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why Stonington there's no other place
like Stonington that's why

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Stonington why ston because the ocean is

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right here because we have the best
oysters in the world because there's no

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better place to get a haircut I've
traveled all over the US and it's just

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this is the most welcoming place I've
been I'm going Timmons and I'm Sally

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Timmons and we grow riverhawk oysters in
Stonington Connecticut there's a focus

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on local sustainable healthy fresh food
and to be right here where we're a mile

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away from our restaurants that we
deliver to we're pulling our oysters out

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of the water and getting them there
within

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hours my name is Chris fftl and I'm the
owner of a Mion print house we're right

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off the highway it's halfway between
Boston and New York City yeah ra a

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family in Stonington has been an amazing
experience we've met so many good

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friends through our children's friends
we have a really great Network a really

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good Community here the school system is
the best around we feel very safe here

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fun it's a beautiful place for the kids
to grow up couldn't imagine it anywhere

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else one of the things I love about
living around here is that there's so

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many things to do in the wat this
community loves nature and learning

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about it through our many programs The
Velvet Mill is a great place it's a cute

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little Community with many different
artists and business owners and it's

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really inspirational sington is a really
great place for art because there's lots

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of young artists that are local around
here and you can all get together and

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support the local art community my name
is Cheryl pervis and my husband and I

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moved to Stonington in 2007 after I
retired I started volunteering here at

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Mystic Sea port I love the history the
energy

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and it truly is a National Treasure
because we have the coma we have tennis

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courts paddle courts a thrift shop just
come see I'm Nancy felini I own the red

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boats and we came to Stonington 40 years
ago we looked all around the coast we

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loved the tradition of it we love the
history of it we love the access to the

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ocean we love the town we like the
people for us there was no other place

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CES is the oldest steampowered CER in
the United States people come here for

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our Donuts our fresh cider as we're
pressing today Stonington is a great

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place to take part in Traditions to
build something exciting be it a home a

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family a business a way of life because
stoning T you smell the air of the sea

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you feel the freshness of life around
you and you feel the love of the people

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around you

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