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Real Estate

Lake Garfield Paradise

Sited on over 110 feet of waterfront on Lake Garfield in Monterey, this classic lake-style house has a wraparound screened porch for the seasonal views. It's bigger than your average lake home, with plenty of space for entertaining guests. There are five bedrooms, two-and-one-half bathrooms, comfortable living spaces,

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Real Estate

Island Living

It's not every day you get to live on an island in our region. This custom-designed home is located on the 65-acre Twin Island Lake in Pine Plains. The Alpine Contemporary styled house is surrounded by land that has been extensively landscaped to take advantage of the lakefront

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Food

Recipe: Garlic Scape Pesto

This week's recipe is from Berkshire-based duo The Butcher & The Baker. The Butcher is Jake, a nose-to-tail butcher/artist, who loves to cook and grew up in the woody hills of Western Massachusetts where his passion for local, fresh food was first instilled in him. The Baker

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Style

It's Prime Time For Garden Photography 101

The following is a regular column that addresses basic issues facing the ever-inquisitive back- and front-yard toiler, proffered by someone who knows best; one of the fertile master gardeners from the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge, Brian Cruey. Every season/week/day in the garden brings its own discoveries and

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Food

Pera Mediterranean Bistro Brings A New Accent To Williamstown

By Amy Krzanik The first thing you notice about Pera's owner, Fahri Karakaya, is that he's there. I mean, he's in the restaurant and he's handing you the menu and he's pouring your water and he's checking on

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Style

The Wandering Eye Jumps On The Valley Harvest Bandwagon

Our Wandering Eye blogger, interior designer Carey Maloney, and his husband, architect Hermes Mallea, are principals in the Manhattan based design firm M (Group). He signed on with Rural Intelligence early on to document the restoration of their neighbor’s historic manse, but over time his mind and his eye

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Community

Ramblewild Sees The Forest For The Trees — And Then Some

By Lisa Green A  tree-hugger’s dream-come-true has materialized in the forest on Brodie Mountain in Lanesborough, MA. At the same place and time, anyone who fancies a challenging adventure on the mountain will be equally delighted. The two interests can coexist, and they do, in Ramblewild, the tree-to-tree adventure

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Parties

Red Hook Education Foundation Throws A "First Choice" Party

Amy Krzanik reports from Annandale-on-Hudson. In only its fourth year, the Red Hook Education Foundation has amassed the support of local parents, teachers, government officials, community members and other volunteers to become a powerhouse fundraising body, augmenting area school budgets by over $170,000. This year's well-attended benefit

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Parties

A Utopian Evening At Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon

Lisa Green reports from New Lebanon. “It’s a flowering season for all things Shaker," declared David Stocks, president of the Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon at the opening of Francis Cape’s Utopian Benches exhibition on Saturday, June 21. Due to a death in his family, the artist was

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Arts

Bookmark This: No Muss, No Fuss Concerts In The Parks

By Rachel Louchen There's the Big One — Tanglewood — looming large over our summer afternoons and evenings of music. But there are also dozens of outdoor concerts taking place throughout our region this summer, with many cities and towns offering a wide variety of musical genres. It might be

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Parties

Butterflies Take Flight At Berkshire Museum's Summer Gala

Rachel Louchen reports from Pittsfield. On the first day of summer, the Berkshire Museum unveiled its latest (quite seasonally appropriate) exhibit, Butterflies and had a massive party to celebrate the bright-winged beauties, as well as the solstice. On Saturday, June 21, the museum was filled with jazz music and delicious

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Real Estate

Private Spa

The calming neutral tones in the master bathroom of this Monterey house give it a spa-like feel, as do the large bathtub, frameless glass shower, cathedral ceiling and skylight. There are four bedrooms, four full bathrooms, large living room, chef's kitchen, and state-of-the-art remote-controlled heating, cooling, window blinds

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