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Parties

Volunteers In Medicine Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary In Style

Amy Krzanik reports from Lenox. This year's Volunteers In Medicine chef's dinner on Monday, June 2 served not only as a fund-raising event, but a celebration of the group's impressive 10th anniversary. The stunning Wheatleigh Hotel provided a beautiful backdrop as guests were treated

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Wellness

Fitness From The Field: Yoga On The Mountaintop

The Rural Intelligence region offers a plethora of fitness and healing modalities, but it can be hard to know which is the one that fits your needs, your body type and your schedule. Enter Paula Boyajian (right), a yoga instructor certified in Interdisciplinary Yoga and Yoga for the Special Child,

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Food

Recipe: A Tiny Frittata

Twice a month, Berkshire native Alana Chernila, mother of two, and author of the cookbook, The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying & Start Making (Clarkson Potter), contributes a thoughtful and heartfelt essay/recipe created exclusively for Rural Intelligence readers. Her first cookbook has achieved top-seller status, and

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Food

Review: The Bistro Box Is A Roadside Classic

By Nichole Dupont There are those places that are just cursed. You know the kind. Switches hands every 1 to 3 years, nobody really knows what kind of food they serve anymore. You tentatively step into each new rendition only to leave disappointed or gripping your stomach with regret. There

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Parties

Roe-Jan Community Parties For The Public Library

Lisa Green reports from West Copake. The Roeliff Jansen Community Library is clearly a cherished institution, and on Saturday, May 31, about 250 library enthusiasts found their way to Camp Pontiac for the Fifth Annual Celebration. There was a lot to celebrate, according to Board of Trustees President Pat Placona

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Parties

BIFF Returns With 75 Films (And A Really Fun Party)

Rachel Louchen reports from Great Barrington. On Thursday, May 29, a huge crowd turned out to screen the appropriately-titled film May In The Summer by Cherien Dabis (about a New York-based woman who returns to her homeland of Jordan for her wedding) and to celebrate the opening of the the

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Community

The Rural We: Bill Heaton

Bill Heaton began small with his big-time brewery dreams, and now he is owner/operator of the beloved Big Elm Brewery in Sheffield. My wife Christine and I moved to Pittsfield in March of 2005 to open our first business venture, Pittsfield Brew Works, a brewpub downtown. We left well-paying

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Real Estate

Grand Hall Entrance

A grand entrance hall with an elegant central arch and three-story panel staircase with mahogany banister welcomes you into this 1790 brick Federal located in Stuyvesant. The seven-bedroom, four-bathroom house has high ceilings, large windows for maximum natural light and original details like paneled doors, wide-board pine floors, moldings and

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Real Estate

Inviting Farmhouse

Classic design meets a sophisticated contemporary interior at this Richmond house that opens to a main foyer with a two-story, five-foot wide staircase and striking Brazilian cherry floors that continue throughout the residence. The sleek chef's kitchen continues the old/new style of the home, which includes a

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Real Estate

A Custom Colonial Welcome

Nestled on a country road in Roxbury, this custom-built Colonial features a grand entry foyer with hardwood floor, chandelier and beautiful staircase. Gracious spaces include the living room, two dens (upstairs and downstairs), dining room with fireplace and a chef’s kitchen with high-end appliances, granite counters and breakfast bar

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Real Estate

Formal Foyer

An original Berkshire cottage in Lenox is filled with formal and elegant details that start from the light-filled foyer and continue into every large room in the house. There are seven entrances total, each with a private porch. The house has eight bedrooms, five full  and three half bathrooms, formal

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Real Estate

Gracious Entrance

The foyer in this Clermont home sets the tone for the house with its coral walls that welcome you and highlight the elegant period moldings and wide-board floors. Off the entryway, there's the library with custom built-ins, living room, dining room, kitchen and pantry. The four-bedroom, two-bathroom house

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