Like us on Facebook!
Tri-State Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
 
A Special Thank You to our Sponsors, we are very appreciative for your support!


           
  salisbury garden-logo    WHDD-logo  

   

Weekly Newsletter April 6, 2016
In This Issue
Renewed Membership
YOUR Membership Listing on our Website.
Help Wanted...Roaring Oaks Florist,
Help wanted at the Moviehouse..
April Music...info for 52 Main..
NEWS RELEASE from Salisbury Bank.
Want to Volunteer at Lime Rock?...
A Great Organization.
Business After Hours
Events at Noble Horizons.
Attend Tri-State Mini Maker Faire
Habitat is celebrating its 25th Anniversary.
Volunteers Needed..
Scoville Memorial Library June Events
Buy local-transparent background
 Renewed Membership
 
Center for Canine Behavioral Studies
Chris Janelli
85 Scoville Ore Mine Road
Salisbury, CT 06068
(860) 485-4066

HandyBoys Enterprise
Troy Ramcharran
24 Cleveland Street
Lakeville, CT 06039
(860) 318-5557

CarolMasonDesign.com
Carol Mason
111 Between the Lakes Rd
Salisbury, CT 06068
860-712-6152

Northwest Corner Triad
Louise Riley, Ex. Director
P.O. Box 7
Sharon, CT 06069
(860)-672-0222

SOAR
Weezie Fallon
45 Lincoln City Rd
Lakeville, CT 06039
(860)-248-0116

Usana Health Sciences Independent Associate
Jo or Kiau Loi
59 Bostwick St.
Lakeville, CT 06039
(860) 435-2319

Wassaic General Store
Sharon Kroeger
4 Main St.
Wassaic, NY 12592
(845)-373-7735

Thank you for your continued support!

Member News Letters and Quick Links

To view this weeks newsletter click
here Berkshirestyle's to go  to the
home page.
_________________________________________________




Click here to see what's playing at The Moviehouse

Click here to view the latest NEWSLETTER
________________________________________________
Click here to view the
latest Newsletter from  
Elyse Harney
 Real Estate
________________________________________________

 Click here  to read the Northwest Hills
 Council of Governments 
 February Newsletter

_____________________________________________
   Click here for the latest news from
   the Internal Revenue Service
________________________________________________

  Click here to view Matthew    Carbray/   Ridgeline Financial  Partners latest Newsletter
______________________________________________________

Click here to read News and 
Happenings at the
Interlaken Inn.
_______________________________________________
 
Click here to read the latest news
from the Connecticut Economic Resource Center
_______________________________________________
   
   Click here to read the latest news
   from     John Harney

________________________________________________
for the latest news from
Lime Rock Park
YOUR Business Listing on our Website

Reminder to our members, as I continue to update and
 add pictures to our website.  I ask that you please take 
a few minutes to look at YOUR listing and please let me
 know if you would like to add, delete or make any other 
changes.  AND remember, you can add up to six (6) pictures, 
please send pictures as a jpeg file. 

Click here to view the complete list of members and click 
on YOUR listing and let me know of any changes.

If you have any questions please respond to this email or 
you can always give me a phone call at (860) 393-9171, 
my direct line at Litchfield Bancorp.
Help Wanted
Roaring Oaks Florist, now located in Lakeville, CT is looking for new team members for our growing florist shop.  

Full Time Floral Designer: We are searching for a Full-Time Floral Designer who is experienced in all aspects of a flower shop including traditional and contemporary design. Candidate must be able to handle conditioning of flowers, maintaining coolers and have good customer service and computer skills.   Candidate must also be dependable, organized and efficient 

Part Time Delivery Driver - Store Clerk: Delivery drivers are the face of our company and the lasting impression as recipients accept their flowers or gifts from our shop.  Ideal candidate must have a clean driving record, familiarity with local delivery area, and ability to lift up to 30 pounds. This person will also help inside the store during non-delivery times.  Call us at (860) 364-5380 or stop in at 349A Main Street, Lakeville.
Help wanted at the Moviehouse
MANAGERS WANTED!
The Moviehouse, 48 Main Street, Millerton, NY 12546
 
Requirements: A passion for film, theater and cultural entertainment with enthusiasm for customer service; digital audio/visual knowledge, a clear focus and ability to multi-task are essential, with a flexible schedule including weekends and holidays.
Will Train promising candidates.
 
