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Red Brewster Brewery

Red Brewster Brewery is a family owned and operated micro farm brewery located in Enfield, CT.

Hartford County

Jay Kenney

Hartford Metropolitan Area

Enfield

Connecticut

SightMD Connecticut Enfield

At SightMD Connecticut Enfield, we are proud to provide the community with exceptional eye care close to home. Our team of experienced ophthalmologists and optometrists is committed to delivering personalized, compassionate care to patients of all ages. Whether you’re seeking routine eye exams, advanced treatment for complex eye conditions, or life-changing vision correction procedures, we are here to help you see your best. SightMD offers a wide range of services including cataract surgery, LASIK and other refractive procedures, treatment for glaucoma and retina conditions, corneal disease management, pediatric ophthalmology, oculoplastic surgery, and dry eye care. We combine state-of-the-art technology with a patient-centered approach to ensure every visit is comfortable, informative, and tailored to your unique needs. As part of the SightMD network, patients also benefit from seamless access to a trusted team of specialists across Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Our Mission: We work hard to provide an unparalleled care experience for patients with convenient access to world-class quality eye care in the convenience of their local neighborhoods, delivered by a dedicated, caring, and talented healthcare team. Our Vision: To be the greatest eye care company the world has ever seen. We look forward to welcoming you to our Enfield office and becoming your lifelong partners in eye health.

At SightMD Connecticut Enfield, we are proud to provide the community with exceptional eye care close to home. Our team of experienced...

WINDSOR LOCKS/EAST WINDSOR, CT — 2020 will certainly go down in the history books as one of the craziest, most unprecedented years in American history. The coronavirus pandemic changed everyone's daily lives, and had a particular effect on businesses, small and large.There was a great deal of business news in Windsor Locks and East Windsor in the past 12 months. Many of the stories were good, others not so much. Still others were inspirational, as residents pursued their dreams despite all the obstacles put in their way.Here are 10 of the top business stories from Windsor Locks-East Windsor Patch in 2020.<ul><li><a href="https://patch.com/connecticut/windsorlocks/former-east-windsor-bar-site-transformed-dining-showplace" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Former East Windsor Bar Site Transformed Into Dining Showplace</a></li><li><a href="https://patch.com/connecticut/windsorlocks/friendlys-restaurant-closes-windsor-locks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Friendly's Restaurant Closes In Windsor Locks</a></li><li><a href="https://patch.com/connecticut/windsorlocks/casino-plans-east-windsor-put-hold-tribal-leaders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Casino Plans For East Windsor Put On Hold By Tribal Leaders</a></li><li><a href="https://patch.com/connecticut/windsorlocks/airport-hotel-employees-hit-hard-pandemic-related-layoffs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Airport Hotel Employees Hit Hard By Pandemic-Related Layoffs</a></li><li><a href="https://patch.com/connecticut/windsorlocks/longtime-gift-shop-moves-ellington-broad-brook" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Longtime Gift Shop Moves From Ellington to Broad Brook</a></li></ul><figure><img data-image="103650-1608544762" data-src="https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/103650/20201221/045921/styles/raw/public/processed_images/scandinavian%20gift%20shop.jpg" data-sizes="(min-width: 780px) 726px, 100vw" data-srcset="https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/103650/20201221/045921/styles/raw/public/processed_images/scandinavian%20gift%20shop.jpg?width=640 640w, https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/103650/20201221/045921/styles/raw/public/processed_images/scandinavian%20gift%20shop.jpg?width=726 726w" /></figure><ul><li><a href="https://patch.com/connecticut/windsorlocks/large-solar-development-proposed-east-windsor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Large Solar Development Proposed For East Windsor</a></li><li><a href="https://patch.com/connecticut/windsorlocks/virtual-craft-fair-organized-local-small-business-group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Virtual Craft Fair Organized By Local Small Business Group</a></li><li><a href="https://patch.com/connecticut/windsorlocks/jetblue-adds-4-nonstop-routes-bradley-international-airport" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JetBlue Adds 4 Nonstop Routes At Bradley International Airport</a></li><li><a href="https://patch.com/connecticut/windsorlocks/windsor-locks-company-manufacturing-face-masks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Windsor Locks Company Manufacturing Face Shields</a></li><li><a href="https://patch.com/connecticut/windsorlocks/east-windsor-businesses-burglarized-suspect-being-sought" target="_blank" rel="noopener">East Windsor Businesses Burglarized; Suspect Being Sought</a></li></ul><figure><img data-image="103650-1608544811" alt title data-src="https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/103650/20201221/050008/styles/raw/public/processed_images/20200727_053944.jpg" data-sizes="(min-width: 780px) 726px, 100vw" data-srcset="https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/103650/20201221/050008/styles/raw/public/processed_images/20200727_053944.jpg?width=640 640w, https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/103650/20201221/050008/styles/raw/public/processed_images/20200727_053944.jpg?width=726 726w" /><figcaption>Photos: Tim Jensen/Patch</figcaption></figure><a href="https://patch.com/connecticut/windsorlocks/subscribe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">To register for free Windsor Locks-East Windsor news alerts and more, click here.</a>

WINDSOR LOCKS/EAST WINDSOR, CT — 2020 will certainly go down in the history books as one of the craziest, most unprecedented years in American history. The coronavirus pandemic changed everyone's daily lives, and had a particular effect on businesses, small and large.

