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Real Estate

Sitting By The Dock

Summertime living is easy thanks to the low maintenance and affordability of this three-season cottage located in Hillsdale not too far from the town with its shops and restaurants. A deck leads to the level yard and down to a shared dock onto Copake Lake. The house, which is being

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Easy Living

A fully furnished, immaculate cottage with a renovated kitchen and bathroom means no home improvements and more time on the lake. This cottage is just a stone's throw to Queechy Lake in Canaan, which offers crystal-clear water for swimming and boating. In addition to the kitchen and bathroom,

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Real Estate

Great Lake

Now is your chance to get in at Lake Waramaug in New Preston where cottages are rarely on the market. Three-season with infinite potential as a full-time home after a renovation, the log-exterior cottage was built in 1948 and has been well maintained. There are two porches; one enclosed and

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Cabin Fever

Take is easy on the Otis Reservoir at this impeccably cared for three-season cottage that is being offered fully furnished. Frontage on the reservoir in Otis allows for water views from nearly every room and from all the exterior lounging spots. This cottage has two bedrooms, one bathroom, an open

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Bowled Over

You couldn't find a better location for a three-season cottage: privately sited, waterfront views of Stockbridge Bowl and just two miles to Tanglewood. In Stockbridge, the cottage has wide, open views of the entire lake as well of the surrounding hills and offers 50 feet of water frontage.

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Real Estate

The Water's Edge

On 125 feet of lakefront land beside Twin Lakes in Salisbury, this three-season cottage features a dock and a huge wraparound porch. The open floor plan, high ceilings and huge fireplace all contribute to make the cottage feel larger and loftier. Presently, there are three bedrooms and one bathroom, but

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Style

A Scattershot Of Spring Thoughts

The Rural Intelligence region is fortunate to have so many gardening experts close by. Our garden writer, Madaline Sparks, is the principal in her own design, installation and maintenance business, Madaline Sparks Garden Design, with clients in Columbia and Berkshire counties. For 12 years she was the contributing garden editor

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Food

Former Neighborhood Diner Spruces Up As GB Eats

Photo courtesy GB Eats. By Hannah Van Sickle Barrett It is screen door season at GB Eats, the newly rejuvenated and increasingly trendy dining spot at 282 Main Street in Great Barrington, Mass., owned and operated by Chef Pierre Cum and his wife Candice Rischner. The beautifully updated face of

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Parties

Construct's Mayfest Ushers In Spring

Rachel Louchen reports from Great Barrington. Monday, May 16 started off with a rare, spring snowfall in the early morning but come evening, it was Mayfest for Construct. The annual fundraising event held at Crissy Farm featured 26 vendors, restaurants, caterers, bakers and liquor specialty shops uniting for a buffet

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Food

Churchtown Dairy: A New Breed Of Agriculture And Architecture

By Jamie Larson Dreamed up by environmentalist Abby Rockefeller and the Foundation for Architectural Integrity, designed and built by architect Rick Anderson and operated by the farmers at neighboring Triform Camphill, the Churchtown Dairy in Claverack, New York is a wonder to behold. The round, domed barn and adjoining 1830s

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Community

The Rural We: Lisa Dolan

Book Festival co-directors Lisa Dolan and the "amazing" Jennifer Clark. The founder of the Hudson Reads mentoring project and co-founder of the Hudson Children’s Book Festival may be retiring from the city’s school district in June, but she will leave a lasting impression on the city

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Food

Recipe: Chicken Liver Pâté

If you’re in the Berkshires and need to meet with someone, in a place where you can get a nice pastry and coffee or a local/organic/homemade meal in a convivial (and wired) setting, where do you go? Very likely, it’ll be one of the two Haven

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