Email your completed application along with your resume to: cheryl@themoviehouse.net
Phone: 860-435-2897

52 main
April Music
 info for 52 Main

52 Main in Millerton, NY welcomes you experience our Spanish Tapas made with an American Flair small plate of savory mouthfuls meant to be enjoyed with others. Stop in and let your senses linger at 52 Main is where can eat, drink, engage in lively conversation, friendship and hospitality.  Don't forget our Live Music show every Sat. Night @ 9pm! Call for your reservation today (518)-789-0252

Upcoming LIVE Music Line Up

April 9:    Old Man River (New Performers)
April 16:  The Kyles (New Performers)
April 23:  Jordan Stoner
April 30:  5 Day Knights   

NEWS RELEASE from Salisbury Bank
 
 
Salisbury BANK'S SPRING BURKE SELECTED AS
A top mortgage professional for 2016
 
Lakeville, CT - March 31, 2016 - The Northeast Mortgage Edition of Top Agent Magazine has named Spring Burke as a Top Mortgage Professional in 2016 and featured her as their cover story in the March issue.
 
Spring, a Vice President and Mortgage Advisor for Salisbury Bank, has been in the banking industry since she was 15, when she was part of a work-study program for school. Her 'official' career was launched in 2001 at Canaan National Bank, which was acquired by Salisbury Bank in 2004. In the ensuing years she has remained an important part of the Salisbury Bank family, where she has been a top performer since 2010. A highly organized and tireless worker, she relishes the opportunity to make one-on-one connections with her clients, who she considers "customers forever." She is also the recipient of the prestigious Five-Star Top Mortgage Professional Award for the fourth consecutive year.
 
In addition to her work with mortgage clients at Salisbury Bank, Spring has recently joined the Board of the Southern Berkshire Chamber of Commerce. She also initiated Salisbury Bank's 'Teach Children to Save' program and is active with Habitat for Humanity as well as several other civic groups.
 
Amy Raymond, Senior Vice President, Retail Lending and Commercial Operations, CRA Officer of Salisbury Bank and Trust Company says, "We are incredibly proud of Spring and her accomplishments. She is utterly devoted, both in her job and behind the scenes, to helping enrich the lives of her customers and the community."
 
You can find more information on the award at http://www.topagentmagazine.com/northeast-mortgage-edition/
 
 
Salisbury Bank is a full-service community bank headquartered in Lakeville, Connecticut and presently operates full service branches in Canaan, Lakeville, Salisbury and Sharon, Connecticut; Great Barrington, Sheffield and South Egremont, Massachusetts; as well as Dover Plains, Fishkill, Millerton, Newburgh, Poughkeepsie, and Red Oaks Mill, New York. The Bank has been serving families and businesses for over 160 years and offers a full range of consumer and business banking products and services as well as trust and investment services. 
Want to Volunteer at Lime Rock?



How About You?

Would you like to raise your hand and become a volunteer staffer at Lime Rock Park during our big spectator weekends?

The 2016 Major Event Schedule is  May 27-29 (Pirelli World Challenge/F4); July 23-24 (IMSA WeatherTech); September 1-5 (Historic Festival 34); and September 24 (Ferrari  Challenge).

When you join - Lime Rock has two volunteer divisions, we'll explain the differences in a minute - you become an important part of major events. It takes an entire squad to execute the events at Lime Rock Park, and we welcome your help, knowledge and positive attitude!

