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11/26/2019

How exciting to have two new creative and inventive businesses open on Main Street in the last two months!

In October, Mama Pho, serving a Vietnamese cuisine at 242 Main Street, opened a new store just two doors down called Papa Boba, selling Bubble Tea and more! Also, this month the Artist's Tree opened a new shop at 430 Main Street with a mission as a non-profit retail store.

Papa Boba, at 246 Main Street, is excited to introduce the Bubble Tea world to Winsted and attract today's youth with their fun atmosphere. Bubble tea is a Taiwanese-based drink. Recipes contain tea of some kinds, flavors of milk, and sugar (optional) and toppings, known as "pearls"Ic e-blended versions are frozen and put into a blender, resulting in a slushy consistency. There are many varieties of the drink with a wide range of flavors. Papa Boba is ready for the winter too with a variety of tasty hot milk teas, teas and herbal teas without caffeine.
Papa Boba is hoping to also attract students from all over Winsted and neighboring towns including The Gilbert

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Frightful Fun - Halloween Window Painting!

11/13/2019

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October 26th was sixty degrees and sunny -- the perfect forecast for children who have plans to create frightening paintings of ghosts and goblins on storefront windows - a tradition kicking off Halloween activities in Winchester.

More than 90 young students with paint brushes in hand took to Winsted’s storefronts for the 30th annual Halloween Window Painting Contest. The contest is open to all Winchester students from Kindergarten to sixth grade, including those who are attending schools out of town or home-schooled.

"I was so delighted to see the beautiful artwork and was pleasantly reminded of the wonderful memories of doing the window painting for years with my kids!" -- Theresa Cannvao

The young artists painted 50 storefront windows -
from Mad River Music all the way down to the
F&G Richards/Still River Studio!

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Welcome to our new Online Store!

10/15/2019

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Friends of Main Street is pleased to announce that you can now purchase a variety of items from our new online store! Order online and pick up at the FOMS office at 398 Main Street during office hours or use the contact form to schedule a pick up!

Great Winchester gifts!
Friends of Main Street brings historic Main Street to your home! Select from one of our nine replicas of historic buildings. Here are two examples!

historic buildings

clothing

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Fall Foliage Festival A Week Away!

9/20/2019

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The 22nd Friends of Main Street Fall Foliage Festival will take place on Saturday, September 28, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. downtown on Main Street in Winsted between the YMCA and Case Avenue — rain or shine.

Attendees of this popular annual event will discover more than 75 exhibits provided by local artisans, businesses, and community organizations, as well as food trucks and live music and other demonstrations. Attendance is free and there is also an opportunity to win a prize package of local merchant gift certificates by filling out a free Fall Foliage Festival door prize ticket on our

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Summer Concerts: So Far So Good!

7/28/2019

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Frank and Jim of Mad River Duo play to a good-sized crowd at the park.

The threat (and promise) of inclement weather hasn’t spoiled any of the first three acts in Friends of Main Street’s lineup of summer concerts in the park in 2019.

Actually, last Thursday’s performance by Mad River Duo was under perfect conditions: clear skies, seasonal temperatures, and low humidity. And the largest crowd of the season turned out to enjoy it.

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