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Real Estate

Sticks And Stones

Cornwall, a town that oozes New England charm, is the location for this log home nestled within more than five acres of woodlands. This home packs in quite a lot of space, offering five bedrooms and three bathrooms, spacious kitchen, and living room with cathedral ceiling and a massive stone

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Real Estate

Logging On In The Hudson Valley

Autumn is the best time of year to be in the country (it's almost a requirement to be present to admire the foliage). This Taghkanic log home is the perfect place to enjoy the changing of the leaves from any of the numerous windows, decks, balconies, and the

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Real Estate

Quintessential In The Country

This log cabin in Holmes comfortable and cozy on a private setting in the woods of Dutchess County. Located close to Whaley Lake, it has a lot of space for a cabin, with three bedrooms and one-and-a-half bathrooms, as well as living and dining areas, a large

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Real Estate

Log Home For All Seasons

Known as "Forest Gate," this is the perfect ski weekend getaway, but it's low maintenance enough for a year-round home. The Monterey log house, cozy and rustic, is located minutes from Ski Butternut and close to Great Barrington attractions.  There are four bedrooms, two bathrooms,

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Style

Garden: Falling for the Crocus

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. This week, Brian Cruey rethinks his reservations about autumn and waxes poetic

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Parties

HOH Gala Veinte! is Hot Hot Hot

David Franck reports from Hudson. A night of hot Latin Jazz marked the Hudson Opera House’s 20th annual fete, Gala Veinte!, on Saturday, September 28 at  Basilica Hudson. Patrons filled the reclaimed 19th century converted factory and crowded the dance floor to move to the caliente sounds of Paul

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Community

Locally Grown: Made In The Berkshires Festival

By Amy Krzanik This year's Made in the Berkshires Festival (running October 11-13) is practically overflowing, with over 30 works of original live theater, music, dance, and literary readings, but co-curator Hilary Somers Deely swears that “it's actually streamlined this year." Created three

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Arts

Review: "Clybourne Park" at Barrington Stage

There's a new word -- "authentrification" -- that developers in New York City are using to justify renovating buildings that once served low-income communities and turning them into "authentic" hangouts for free-spending hipsters. Is this awesome or awful? The vicissitudes of gentrification are at

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Real Estate

Cozy In Kinderhook

Just a few minutes' walk to the shops and restaurants in the historic Village of Kinderhook, this is the perfect weekend cottage. Recently modernized, it includes an eat-in kitchen with stainless steel appliances and hardwood floors, spacious living room, two bedrooms, and a large bathroom. The home is

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Community

Hudson Valley Arts Festival Rises in Rhinebeck

By Robert Burke Warren The folks behind the inaugural Hudson Valley Arts Festival – October 4th, 5th, and 6th at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds in Rhinebeck – are aiming high. “We want to be awe-inspiring," says organizer Stacey Jarit. As the director of Artrider productions, Jarit has been producing arts

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Arts

Yes We Cannes: The FilmColumbia Festival In Chatham

By Scott Baldinger Chatham’s charming Main Street seems to be in a quiescent stage these days, with a noticeable reduction of retail and pedestrian activity on its handful of blocks. (Thankfully, The Blue Plate, Yianni's, the Thompson Giroux  Gallery, American Pie, The Chatham Bookstore, The Main Street

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Food

A Pasta for Pasta Month

By Francine Segan I love food holidays. Oh, I don’t mean holidays when we eat special foods, I mean the hundreds of weird but wonderful days, weeks, and months dedicated to a particular food. October is not only National Pasta Month but also National Apple Month and National Cookie

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