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Kate Buffone of Avon has turned a baking hobby into a home-based new business with a focus on healthy ingredients. Breadheads has been attracting attention on social media and by word of mouth recently.

Despite the inherent risks, there’s nothing as magical as an open-air concert on a perfect summer or fall evening. In what is likely the ideal setting, The Simsbury Meadows Performing Arts Center (SMPAC) shows will be enhanced this year by ongoing facility upgrades, national acts like the Indigo Girls and Jason Blaine, and the return of community staples like the Hartford Symphony Orchestra’s Talcott Mountain Music Festival.

It’s that 152-acre landscape that draws me in, especially that pastoral view of the old farm from Route 4 – always a welcome break while usually stuck in that Route 4 traffic. But on this day, I sailed through and decided it was time to check out that pastoral view up close.

It’s a bittersweet moment for Richard Chiarappa, the co-founder of the West Hartford Symphony Orchestra (WHSO). He has officially retired from his role as conductor, but he’s not done with music. And he, like the rest of the orchestra, is excited by the future of the WHSO.

Joe Cusano moved to West Hartford from Southington and made a name for himself as a skilled chef in major restaurants. Now, the well-known master of the kitchen has opened his own food business, Mozz & Co, at 22 Raymond Road. Within a week of opening, he already had a regular following, with some people waiting in line before opening time to submit their orders.

Hard work and integrity have kept Imperial running for four generations By Tracey Weiss Editor Photos: Submitted Rob Gallinoto said his grandfather always knew Rob was going to be good at the business. “He said I would be great because I asked a lot of questions,” Rob said. More members of the Gallinoto family, including Rob’s mother, Lynne Gallinoto, Michael A. Gallinoto, his grandfather, and his father, Joseph R. Gallinoto. Submitted photo In fact, it turns out all the