Merwinsville Hotel Fall Potluck Dinner, Speaker, and Award

Bring your favorite dish (salads, sides or a dessert)...and we’ll provide hot dogs, hamburgers, and beverages.

We will hold a short Hotel membership meeting followed by our wonderful guest speaker, Deborah Rose, a lifelong writer, photographer, New Milford Poet Laureate, and award-winning journalist with over 30 years' experience in community journalism.

She will speak about her involvement in the arts community along with her work with several nonprofits - the Ostomy Foundation, Kent News, Inc., as publisher of The Kent Good Times Dispatch, the Foundation 4 Orphans, and the Sherman Chamber Ensemble.

"I look forward to shining a spotlight on our community, and sharing ways the public can get more involved".

Rose will discuss the landscape of community journalism and highlight the methods and resources available to help businesses, civic organizations, and individuals spread the word about their events and causes.

We will also be awarding our "People's Choice" award to one of the 11 Hotel-themed artwork items which have been on display at the Hotel.

.The Merwinsville Hotel is conveniently located 15 minutes from New Milford, Sherman, and Kent.