Here are the two divisions and we have openings in both:

1. The Esses Club Staff
Parking cars, manning access points and checking-in campers and other Guest Services efforts are the primary duties. Esses Staffers enjoy an all-access approach to Lime Rock Park and get to work hand in hand with track management - not to mention meeting a star driver now and again.

By joining the Esses Club, you'll find it's a fun, exciting and "insider" way to meet people from all over the world, people who share the same passion for racing as you.

Send an email to TheEsses@limerock.com to let us know if you're interested!

Please write a sentence or two about yourself and why you're interested in getting involved. Include your street address and some phone numbers.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2. The Righthanders
Righthanders support Lime Rock's Marketing Department. Areas of responsibility include the Press Room, supporting operations on the spectator hillsides, pre-race ceremonies, banner hanging-takedown, assisting spectators in getting from one area of the park to another, and staffing the all-important Info Booth. Plus anything else we think of that you might be good at!

Like the Esses, you'll find being a Righthander is a fun, "insider" way to meet people and share your passion for helping people with a smile.

Send an email to Christine@limerock.com to let us know if you're interested!
Please write a sentence or two about yourself and why you're interested in getting involved. Include your street address and some phone numbers.

Thanks!
Everyone at Lime Rock Park
860-435-5000
A Great Organization......

The Center for Humans and Nature recently invited me to write a commentary to the topic question, How can zoos and aquariums foster cultures of care and conservation?

I was delighted to do this and hope that you will both read my comment and get to know this organization - - - - and subscribe.  While you may not always agree with some of the published opinions and comments, they raise some of the most important conservation and nature related questions that need to be considered and discussed. 

I hope you will visit the Center for Humans and Nature at add it to your list of organization from which you want to receive articles.

www.humansandnature.org

Read my comment here: http://www.humansandnature.org/how-can-zoos-and-aquariums-foster-cultures-of-care-and-conservation-can-man-ever-protect-and-preserve-nature-in-a-controlled-environment

Chris P. Janelli
Executive Director, Center for Canine Behavior Studies
Director, The Simon Foundation, Inc. 

I hope you enjoy this weeks newsletter, with information and offers from our members.  
Click here to view our Website with more information and all past advertisements and press releases. 
 

Reminder-as part of your annual membership dues advertising in the newsletter is one
of the many benefits we offer for FREE. The same information is also included on our website. 


Please send all information to be included in the newsletter no later than Monday evening to be
included in the following Wednesday morning newsletter. Also, please send your information in
either a jpeg or pdf file, unless its a press release then a word doc. is fine.

 

If anyone has any questions, suggestions or comments please do not hesitate to contact me.
I can be reached at  sdickinson@tristatechamber.com or call me at (860) 393-9171 M-F my
direct line at Litchfield Bancorp.

If you are receiving this newsletter and are not yet members AND would like to advertise with us
FREE with membership, it's easy to join and for a very low reasonable annual fee. Please contact 
us for more information or respond to this email.  Check out our website at www.tristatechamber.com.

 Business After Hours  
 
Our next Business After Hours will be hosted by:

Montes Health Nut Hut
51 Mechanic St., Amenia, NY 12545

Thursday, April 28th, 2016   5-7 PM
*****************************************************************************
*If you are interested in hosting one of our wonderful business after hours 
events please contact Susan Dickinson at (860) 393-9171
or email sdickinson@tristatechamber.com.  
We are booked for 2016, so call now to schedule an event for next year.

Events at Noble Horizons

Achieve Your Career and Financial Goals

On April 8 and April 11, Noble Horizons and Northwest Community College (NWCC) will host a free series entitled, "Achieving Your Career and Financial Goals." The series provides three 90-minute sessions that include: How to Find Your Dream Job, Landing the Job and Living Within Your Means. Instructor Cindy Prelli teaches personal finance workshops in NWCC's Center for Workforce Development and works very closely with students to help each achieve professional and financial objectives. Prelli is also NWCC's SNAP coordinator.

