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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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