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Real Estate

Shingle Style And Stone

This Sheffield shingle-style home plays second fiddle to the park-like 45-acre property, accessed by a long, winding drive with meadows, gardens, lovely views of Mount Washington, and extensive stonework. The residence has a well-designed floor plan with large living spaces that will appeal to the family,

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Real Estate

Surrounded By Stone

The stone wall borders are just one picturesque detail of this pristine home with a French Provincial touch, but in a decidedly New England setting on two acres of lush land and formal gardens. The Kent house offers sizable living space, oak floors, and a post and beam wood frame

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Real Estate

Fit For A King

Call it a chateau, call it a manor, or call it, more appropriately, a castle because this storied stone estate was architecturally designed in the popular "Storybook" style. Built in 1920 by New York surgeon Walton Martin and his socialite wife, the home is built from collected materials

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Real Estate

Classic With Columns

This 1820 farmhouse has all the requirements of a quintessential country home: built in a traditional style, surrounded by mature picturesque trees, and assembled with rustic riverstone columns. The house has three bedrooms and one-and-a-half bathrooms, newly retouched hardwood floors in the living, family, and dining rooms

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Real Estate

Set In Stone

Head down the stone walkway, past the stone landscape and stone walls to this Chatham home that also combines numerous other attractive materials, such as metal, glass, and wood. The unique house sits on 70 acres and has floor-to-ceiling windows in almost every room, which allows daylight to

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Community

Holiday Celebrations and Shopping

Holiday spirit is highly infectious, but one trip to any mall will guarantee immunity well past New Year's Eve. Our small town holiday festivals, on the other hand, are veritable petri dishes of the stuff. Attend any or several of the many scattered throughout our region and you

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Arts

Season of the Son: Teddy Thompson Closes Out 2013 at Helsinki Hudson

By Robert Burke Warren In a career spanning almost a decade-and-a-half, Teddy Thompson, the only son of folk icons Richard and Linda Thompson (pictured below in earlier days), has worn several hats; he’s been a sideman for Rosanne Cash and Rufus Wainwright, an acclaimed recording artist

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Food

Recipe: Brisket Chili

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

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Style

A Lot of Giving at Somethin's Gotta Give in Lakeville

By Sarah Ellen Rindsberg Modernist yet playful. This is the vision on view at Somethin’s Gotta Give, the newest addition to the retail mix in Lakeville, Connecticut. The refined aesthetic with a local feel evolved from the combination of proprietor James Knight’s proclivities and own needs in furnishing

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Food

The Gift of Cuisine: A Class at the CIA

By Don Rosendale Last Saturday I learned how to cook risotto without it turning into mush; how to make mozzarella from scratch; how to mix flour and eggs and crank them through an old-fashioned pasta machine to make tagliatelle; that peppers slice more easily if you cut from the

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Parties

Voices of Hope Gala Springs Eternal

Amy Krzanik reports from Lenox. Pittsfield's Berkshire Immigrant Center held its annual fundraiser this past Saturday, December 7, 2013. The “Voices of Hope" holiday gala, at the warm and welcoming Seven Hills Inn, was a sold-out event. The night began with cocktails and a silent auction,

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Parties

The Berkshire Creative Community Sparkles On

Rachel Louchen reports from Pittsfield. It's well known that our region has a plethora of creative locals and they all seemed to be at Bousquet Mountain on Thursday evening for Berkshire Creative's annual SPARKLE! Guests packed the room in their formal wear to enjoy the ski

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