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The Annual Stillbridge Harvest Festival began early Saturday morning, when mist still clung to the duck pond and the gazebo stood wrapped in bunting, as if it had been waiting all year. By nine, the town common was alive with folding tables, pop-up tents, and the faint, hopeful smell of kettle corn. The festival draws…
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In Stillbridge, winter lingers, the Ravens keep winning, and neighbors find warmth through reflection, shared moments, and the quiet power of showing up. The Holiday After the Holidays By the third week of January, Stillbridge had reached what locals referred to — without any official recognition — as the long middle of winter. Christmas had…
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Stillbridge – Episode 6: Of Seasons and Choirs
The pale November sky stretched over Stillbridge, soft and gray, the kind that makes you pull your coat a little tighter and notice small details — frost along the rooflines, leaves stubbornly clinging to trees, or the faint scent of pine drifting from a still-humming church furnace. On the town common, the ducks glided with…
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