Massachusetts craft brewer

Tree House Brewing Co. has purchased a working farm in Connecticut.

New Britain (AP) — A former Connecticut mayor has resigned as president of a local Chamber of Commerce after his Facebook post about a group of congresswomen at the State of the Union speech was condemned as misogynistic.

Greater New Britain Chamber of Commerce Chairman Gennaro Bizzarro announced Saturday that he had accepted the resignation of the group’s president, Timothy Stewart.

The Republican former mayor of New Britain is the father of the city’s current mayor, Erin Stewart, who said she was “embarrassed and mortified” by her father’s post.

Timothy Stewart has apologized. The posting on Tuesday included derogatory comments about congresswomen dressed in white as President Trump gave his State of the Union speech.

Bizzarro said the Chamber of Commerce has been “rocked” by the aftermath of the posting.

Charlton, Mass. (AP) — A small but highly-regarded Massachusetts craft beer brewer has purchased a working farm in Connecticut where it plans to grow crops, build fermentation facilities and make cider.

Charlton-based Tree House Brewing Co. announced the purchase this past week, saying it gives “our passionate and experienced caretakers the opportunity to carry the legacy of an exceptional, long-working farm well into the future ... while supplying our native fermentation related efforts with fresh, estate fruit grown full of character.”

Town records in Woodstock, Conn., indicate that Pride and Purpose LLC, a company run by Tree House Brewing founders, purchased the 94-acre farm property for nearly $1.6 million.

The new facility will be known as Tree House Orchard & Farm Fermentory. Charlton and Woodstock are about 10 miles apart.