There was a great deal of business news in Windsor Locks and East Windsor in the past 12 months. Many of the stories were good, others not so much. Still others were inspirational, as residents pursued their dreams despite all the obstacles put in their way.Here are 10 of the top business stories from Windsor Locks-East Windsor Patch in 2020.

<ul><li><a href="https://patch.com/connecticut/windsorlocks/former-east-windsor-bar-site-transformed-dining-showplace" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Former East Windsor Bar Site Transformed Into Dining Showplace</a></li><li><a href="https://patch.com/connecticut/windsorlocks/friendlys-restaurant-closes-windsor-locks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Friendly's Restaurant Closes In Windsor Locks</a></li><li><a href="https://patch.com/connecticut/windsorlocks/casino-plans-east-windsor-put-hold-tribal-leaders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Casino Plans For East Windsor Put On Hold By Tribal Leaders</a></li><li><a href="https://patch.com/connecticut/windsorlocks/airport-hotel-employees-hit-hard-pandemic-related-layoffs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Airport Hotel Employees Hit Hard By Pandemic-Related Layoffs</a></li><li><a href="https://patch.com/connecticut/windsorlocks/longtime-gift-shop-moves-ellington-broad-brook" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Longtime Gift Shop Moves From Ellington to Broad Brook</a></li></ul><figure><img data-image="103650-1608544762" data-src="https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/103650/20201221/045921/styles/raw/public/processed_images/scandinavian%20gift%20shop.jpg" data-sizes="(min-width: 780px) 726px, 100vw" data-srcset="https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/103650/20201221/045921/styles/raw/public/processed_images/scandinavian%20gift%20shop.jpg?width=640 640w, https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/103650/20201221/045921/styles/raw/public/processed_images/scandinavian%20gift%20shop.jpg?width=726 726w" /></figure><ul><li><a href="https://patch.com/connecticut/windsorlocks/large-solar-development-proposed-east-windsor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Large Solar Development Proposed For East Windsor</a></li><li><a href="https://patch.com/connecticut/windsorlocks/virtual-craft-fair-organized-local-small-business-group" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Virtual Craft Fair Organized By Local Small Business Group</a></li><li><a href="https://patch.com/connecticut/windsorlocks/jetblue-adds-4-nonstop-routes-bradley-international-airport" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JetBlue Adds 4 Nonstop Routes At Bradley International Airport</a></li><li><a href="https://patch.com/connecticut/windsorlocks/windsor-locks-company-manufacturing-face-masks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Windsor Locks Company Manufacturing Face Shields</a></li><li><a href="https://patch.com/connecticut/windsorlocks/east-windsor-businesses-burglarized-suspect-being-sought" target="_blank" rel="noopener">East Windsor Businesses Burglarized; Suspect Being Sought</a></li></ul><figure><img data-image="103650-1608544811" alt title data-src="https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/103650/20201221/050008/styles/raw/public/processed_images/20200727_053944.jpg" data-sizes="(min-width: 780px) 726px, 100vw" data-srcset="https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/103650/20201221/050008/styles/raw/public/processed_images/20200727_053944.jpg?width=640 640w, https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/103650/20201221/050008/styles/raw/public/processed_images/20200727_053944.jpg?width=726 726w" /><figcaption>Photos: Tim Jensen/Patch</figcaption></figure><a href="https://patch.com/connecticut/windsorlocks/subscribe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">To register for free Windsor Locks-East Windsor news alerts and more, click here.</a>

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Windsor Locks/East Windsor 2020: The Year In...

Small businesses and large corporations alike experienced unprecedented challenges during the coronavirus pandemic of 2020.

Windsor Locks/East Windsor 2020: The Year In Business

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Scantic Church

Come browse through a wide variety of treasures at this massive indoor sale event. Shopping supports a great cause, as all proceeds directly benefit the church general expense fund.

Local Event: Scantic Church Huge Indoor Tag Sale

Scantic Church Huge Indoor Tag Sale

Come browse through a wide variety of treasures at this massive indoor sale event. Shopping supports a great cause, as all...