The three 90-minute sessions may be attended in one day (April 8 or April 11), or over the course of both days. "Living Within Your Means," defined as spending only the amount of money you make, is the focus of the 8:30 am class. Prelli will provide strategies to stretch food dollars, save money on clothing, reduce transportation costs, use a spending plan and pay off debts. Session two, "Finding Your Dream Job" runs from 10:30-Noon and empowers students with the essential resources and skills needed to persuade a potential employer that you are their ideal candidate. The final 12:30 pm session, "Landing Your Dream Job" details the step-by-step tasks required to convey the all-important best first impression. On both days, Ms. Prelli will be available after the sessions conclude at 2:00 pm to work one-on-one.

More information and registration is available at 860-738-6419, cprelli@nwcc.commnet.edu or www.noblehorizons.org


Caroline Kenny Burchfield
Director of Community Relations and Events
Noble Horizons
860-435-9851 / 17 Cobble Road Salisbury, CT 06068
Attend Tri-State Mini Maker Faire
 

Habitat is celebrating its 25th Anniversary

 
Volunteers Needed....


Scoville Memorial Library Events March - April 2016
Weekly Programs

Thursdays March 3 through April 14 at 10:00
Mark Scarbrough: Things That Go Bump In The Book: The Ghost Stories of Henry James and
Edith Wharton
While dozens of writers in the nineteenth century and early twentieth century made careers out of writing
about spooky goings-on, few took the craft to such heights--or perhaps depths-as friends and fellow writers
James and Wharton.  Scarbrough leads attendees through readings and discussions of these scary short 
stories from the long course of their careers, stories that explore the supernatural, the unexplained, and the
just plain bizarre. From an age that birthed Edwardian guilt, Freudian analysis, and a host of novel religious 
ff-shoots from Christianity, things are bound to be not what they seem. Or perhaps exactly what they seem.

NOTE: Meets at Salisbury Congregational Church in the parish hall
30 Main St, Salisbury, CT

Unique Programs

Weekly Programs 

Story Time with Miss Molly
Wednesdays at 10:30 am (April 6, 13, 20 and 30)
Twice a week our 45-minute story time for toddlers and preschool aged children focuses on a different theme through stories, singing and crafting fun! The five early literacy practices are playing, talking, singing, reading and writing (scribble/draw) -- and we will be rocking them all! Bring your own snacks.

NOTE: Meets at Salisbury Congregational Church in the parish hall
30 Main St, Salisbury, CT


Thursday April 7 and 14th at 10:00

Mark Scarbrough: Things That Go Bump In The Book: The Ghost Stories of Henry James and Edith Wharton
While dozens of writers in the nineteenth century and early twentieth century made careers out of writing about spooky goings-on, few took the craft to such heights--or perhaps depths-as friends and fellow writers James and Wharton. Scarbrough leads attendees through readings and discussions of these scary short stories from the long course of their careers, stories that explore the supernatural, the unexplained, and the just plain bizarre. From an age that birthed Edwardian guilt, Freudian analysis, and a host of novel religious off-shoots from Christianity, things are bound to be not what they seem. Or perhaps exactly what they seem.

NOTE: Meets at Salisbury Congregational Church in the parish hall
30 Main St, Salisbury, CT


Saturday April 9 , 3:00

Saturday Book Club, "The Illuminations" by Andrew O'Hagan

Anne Quirk's life is built on stories-the lies she was told by the man she loved and the fictions she told herself to survive. Her beloved grandson Luke, has inherited her habit of transforming reality. When his mission in Afghanistan goes horribly wrong, he returns to Scotland, where the secrets that have shaped his family begin to emerge. He and Anne set out to confront a mystery from her past among the Blackpool Illuminations-the dazzling lights that brighten the seaside town as the season turns to winter.

