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10 Things To Love About Red Hook

By Jamie Larson The Town of Red Hook seems to encapsulate everything we like about Dutchess County and, indeed, all the pleasures of the eastern shore of the Hudson Valley. Pastoral farmlands surround and blend seamlessly into quaint villages that offer some incredibly refined metropolitan attractions while clothed in the

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Berkshire Grown Kicks Off The Season With Brunch

Rachel Louchen reports from Great Barrington. What better way to to start off our local growing season (and bid good riddance to a painfully long winter) than a brunch sourced from many of our area's farms? Fresh eggs and bacon, crisp greens and even local coffee (courtesy of

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Wilderstein Celebrates Its White House Connections

Lisa Green reports from Rhinebeck. “Labor of love" was the refrain most often heard at the preview party for "Wilderstein and the White House" on Saturday, April 26. The historic site, originally built in 1852 as an Italianate villa and then transformed in 1888 into a Victorian

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BIFF Previews Its Ninth Showing

Lisa Green reports from Lenox. The 9th Annual Berkshire International Film Festival (BIFF) got off to a rousing start at Haven Café on Thursday, April 24, where BIFF supporters, board members and others gathered as the festival’s founder and director, Kelley Vickery, announced the lineup. The festival, May 29

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Real Estate

Great Cultivation

The setting of this Dalton home is a true botanical paradise, completely surrounded by well-maintained gardens with colorful perennials and an abundance of shrubbery. The three-bathroom, three-bedroom house features an open layout with natural light enhanced by the vaulted ceilings and large windows. Quality detail is notable in the granite

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Park-Like Setting

This Sharon residence sits on 42 acres with an incredible formal tapestry garden surrounded by ponds and stone terraces. The grand house has spacious rooms including a custom kitchen, formal dining room, library and large living room which opens to a sunroom that overlooks the grounds. The four-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bathroom home

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Natural Delights

Ancram is home to a chalet set on 42 acres filled with flower beds, lush lawns and mountain views. Sited on the perfect private setting, the light-filled home flows from kitchen, to dining room, large living area and to the large screened porch from which you can see the Ancram

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Old World Grandeur

This ancestral home is surrounded by a raised bed garden and stone walls making for a beautiful setting. The home has an old world feel, defined by the exceptional stone facade but has many modern amenities and state-of-the-art fixtures and appliances. Located in Hillsdale, the four bedroom, three bathroom home

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Community

The Rural We: Nicole LoBue

After living in San Francisco for 17 years, Nicole LoBue moved to Hudson two years ago. Prior to that she worked independently as a chef, educator, dietary and herbal consultant. She was able to tap into all her previous job skills with Kite's Nest, a community program that

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The Wandering Eye: A Social Media Surf Report

These blogs evolve – quickly – from one simple idea, in this case local online resources that are useful and/or amusing, into a crazed rant, this time on social media. Then I rein in, edit like a fiend, and the piece is still too long and way too "elastic"

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Lost And Found: Forgotten Amusement Parks Of The Hudson Valley

Carousel at Kinderhook Lake's Electric Park By Amy Krzanik Don your finest bonnet and gather up the children, because it's 1920 and we're boarding the train for Electric Park in Kinderhook. Or perhaps you'd prefer we take the steamship up the Hudson

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Garden: Gift Certificate With A Cherry (Tree) On Top

The following is a regular column that addreses 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, who is as delighted as every gardener that spring appears to have

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