows us to feel there’s something in the universe that loves us,” said painter Peter Cusack in his new studio, a mid-19th-century stone church on Main Street in North Canaan. For Cusack, art has always been a way of reaching toward something beyond the physical world. That sensibility runs through “Eternal: New, Recent, and Near Distant Paintings,” his upcoming exhibition in the church, a setting that seems an improbably good fit. Cusack recently moved his painting practice from Torrington into the former church at 58 Main Street. The move came about somewhat unexpectedly, after a change in ownership made his previous studio untenable. “At first I thought it was just gonna be too much,” Cusack said. When he first saw it, the building still looked unmistakably like a church, with its vaulted ceiling, stained glass and architectural details intact. It had served as a place of worship for generations before closing roughly 12 years ago.
Patch · Wappingers Falls, NY
Nearby: Wappingers Falls, NYThe panel of students and district leaders explained that Briarcliff shaped its approach to AI by listening first. Press release from the Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District: On Tuesday, November 3, Superintendent of Schools Dr. James Kaishian, Director of Curriculum and Instruction Dr. Jasmine McQuay, and Briarcliff High School senior and Student Government Co-Class President Sofia Cruz presented the Briarcliff AI Community Playbook at NYSCATE’s Hudson Valley State of Mind: Navigating Tomorrow Together regional conference. Hosted by the New York State Association for Computers and Technologies in Education, the conference was held at Roy C. Ketcham High School in Wappingers Falls. Find out what's happening in Pleasantville-Briarcliff Manorfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Highlands Current · Terryville, CT
Nearby: Terryville, CTIt is with profound sadness that the family of Patricia Anne Byron of Cold Spring, New York, announces her passing on Nov. 1, 2026, at the age of 80. Pat was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on Sept. 8, 1946, to Emmett Byron and Eleanor “Nell” Byron. She grew up in Terryville, Connecticut, and Providence. Patricia was a beloved mother and grandmother whose intense intellect, sharp wit and compassion touched the lives of so many, near and far. She was, simply put, brilliant, having learned to read the newspaper at the age of 3, sitting on her grandfather’s lap. Pat was a voracious reader throughout her life, generally consuming a book every day or two. She also was an editor for authors and nonprofits throughout her life. In Cold Spring, she loved visiting Butterfield Library, and when the walk became too far for her in later years, she appreciated their weekly deliveries of new material for her to enjoy.
Lakeville Journal · Sheffield, MA
Nearby: Sheffield, MASubway stations may seem unlikely places to encounter the divine, but amid the rumble of trains, the crush of commuters and the cavernous underground passageways, Salisbury artist Mike Selbach finds moments of unexpected beauty. In “Subway Saints,” his solo exhibition opening Thursday, Nov. 12 at the Warren Family Gallery at Berkshire School in Sheffield, Massachusetts, Selbach transforms ordinary commuters and familiar transit spaces into sacred moments. Through carved, two-sided wooden sculptures and expressive woodcut prints of New York City subway stations, Selbach captures both the individuality of the people who pass through these spaces and the shared experience of moving through the city. His work draws on decades of experience in sculpture and printmaking, with a distinct focus on the expressive possibilities of wood.
hudsonvalleycountry.com · Beacon, NY
Nearby: Beacon, NYShare on Facebook Share on Twitter The City of Beacon took to social media to announce that 2 film productions will cause several roads will be shut down in the next few days. Here's what you need to know. City of Beacon Roads Closed on November 10th, 2026 Lights. Cameras. Roads Closed! According to the City of Beacon, "there will be filming activity on East Main Street between Main Street and Leonard Street" on Tuesday, November 10th. The statement goes on to explain: There will be police signs "for parking restrictions" posted in that area and on the sides of the streets that will be impacted during the production hours. For those that take the Loop, the City of Beacon explains that Loop Bus "service may reroute to avoid the closure in the evening hours." More Road Closures in Beacon on November 11th, 2026 The next day filming will continue as will the road closures.
The Brooklyn Rail · Cold Spring, NY
Nearby: Cold Spring, NYWord count: 5210 Paragraphs: 58 Portraits of Nancy Olnick & Giorgio Spanu, pencil on paper by Phong H. Bui. Magazzino Italian Art, in Cold Spring, New York, is a museum and research center devoted to postwar and contemporary Italian art, above all Arte Povera. It grew out of the collection of Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu, who also collect Murano glass, Italian ceramics, artist-made jewelry, and Art Deco furniture, and who opened Magazzino in 2017 in the former Cyberchron factory and warehouse. In the conversation that follows, Stockman and Pissarro speak with Olnick and Spanu about how a visit to the Castello di Rivoli set them on the path to Arte Povera. They describe their relationships with designers Massimo and Lella Vignelli, and curator Germano Celant, as well as their work with the architects Alberto Campo Baeza and Miguel Quismondo. Finally they consider what is to be done to secure Magazzino’s future. Magazzino Italian Art, Cold Spring, NY. Courtesy MQ Architecture.