Meets at Salisbury Town Hall, 1st floor


4:00

Passive House Design for New and Old Buildings presented by architect Hicks Stone. Passive house design seeks to use simple and inexpensive methods to reduce home energy consumption by 90%. The methods are based on building research conducted in the U.S and Canada and refined by German building scientists. Rather than using exotic and expensive mechanical systems, or incorporating unappealing aesthetic elements into building design, today passive house design is virtually invisible and only modestly increases the cost of construction, often less than 10% of the overall construction cost. Hicks Stone, a practicing Roxbury-based architect and a certified passive house designer, reviews the principles of passive house design, and discusses how these can be easily incorporated into both new and existing building construction. When put into practice, the cost of heating and cooling buildings will be dramatically reduced.

Hicks Stone is the founder and principal of Stone Architecture, LLC located in New York City area. He worked as a senior designer in the office of Philip Johnson and John Burgee Architects. Stone received his Masters of Architecture from Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. His firm's principal focus is the design of single and multi-family residential housing, retail boutiques for luxury brands and cultural facilities. Stone is a son of the late American architect, Edward Durell Stone, and has written the first biography and monograph of his father for Rizzoli, "Edward Durell Stone: A Son's Untold Story of a Legendary Architect".

Meets at Salisbury Town Hall, 2nd floor


Saturday April 10, at 4:00

Poetry Potpourri: Readings in Celebration of Poetry Month
"Poetry is what gets lost in translation" according to Robert Frost, while the French poet Mallarme said "It is the job of poetry to clean up our word-clogged reality by creating silences around things. " Poetry is the language of life and made to be read aloud. In celebration of National Library Week and National Poetry Month Scoville Memorial Library is having its second annual community poetry reading. Share your poetic voice by reading a short poem of your own or a published poet, not to exceed two minutes in length. Sign up in the library, over the phone or send an email to scovlibn@biblio.org. Please get your choices to us by April 4 and include the name of the poem, author, your name and contact information. If you can send us a copy of the poem, preferably in digital form that would be helpful

Meets at Salisbury Town Hall, 2nd floor

Saturday April 16, at 4:00

Setting a Process in Motion: The Self Proliferating Landscape a lecture with Larry Weaner. Scoville Sustainable Backyard Series. Nature has spent thousands of years perfecting plants' abilities to reproduce and proliferate, and yet we often go to great effort individually placing every plant in our designed landscapes. How can we capitalize on the reproductive abilities of native plants and actively encourage planted as well as existing species to colonize our landscapes? Join noted landscape designer Larry Weaner as he explores principles and protocols for creating dynamic, ecologically rich landscapes where nature does much of the "planting." Detailed case studies will demonstrate how practical plant proliferation strategies can be applied at diverse scales, from the intimate garden to large multi-acre landscapes.

Larry Weaner has been creating native landscapes throughout the eastern United States since 1977. His firm Larry Weaner Landscape Associates has a national reputation for combining ecological restoration with the traditions of fine garden design. Larry is an active guest lecturer and instructor for horticultural and environmental organizations throughout the United States. In 1990, he founded New Directions in the American Landscape, an educational programming series with a national following.

Meets at Salisbury Town Hall, 2nd floor

Saturday April 30, at 4:00

Gone Fishing: Northwest Connecticut Fisheries and Waterways
Sponsored by the Salisbury Association Land Trust and the Scoville Memorial Library. Mike Beauchene, fisheries biologist at the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), will discuss Connecticut's fisheries, focusing on local streams, rivers and lakes. He will talk about the management of recreational fishing and what it means for CT's environment and economy. Tracy Brown, from Trout Unlimited, will present an update on restoration efforts on Salisbury's Salmon Kill. Identified as one of the priority waterways by Trout Unlimited, Salmon Kill is part of their efforts to preserve and restore critical brook trout habitat and populations in the northeast, actions that will benefit fish and fisherman alike. This program is for anyone who wants to know more about our native fish and their habitats.

Meets at Salisbury Town Hall, 2nd floor

Scoville Events 
Lawrence Davis-Hollander
Adult Program Coordinator

Scoville Memorial Library  38 Main Street  Salisbury, CT 06068
860.435.2838 / 413.229.8316 (home office)