Jay Heritage Center

Nothing says spring better than our popular Classic Design Luncheon and Lecture! We’re honored to feature Genevieve Wheeler-Brown, the author of&nbsp;<a href="https://beyondblueandwhite.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">“Beyond Blue and White.”</a>
Wheeler-Brown’s book explores the history of Delftware ceramics, focusing on the often-overlooked roles of women as makers, patrons, and collectors, from 17th-century factory owners like&nbsp;Barbara Rotteveel&nbsp;to Gilded Age collectors like&nbsp;Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan. A must for devotees of decorative arts and the history of material culture. 
Location: The award-winning Jay Estate Gardens designed by Nelson Byrd Woltz. Co-Chairs, Tracy Edwards, Liz Garrett, Emmy Lambert, Lindsay Bello Martin and Suzanne Clary.
Guests will enjoy botanical cocktails and a tour of the blue and white blooms of our gardens at 11:30am followed by lunch and lecture at 12 Noon. Booksigning at 1:30pm. Catering provided by Scarborough Fair Catering.
Spring garden attire and hats encouraged! 
Tickets start at $150. Tables of 10 start at $1500
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All proceeds will benefit JHC's family and adult horticulture programs.
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GENEVIEVE WHEELER BROWN
Founding Genevieve Wheeler Decorative Art Advisory in 2003, Genevieve comes to the advisory business with more than 12 years of experience in the auction world, strong generalist knowledge and a wide range of contacts in American, European and Asian decorative and fine arts.
Genevieve began her career with Christie’s in 1992 with the European Decorative Arts Department after working as an intern at The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C. in 1990. She was then asked to run Overseas Consignments at Christie’s Park Avenue, a department that handled inquiries for European based auctions including Indian and Southeast Asian art, Islamic Art, Miniatures, Textiles and Cameras. In 1995 Genevieve became the New York contact for sales of Fabergé and Russian Silver at Christie’s Park Avenue and most recently was as a specialist in Fine Musical Instruments at Christie’s Rockefeller Center from 1998 to 2003.
While at Christie’s, she was involved with important sales such as ‘The Pine Cone Egg’ by Carl Fabergé and ‘The Taft’ Stradivari which fetched the auction record for an instrument sold in the United States. She has also been an appraiser on the PBS production ‘The Antiques Roadshow’.
A supporter of several fine and decorative art related institutions, Genevieve has served on the Board of the National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York, served as a member of the Young Fellows Steering Committee of the Frick Collection from 1995 to 2005 and co-Chaired the Winter Antiques Show Young Collector’s Night, New York in 2004, 2005, and 2006.
Genevieve currently advises several organizations including <a href="https://www.dumbartonhouse.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Dumbarton House</a>, a Federal period house museum in Georgetown, as a board member as well as for <a href="https://www.thewintershow.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Winter Show</a> as a vice-chair of Opening Night and as co-founder of The Winter Show Luncheon.About The Jay Heritage Center
The nonprofit Jay Heritage Center (JHC) is dedicated to preserving, protecting, and revitalizing a place that has meaning for all Americans: The Jay Estate. The property is the centerpiece of the Boston Post Road Historic District, Westchester County's only National Historic Landmark District,&nbsp;an irreplaceable cultural and natural resource.&nbsp;
Through lectures, workshops, volunteer opportunities, school programs, and concerts, JHC offers timely lessons in history, environmental conservation, architecture, and social justice, while tracing the evolution of democracy in the United States. It hopes to inspire the future historians, civic advocates, and stewards of our fragile cultural and natural resources.&nbsp;
Just as the architects of our nation’s government pursued self-improvement through dialogue about our nation’s most relevant topics, JHC promotes learning through programs led by prominent experts, Pulitzer Prize-winning authors, and academics in a variety of disciplines from sustainability to legal history.
Sign up for our monthly newsletter to learn more about events or opportunities to volunteer!

Local Event: Classic Design Luncheon & Lecture: Beyond Blue and White with Genevieve Wheeler-Brown

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Classic Design Luncheon & Lecture: Beyond Blue...

Nothing says spring better than our popular Classic Design Luncheon and Lecture! We’re honored to feature Genevieve...

Classic Design Luncheon & Lecture: Beyond Blue and White with Genevieve Wheeler-Brown

Major CT History Museum Offers Good Deal When...

The Hartford-based history hotspot said admission is free when the temperature is above 95 degrees through Labor Day.

Major CT History Museum Offers Good Deal When It Gets Hot Outside

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Route 5 Delays Expected For Special Olympics...

East Windsor police said drivers should expect Route 5 delays Thursday morning during the Law Enforcement Torch Run.

Route 5 Delays Expected For Special Olympics Torch Run In East Windsor

Route 5 Delays Expected, East Windsor Police Say

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🌱 Patch AM: Windsor Locks Dog Licensing Opens Soon

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Oh My Bob's Ranking — Discount Furniture Chain...

Bob's Discount Furniture has kept its No. 7 ranking as it grew to 216 stores across 27 states.

Oh My Bob's Ranking — Discount Furniture Chain Holds No. 7 Spot on Top 100 Retailers List

East Windsor Police Warn Residents After...

The department said residents have the right to ask solicitors to show a valid town permit.

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